International Journalism Festival in Perugia from 9 to 13 April 2025

The path to impact

A new global report highlights how local journalism is making a difference across Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America.

Preethi Nallu and Anya Schiffrin will be #ijf25 speakers.

Challenging bias, building equity

Annette Young shares how gender equity benefits everyone—and why journalism must break old cultural narratives.

Annette Young will be a #ijf25 speaker.

Trump and the press: a power struggle

The media remains vulnerable to political attacks—but it’s not without tools to fight back.

Jon Allsop will be a #ijf25 speaker.

Award-winning journalism in Israel-Palestine

+972 Magazine honored for reporting on one of the world’s most complex regions.

Their team will lead three #ijf25 sessions:

• Local Call

• Espionage, AI and torture

• No Other Land

The future of fact-checking

2025 marks a crucial moment for truth in media. Will fact-checking flourish—or flounder?

Angie Drobnic Holan will be a #ijf25 speaker.

The Gaza Project

Over 40 journalists from 12 outlets investigated killings of media workers in Gaza. “We had to do it,” says editor Hoda Osman.

Hoda Osman will be a #ijf25 speaker.

Who drives innovation in newsrooms?

Most decisions come from the top—but what happens to everyone else’s ideas?

Khalil Cassimally will be a #ijf25 speaker.

Keynote: shaping journalism’s future

What collective action means for tomorrow’s newsroom.

Shirish Kulkarni will be a #ijf25 speaker.

Also in the headlines this week:

• RT secretly funds pro-Kremlin vloggers

• Hyury Potter exposes Amazon corruption and deforestation

• Balkan journalists targeted by spyware

Hyury Potter will be a #ijf25 speaker.

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