Episode 5 of Backlight takes you inside Europe’s biggest journalism conference journalism festival 👀 You’ll hear about the biggest trends shaping journalism and get to listen to snippets of hotel lobby and conference corridor conversations recorded by Beatriz Ramalho da Silva

We covered the panel and other sessions on AI in our summary piece on #ijf24 journalism festival here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/internati…

Three years after the Pegasus Project, is regulation in sight or further away than ever? w/ Agnes Callamard Carine Kanimba Laurent Richard Galina Timchenko (Meduza in English) journalismfestival.com/programme/2024… via journalism festival #ijf24

What’s life like for a spy rejoining the world, under complicated circumstances? LG Literary’s Jeffrey Sterling provides a moving (and telling) account of his recent visit to Perugia, where he attended journalism festival. Read on ⤵️ counterpunch.org/2024/05/17/a-w…

“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.” – Arthur Grimonpont said during journalism festival about filtering authentic photojournalism from synthetic AI. More: buff.ly/4bVEsgk

Remembering the forced closure of Apple Daily, three years later, and Jimmy Lai and six others in jail. We fight on. #FreeJimmyLai #JournalismIsNotACrime

We Committee to Protect Journalists welcome reports that Julian Assange will be freed - following a plea deal with the United States cpj.org/2024/06/cpj-we…

Julian Assange released from prison, WikiLeaks says, after striking deal with US justice department It is anticipated the WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty to violating US espionage law and will be allowed to return to Australia, court documents say theguardian.com/media/article/…

First day in the sham trial of our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich. The Russian government already stole more than 14 months of his freedom. He should be released immediately.

Journalism matters. The BBC tracked a migrants' smuggler and found him, after trips to Calais, Antwerp, Luxembourg etc;.and thanks an credible undercover reporter and OSINT techniques bbc.com/news/articles/… Journalism.co.uk journalism festival Eric Van Duyse Commissariat fédéral aux drogues Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

A court in Russia has sentenced Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter arrested last year on absurd espionage charges, to 16 years in high-security prison. Russia rushed through the trial and didn't bother presenting public evidence. It may be a prelude to an exchange. Free Evan!

That is the reality for Afghan media under the Taliban. Taliban’s notorious intelligence service the GDI continues to target the Afghan media. YouTubers and foreign media outlets on “Short visits” are treated differently. #Pressfreedom

Very much hoping today is the day I can retire these pins… #journalismisnotacrime

Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war theguardian.com/world/article/…

A homepage I am sure the staff of the The Wall Street Journal has been dreaming of publishing:

In the latest edition of #TheOtherWave, I'm guilty of bringing up my April trip to Perugia again when I was in town for the International Journalism Festival (journalism festival) — but not because of the food! theotherwave.substack.com/p/low-engageme…

#FreeJimmyLai

Introducing the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative. 35 grants are available to support ideas coming from small and medium sized publishers. Learn more & apply →journalismai.info/programmes/inn…

This week's IJF round-up: Multiple angles to investigating extreme heat, how one investigation exposed an alarming threat to the US election, and an interview of Eliot Higgins journalismfestival.com/news/investiga…