Who is winning the ongoing battle between platforms and publishers? This panel delves into the global impact of the world-first Australian News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC) introduced in 2021, examini...
Anya Schiffrin
Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior lecturer on global media, innovation and human rights. She is the co-organizer and thought leader of the annual media conference Saving Journalism, now in its fourth year at Columbia World Projects. Her work with economist Haaris Mateen on the valuation of news has been cited in the Atlantic, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post and many other publications.
She is a leading thinker and commentator on media sustainability, AI and publishing, as well as mis/disinformation and media impact. She writes on journalism and development, investigative reporting in the global south and has published extensively over the last decade on the media in Africa. More recently she has become focused on solutions to the problem of online disinformation, earning her PhD (with honors) on the topic from the University of Navarra.
She is the editor of Women in the Digital World (Routledge, April 2023) and of Media Capture: How Money, Digital Platforms and Governments Control the News (Columbia University Press 2021), author of Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World (New Press, 2014) and African Muckraking: 75 years of Investigative journalism from Africa (Jakana 2017).
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising how we gather, process, and disseminate information. The future impact of this revolution hinges on our technological choices. This panel will address c...
It’s no secret that there’s a funding and financing crisis for journalism everywhere around the world. Most of the money to support independent media around the world comes from philanthropies, go...
In many emerging economies, democracy often depends on independent, public-interest journalism to hold the government accountable. This type of journalism – mired in impenetrable policy and deep-div...
Australia’s path-breaking 2021 legislation, which got Google and Meta to pay more than 300 million dollars to media outlets, is being watched by countries around the world that want to emulate it. H...
Gli ultimi due anni hanno visto governi e fondazioni di tutto il mondo compiere passi per sostenere il giornalismo di qualità. Questo panel si concentrerà su ciò che sta funzionando e su ciò che p...
Gli sforzi globali per sostenere il giornalismo come bene pubblico sono aumentati in parallelo con l'escalation delle minacce dell'era pandemica. Le vendite dei giornali nei paesi a basso e medio redd...
Is it reasonable to expect digital media start-ups in the Global South to find ways to become sustainable beyond donor funding? A Montclair State University study revealed that the success of non-dono...
Network Propaganda: manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics
Presentation of the book Network Propaganda. Manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics (Oxford University Press, 2018) by Robert Faris. Moderated by Anya Schiffrin. Is so...
Il controllo dei media, il controllo delle testate giornalistiche da parte di magnati e dei loro compari governativi è già esistito. Nell'era digitale tuttavia assume nuove forme. Questo panel discu...
Viviamo in un'epoca in cui la fiducia è in declino: fiducia nei politici, fiducia nelle istituzioni, fiducia nei media, fiducia negli esperti. Stiamo affogando nelle opinioni mentre molti di noi stan...
Che cosa serve per avviare nel Sud del Mondo una startup d'informazione che faccia reportage professionali sugli argomenti che contano? In che modo queste testate sopravvivono in contesti critici per ...
Con la libertà di stampa sempre più sotto attacco e la violenza contro i giornalisti in aumento, c'è molto da dire sullo stato dei media oggi. La maggior parte degli organi di stampa si tiene dista...
I giornalisti investigativi hanno molto in comune, non ultimo un'attenzione maniacale per i dettagli e una compulsione per continuare a scavare quando la maggior parte delle persone normali passerebbe...
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