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 9 March, Carlos Dada, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, delivered the 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture, titled 'Journalism as Resistance'. | Read the lecture's full text and watch
Read our summary of the panel discussion
After the lecture, Mitali Mukherjee chaired a panel discussion featuring Dada along with Noa Landau from Haaretz and Nick Tattersall from Reuters. | Read the summary
Read our interview with Carlos Dada
“When you don’t live in a healthy society, journalism’s impact is not as big as it should be,” Dada said. | Read the interview
Lee nuestra entrevista en español
"Lo más importante que el periodismo puede hacer ante una dictadura es decir la verdad", dice Dada en esta entrevista con nuestro director editorial Eduardo Suárez. | Lee la entrevista
Watch Carlos Dada's Memorial Lecture
Catch up with this year's Reuters Memorial Lecture, delivered by Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada, co-founder and editor-in-chief of El Faro.
The lecture was followed by a panel chaired by the Reuters Institute's Director, Mitali Mukherjee, featuring Dada along with Noa Landau from Haaretz and Nick Tattersall from Reuters.
Watch the lecture and the panel
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