Agenda 2026

Tina Brown, Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell
Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Durham University

In the past 12 months, the assault on independent journalism in the US has intensified. Four leading voices on how to stand firm.

Katharine Viner, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian
Patrick Radden Keefe, Investigative Journalist and Author
Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Anchor, CNN
Emma Tucker, Editor-in-Chief, The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires
Moderator: Emily Maitlis, Journalist and Broadcaster

A pro-democracy opposition leader, now in exile, on the post-Maduro landscape and what the international media gets wrong.

Leopoldo López, Venezuelan Opposition Leader and World Liberty Congress Co-founder
Interviewer: Tina Brown, Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell

Has the media wised up and fortified itself enough in the face of tech dominance?

Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist
Kara Swisher, Journalist 
Steve Hasker, President and CEO, Thomson Reuters
Moderator: Ros Atkins, Analysis Editor, BBC News

Two Lebanese journalists on covering their country’s crises

Samia Nakhoul, Global Foreign Policy Editor, Reuters
Alia Ibrahim, Co-founder and CEO, Daraj Media
Moderator: Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters

A tsunami of video footage from drones and phones is transforming investigative journalism.

Christo Grozev, Lead Investigator, The Insider
Merlyn Thomas, Correspondent, BBC Verify
Malachy Browne, Enterprise Director, Visual Investigations, The New York Times
Moderator: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Main Anchor, Channel 4 News

Canned from legacy media and thriving as a solo content creator, he’s now on Trump’s hit list.

Don Lemon, Host, The Don Lemon Show, and CEO and Founder, Lemon Media Network
Interviewer: Kara Swisher, Journalist

Does Orbán’s fall loosen autocracies’ grip on the press?

András Pethő, Co-founder and Executive Director, Direkt36
Anna Nemzer,  Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker
Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Moderator: Mark Stephens, Senior Member and International Media Lawyer, Howard Kennedy LLP

Two founders who have created their own brand of journalism.

Jim Waterson, Editor, London Centric
Lachlan Cartwright, Founder, Breaker Media
Moderator: Katie Razzall, Culture and Media Editor, BBC News

Tina Brown, Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell
Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Nandhini Srinivasan, Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism

Sigrid van Aken, CEO, Postcode Lottery Group

How Reuters made sense of the chaos and turbulence of a post-Assad Syria.

Lori Hinnant, Investigative Editor for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Reuters
Timour Azhari, Chief Correspondent in Saudi Arabia, Reuters
Moderator: Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC

A conversation with the iconic editor and biographer of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Benjamin Franklin.

Walter Isaacson, Biographer and Former Editor, Time
Interviewer: Mishal Husain, Host, The Mishal Husain Show, Bloomberg Weekend

Creative new solutions are filling the vacuum of local news.

Joshi Herrmann, Founder, Mill Media
Jeanie Finlay, Documentary Filmmaker and Artist
Moderator: Anna Botting, Chief Presenter, Sky News

Three Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists on capturing unforgettable images.

Marcus Yam, International Visual Correspondent, The Globe and Mail
Hannah McKay, Senior Photographer, Reuters
Lynsey Addario, Photojournalist
Moderator: David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail

Tina Brown, Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell
Kiana Hayeri, Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Photojournalism

The artist who turned comic books into searing journalism.

Art Spiegelman, Comix Artist
Interviewer: Tina Brown Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell

When lawfare is used to harass, intimidate, or even lock up journalists.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, International Human Rights Lawyer
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Co-founder and CEO, Rappler
Moderator: Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters

One of the Middle East’s most tenacious investigative reporters on the challenges of penetrating the world of secret operations.

Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer, The New York Times and Senior National Security Correspondent, Yedioth Ahronoth
Interviewer: Clarissa Ward, Chief International Correspondent, CNN

On the eve of the local elections, British politics has never been more splintered, incoherent, and volatile.

Michael Gove, Editor, The Spectator
Beth Rigby, Political Editor, Sky News and Host, Electoral Dysfunction
Gabriel Pogrund, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times
Moderator: James Harding, Editor-in-Chief, The Observer

Tina Brown, Editor, Author, and Founder, Substack’s Fresh Hell