The 20th annual @journalismfest addressed the most prominent challenges for news and media, from gendered attacks on women journalists to shifting AI coverage toward accountability reporting on power, labor, and social impact.
We were proud to support Journalism and Media, Local News, and Technology and the Public Interest grantees leading wide-ranging discussions on journalism’s resilience and future.
Learn more about the panels at the link in bio!
“Inside me, there were volcanoes of pain.
But I was determined to remain professional —
leaving no room for those who killed my family
to question my work.”
Still, he chose to remain a journalist.
“Bearing witness in conflict zones (Gaza, Yemen, Sudan)”
🎥 Watch the full conversation now
👉 journalismfestival.com
#ijf26 #PressFreedom
Watch the full talk 👉
journalismfestival.com/programme/2026/bearing-witness-in-conflict-zones-gaza-yemen-sudan
“We need you.
And if we die, we must die together.”
His wife’s words.
A promise he couldn’t keep.
#ijf26
“Bearing witness in conflict zones (Gaza, Yemen, Sudan)”
🎥 Full talk available on demand
#ijf26
👉 journalismfestival.com/programme/2026/bearing-witness-in-conflict-zones-gaza-yemen-sudan
“Total darkness.
The smell of blood. The smell of gunpowder.”
Wael Al-Dahdouh, Gaza bureau chief for Al Jazeera.
Nearly 30 years covering Gaza.
The night he found his family under the rubble.
“Bearing witness in conflict zones (Gaza, Yemen, Sudan)”
🎥 Watch the full talk on #ijf26 website and YouTube
👉 journalismfestival.com/programme/2026/bearing-witness-in-conflict-zones-gaza-yemen-sudan
One year after Virginia Giuffre’s death, remember her voice through the words of journalist Amy Wallace, co-author and ghostwriter of Nobody’s Girl.
Speaking at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Wallace reflected on the work of documenting Giuffre’s testimony with accuracy, care, and journalistic rigor.
This excerpt recalls why survivors are so often not believed, and how Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used threats against Giuffre’s younger brother, Sky, to keep her trapped.
Watch Amy Wallace’s full talk on demand on the International Journalism Festival website or YouTube channel.
#VirginiaGiuffre #AmyWallace #NobodysGir #Survivors #EpsteinFiles IJF26
Twenty years of conversation, discussion and debate. Twenty years of sharing, commitment and love for journalism as a bastion of democracy. Thousands of speakers, thousands of attendees from around the world, a global community: 20 years of the International Journalism Festival.
See you next year in Perugia, 14–17 April 2027! #ijf27
We were at this year’s International journalism festival in Perugia. 🇮🇹
The panel which left a huge impression on us tackled the topic of media wrongdoings during the reporting on the events tied to the Epstein files.
We wrote an article about it.
The link is in the bio. 🔗
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Video excerpt from #ijf26 official website.
We’ve wrapped up our joint panel with the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) at #ijf2026, and it was a truly memorable experience. Three experts from Ukraine shared practical cases with a theater full of colleagues from around the world.
If you couldn’t make it, you can swipe through the slides to see a few key insights or watch the full discussion on the International Journalism Festival’s YouTube channel.
We are grateful for the incredible turnout and look forward to seeing everyone again in Perugia next year.
Here's a little flavour of what we got up to at the International Journalism Festival 2026. Appearances on panels around news creators, AI, marginalised audiences strategic shifts and more, meetups over coffee and many chance encounters. We gathered as many takeaways as we could for our highlights piece which you can find on the @reutersinstitute website
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Roll on #IJF27
Highligths #ijf26 - il fragoroso applauso per l’ultima assoluzione di Roberto Saviano e il video inedito dello scrittore a 16 anni con i capelli lunghi.
All’indomani dell’assoluzione di Roberto Saviano dall’accusa di diffamazione per aver definito Matteo Salvini «ministro della malavita», lo scrittore è intervenuto al #ijf26 a Perugia per “Gomorra, 20 anni dopo”, in dialogo con Arianna Ciccone, cofondatrice del Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Una riflessione sul potere della parola, a vent’anni dall’uscita del libro che ha cambiato il modo di raccontare il potere criminale.
«Nel 2018 il ministro dell’Interno, Salvini, denunciò Saviano per aver usato il potere delle parole», ricorda Ciccone. «Oggi celebriamo una vittoria: un giudice ha stabilito che quelle parole sono legittime».
Il pubblico #ijf26 presente all’Auditorium di San Francesco al Prato di Perugia accoglie la notizia con un lungo e fragoroso applauso.
L’incontro si è poi concluso con la proiezione di un video inedito d’archivio dove si vede Roberto Saviano, studente sedicenne dai lunghi capelli, ripreso tra le voci di una protesta studentesca di piazza. Guardando quelle immagini lo scrittore ha chiosato: «Mi hanno tolto tanto. È difficile, pesa. Ma non mi hanno tolto la certezza profonda che la verità esiste e, una volta condivisa, nessuno la può fermare».
L'intervento completo di Roberto Saviano e disponibile sul sito del Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo e sul canale YouTube #ijf26 .
🎤 Listen to Sonia Rolley, our Head of Investigations, at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
Climate Whistleblowers and the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) delivered a key message: protect whistleblowers — courageous individuals who expose economic crimes, human rights violations, and environmental issues.
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