Surveillance capitalism, counterintelligence for civil society, and journalism: a conversation with Citizen Lab’s founder
The founder and director of the University of Toronto’s renowned Citizen Lab sat down with iMEdD in Athens to talk about the crisis he perceives in liberal democracy and the future of digital spyware.
Vodcasts – from the golden age of narrative podcasts to the talk show gold rush
Today, well-coiffed podcasters – increasingly, celebrities – with gleaming smiles chat with their guests in set-designed studios. Funded by Big Tech, which has snapped up the formerly independent studios that used to produce podcasts, now most successful podcasts have some sort of video component.
Slopaganda, institutionalized
The nexus point where AI slop and propaganda meet is journalism’s latest challenge. When institutions are posting deepfakes of regular citizens and journalists themselves are being targeted, how can the public know what is real?
Greenland’s KNR: How a tiny newsroom marshals its resources to cover a huge story
Amid a lull in the news, the news director of Greenland’s public broadcaster speaks with iMEdD about the daily challenges of local journalism, especially when the world is waiting for updates.
Sources at risk: How U.S. independent newsrooms guard them under Trump
With a media-hostile administration aggressively enforcing law enforcement mechanisms, independent news outlets across the US are rethinking how they manage their sources and material.
Unpacking the story: Beneath the cloud
Journalists Laís Martins and Pablo Jiménez Arandia talk to iMEdD about their investigations on the “big issue of our time: how the world is going to sustain the development of AI.”
Newsfluencers, not anchors — does it change what news is?
In a free-flowing conversation curated by the Pew-Knight Initiative for iMEdD's 2025 International Journalism Forum, four journalists discuss how the transfer of power from traditional media gatekeepers to the general public is playing out.
“Never a good time to break down” – Journalists in Gaza continue to report amidst fear for their lives
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