The event
Our annual Reuters Memorial Lecture is delivered each year by someone at the highest level of journalism. The lecture deals with a critical issue facing the news industry and is followed by a panel discussion on the themes of the talk.
On 10 March 2025, Dr Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, will deliver this year’s lecture. Dr Cobb is an award-winning journalist and a respected historian.
Watch last year’s lecture with New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger
Sulzberger’s lecture ‘Journalistic independence in a time of division’ addressed how the NYT has navigated covering issues such as Ukraine, Gaza and trans rights. | Video and transcript
Read a summary of the panel discussion at the event
Rasmus Nielsen, Alessandra Galloni, Zaffar Abbas and Melissa Bell discussed journalistic independence after Sulzberger's Memorial Lecture. | Read the piece
Read our interview with the New York Times publisher
Sulzberger discussed his role in shaping his family's newspaper and preserving its editorial values. | The interview in English · La entrevista en español
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A. G. Sulzberger's views:
On open-mindness: "Journalistic independence demands a willingness to follow the facts, even when they lead you away from what you assumed would be true."
On the rise of AI: "Generative AI promises to worsen the challenges facing news organisations, unless those developing this technology ensure AI is used to support a trustworthy news ecosystem."
On personal courage: "The discipline of journalism also requires personal courage. You need to be willing to take a simple, easy, or comfortable story and complicate it with truths that people don’t want to hear."
Watch the 2024 Reuters Memorial Lecture
Carlos F. Chamorro's 2023 Reuters Memorial Lecture: How to report under a dictatorship – lessons from Nicaragua and beyond
Alessandra Galloni's 2022 Reuters Memorial Lecture: Tanks, TikTok and trust – journalism in a time of turmoil
