September 8 – 10
IPI World Congress 2022
Columbia University, New York City.
How can independent media survive and thrive amid threats from repressive regimes or economic hardship? How can we harness new technologies and drive innovation to ensure the survival of a critical press? The world’s leading editors, publishers, and journalists came together at the 2022 IPI World Congress in New York City – Sept. 8-10 – and worked on the answers to these questions.
The 2022 IPI World Congress was packed with panels, roundtables, masterclasses, plenaries and one-on-one conversations. All of them are already available here!
IPI-IMS 2022 Award Ceremony
2022 World Press Freedom Hero: Carlos Dada, El Faro
2022 World Press Freedom Hero: Shireen Abu Akleh, Al Jazeera
2022 Free Media Pioneer: 7 Ukrainian media
IPI 2022 World Congress Sessions
- Simon Li: Former vice chair of IPI’s Executive Board and an IPI Fellow. He has been a member of IPI since 1995. He retired from newspaper journalism in 2007 after 23 years at the Los Angeles Times, more than 16 of them on the international news desk, which he led from 1995 to 2002.
Sept. 8, 2022.
- Masha Gessen: Author, Staff writer, The New Yorker, USA
- Dmitry Muratov: Editor-in-Chief, Novaya Gazeta, Russia
Sept. 8, 2022.
- Azmat Khan (M): Investigative Journalist & Director, Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, Columbia University, USA
- Zaffar Abbas: Editor, Dawn newspaper, Pakistan
- Musikilu Mojeed: Editor-in-Chief, Premium Times, Nigeria
- Olga Rudenko: Chief Editor, Kyiv Independent, Ukraine
- Sally Buzbee: Executive Editor, The Washington Post, USA
- Michael Slackman: Assistant Managing Editor for International, The New York Times, USA
Sept. 8, 2022.
- Charles Sennott: Chief Executive Officer & Editor, The GroundTruth Project, USA
- Dean Baquet: Editor, Local Investigative Fellowship, The New York Times, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Julie Pace (M): Senior Vice President & Executive Editor, The Associated Press, USA
- Siddharth Varadarajan: Founding Editor, The Wire, India
- Sonny Swe: CEO & Founder, Frontier Myanmar, Myanmar
- Roman Anin: Founder, Editor-in-chief, IStories, Russia
- Ayesha Tanzeem: Director, South and Central Asia Division, Voice of America, Pakistan
- Jose Zamora: Chief Communications and Impact Officer, EXILE, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Brian Stelter (M): Journalist & Author, USA
- Richard Gingras: Vice President, News, Google, USA
- Maria Ressa: CEO, Rappler, The Philippines
Sept. 9, 2022.
How can we expand the spectrum of capital available to support high-quality media as a public good?
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Preethi Nallu (M): Global Director, Report for the World, Mexico
- Pooja Pande: Co-CEO, Chambal Media, India
- Nwabisa Makunga: Editor, The Sowetan, South Africa
- Meera K: Co-Founder, Citizen Matters, India
- Evi Mariani: Executive Director & Co-Founder, Project Multatuli, Indonesia
- Kavita Devi: CEO at Chambal Media, Co-Founder of Khabar Lahariya, India
- Mukhtar Ibrahim: Publisher & CEO, Sahan Journal, USA
- Garry Pierre-Pierre: Founder & Publisher, The Haitian Times, USA & Haiti
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Craig Timberg (M): Senior Editor for Collaborative Investigations, The Washington Post, USA
- Milagros Salazar: Director, Convoca
- Paul Myers: Internet Research Specialist, BBC, UK
- Rinat Tuhvatshin: Co-Founder, Kloop Media, Kyrgyzstan
- Anna Babinets: Ukraine Editor, OCCRP, Ukraine
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Emily Bell (M): Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University, USA
- Anya Schiffrin: Director of Technology, Media, and Communications, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, USA
- Christoph Plate: Director Media Programme Subsahara Africa, KAS Media Africa, South Africa
- Paula Miraglia: CEO and Co-founder, Nexo Jornal & Gama Revista
- Julia Angwin: Investigative Journalist & Editor-In-Chief, The Markup, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- David Jordan (M): Director, Editorial Policy & Standards, UK, BBC
- Natalia Antelava: Editor in Chief, Coda Story, Georgia
- Sevgil Musaieva: Editor-in-chief, Ukrayinska Pravda, Ukraine
- Suzanne Malveaux: National correspondent, CNN, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Marjorie Miller (M): Administrator, The Pulitzer Prizes, USA
- Kyndell Harkness: Assistant Managing Editor of Diversity/Community, The Star Tribune, USA
- David Remnick: Editor, The New Yorker, USA
- Jodi Kantor: Investigative Reporter, The New York Times, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Scott Kraft (M): Editor at Large, Los Angeles Times, USA
- Sarah Alvarez: Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Outlier Media, USA
- Sewell Chan: Editor-in Chief, The Texas Tribune, USA
- S. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media, USA
- Nwabisa Makunga: Editor, The Sowetan, South Africa
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Vivian Schiller (M): Executive Director, Aspen Digital, USA, The Aspen Institute
- Metta Dharmasaputra: Co-Founder & CEO, Indonesia, Katadata
- Jeff Horwitz: Technology Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, USA
- Dru Menaker: Chief Operating Officer, USA, PEN America
- Asha Mwilu: Founder and Managing Partner, Kenya, Debunk Media
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Timothy Large (M): Director of Independent Media Programmes, International Press Institute, Austria
- Natalia Antelava: Editor in Chief, Coda Story, Georgia
- Ottavia Spaggiari: Investigative Journalist, USA
- Roman Anin: Founder, Editor-in-chief, IStories, RussiaA
- Anna Babinets: Ukraine Editor, OCCRP, Ukraine
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Jodie Ginsberg (M): President, Committee to Protect Journalists, USA
- Matthew Caruana Galizia: Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, Malta
- Paula Saucedo: Protection and Defense Officer, Article 19, Mexico
- Abderrahim Foukara: Washington DC Bureau Chief, Aljazeera Media Network
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Karen Toulon (M): Co-Founder, Words Paint Media LLC, USA
- Dhanya Rajendran: Editor-in-Chief, TheNewsMinute, India
- Michael Giarrusso: Deputy for Newsgathering, The Associated Press, USA
- Kenya Young: Senior Vice President, WNYC Studios, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- David Cohn (M): Co-founder and senior director, Subtext, USA
- Barkha Dutt: Founder-Editor, Mojo, India
- Jazmín Acuña: Co-Founder & Editorial Director, El Surtidor, Paraguay
- DVL Padma Priya: Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder, Suno India, India
- Devi Asmarani: Editor-in-Chief, Magdalene.co
- Chani Guyot: Founder & Director, RED/ACCIÓN, Argentina
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Julia Haas (M): Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Austria
- Jeff Horwitz: Technology Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, USA
- Courtney C. Radsch, PhD: Fellow, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Alison Smale (M): Veteran journalist, Former Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations
- Márton Gergely: Editor-in-Chief, HVG, Hungary
- Velislava Popova: Editor-in-Chief, Dnevnik.bg, Bulgaria
- Robert Břešťan: Editor-in-Chief, HlídacíPes.org, Czech Republic
- Ali Žerdin: Editor, Delo, Slovenia
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Ron Nixon (M): Global Investigations Editor, The Associated Press, USA
- Michael Hudson: Senior Editor, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, USA
- Motunrayo Alaka: Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Nigeria
- Ottavia Spaggiari: Investigative Journalist, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.
- Aron Pilhofer (M): Associate Professor and James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation, Temple University, USA
- Shazna Nessa: Deputy Managing Editor, Global Head of Visuals, The Wall Street Journal, USA
- Tomas Bella: Web Director, Dennik N, Slovakia
- Gina Chua: Executive Editor, Semafor, USA
Sept. 9, 2022.