Can an Image Change the World?
Awards like World Press Photo bring vital global stories to the forefront and raise awareness about the urgent issues of our time—this year, climate crisis and migration took center stage.
“News” in 2025 is in the eye of the beholder
News is now personal: people define it based on identity, interest, and choice—not traditional gatekeepers, says Pew study.
Taking the Next Step
iMEdD is launching an ambitious new initiative: a global, nonprofit, video-first newsroom, employing young journalists from around the world.
From Texas to Orestiada
Trump, a festival in Texas and an event in a cinema theater in Orestiada make up the frame of a big picture that journalism has probably missed. But is it too late?
Listening and Being Heard
At iMEdD, we’re talking about a journalistic platform—one that doesn’t just foster dialogue but asks: how do we turn conversations into action for the other 362 days of the year?
‘Europe’s Last Dictator’ Wields the Ax
The war on the press in Belarus: Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d been busy. This wasn’t a clichéd vox pop with a disaffected heartland voter, but rather a comment made by Alexander Lukashenko, a man known as "Europe's last dictator."
The Storm Inside
A journalist's bipolar diagnosis exposes mental health struggles in war reporting, where trauma, stigma, and addiction often go unchecked.
We’ll rethink scale, trust, and our life’s work
Journalism faces an existential crisis, and whether we can meet the moment collectively will be telling. Here are four areas I predict we will be hearing a lot about in 2025, all interconnected.