Digital News Report 2021 launch events
Our Digital News Report 2021 was launched through a series of global events. Each panel featured some of the authors speaking alongside prominent journalists from different regions. The events took place online and were either broadcast live or pre-recorded.
Europe, Wednesday 23 June
Speakers:
- Ed Williams, President and CEO, Edelman EMEA (moderator)
- Antonio Zappulla, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation.
- Rasmus Nielsen, Director, RISJ, Co-editor of the Digital News Report
- Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, RISJ, and Lead Author of the Digital News Report
- Roula Khalaf, Editor, Financial Times
- Rosalía Lloret, CEO, elDiario.es
- Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Naja Nielsen, Digital Director, BBC
Event organised in partnership with Edelman UK. The video of the launch would be available in this page a few hours after the event.
USA, Thursday 24 June
Speakers:
- Millie Tran, VP Content Strategy & Growth, Condé Nast
- Louise Story, Chief Product & Tech Officer, Wall Street Journal
- Rasmus Nielsen, Director, RISJ, Co-editor of the Digital News Report
Event organised in partnership with the Online News Association.
India, pre-recorded
Speakers:
- Manisha Pande, Executive Editor, Newslaundry
- Rasmus Nielsen, Director, RISJ, Co-editor of the Digital News Report
- Supriya Sharma, Editor, Scroll.in
- Dhanya Rajendran, Editor, The News Minute
- Sashi Kumar, Chair, Asian College of Journalism
Event organised in partnership with Newslaundry.
Africa, Thursday 1 July
Speakers:
- Tshepo Tshabalala, Director, Jamlab
- Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, RISJ, and Lead Author of the Digital News Report
- Adesola Afolabi, Deputy Editor, Stears Business
- Ron Derby, Editor-in-Chief, Mail & Guardian
- Jamila Mohamed, Managing Editor, Citizen TV
Event organised in partnership with Jamlab.
Asia-Pacific, Monday 5 July
Speakers:
- Federica Cherubini, Head of Leadership Development, RISJ
- Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, RISJ, and Lead Author of the Digital News Report
- Yvonne Chua, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of the Philippines, and Digital News Report partner and Philippines country page author
- Premesh Chandran, CEO and Founder, Malaysiakini
Latin America, Tuesday 6 July
Speakers:
- Eduardo Suárez, Head of Communications, RISJ
- Rasmus Nielsen, Director, RISJ, Co-editor of the Digital News Report
- Paula Molina, Journalist, Radio Cooperativa
- Fabiola Torres, Editor-in-Chief, Salud con Lupa
- Natalia Arenas, Editor, Cerosetenta
Event organised in partnership with Fundación Gabo.