Reuters Memorial Lecture

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 2026, Carlos Dada, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, will deliver this year's lecture titled 'Journalism as Resistance'. | Sign up here

Read our interview with Carlos Dada

“When you don’t live in a healthy society, when citizens are oppressed by the dictatorship, journalism’s impact is not as big as it should be,” Dada says in this interview with our Director of Editorial Eduardo Suárez

Sign up to watch the 2026 Memorial Lecture

Follow the lecture and the panel discussion by registering on Zoom. | Sign up

Lee nuestra entrevista con Carlos Dada 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. | Lea aquí

Watch last year's lecture with Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb

Dr Cobb's lecture titled 'Trust issues: Credibility, credulity and journalism in a time of crisis' looked at the challenges facing American news media just months into Trump's second term. | Full text and video

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Photos from last year's event