Here are a few highlights from speakers such as Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Maria Ressa, Kara Swisher and Jane Barrett at TRF’s flagship event.

“The situation is very scary,” says journalist Nino Zuriashvili, who’s been harassed for opposing a law that threatens independent news organisations.

“News avoiders see journalists as part of a disconnected elite,” says Benjamin Toff, who led our Trust in News Project and authored a book on the subject.

Mike Gillis discusses covering “all sorts of stupidity regardless of ideology” and  what Donald Trump and stand-up comedians have in common.

As two reports point to political interference, three experts discuss litigation against investigative journalists and the future of the country’s public broadcaster.

“What might be good for the parties involved isn’t necessarily beneficial to either industry, let alone society at large,” argues our researcher Felix M. Simon.