DW Akademie at World Press Freedom Day 2024

DW Akademie experts and partners will participate in this year's UN World Press Freedom Day Conference in Santiago de Chile.

Here's an overview of DW Akademie's contributions to the conference program.

May 3, 2024

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout session

Track 2: (Dis)InfoTactics in the super election year: The scramble to rebuild trust in the media.

Panelists:

• Patricia Mayorga, Periodistas de a Pie, Mexico
• Swapneel Mehta, Boston University & MIT, India
• Marcela Tobar Ríos, IDEA, Chile
• Gwen Lister, Founder of The Namibian and director of the NMT Media Foundation
• Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie. Germany

May 4, 2024

Side Events

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

New narratives to save the planet: gender-sensitive journalism meets environmental reporting. Organized by DW Akademie and Alharaca

Panelists:

• Laura Aguirre, Alharaca, El Salvador
• Amanda Martón, Revista Anfibia, Chile
• Pamela Carmona, Autonomías Podcast, Mexico
• Edilma Prada, Agenda Propia, Colombia

Experts have long noted that women disproportionally bear the brunt of the environmental crisis. Simultaneously, there are many examples, where women have refused to accept violations and have successfully mobilized against them. Together we will take a look at the intersection of feminism and the environmental crisis – from a constructive perspective.

During an interactive discussion with experts from the fields of gender, environmental reporting, and constructive journalism, Alharaca and DW Akademie invite participants to rethink current narratives that dominate the discussion on the environmental crisis. In a participatory game format, everyone is invited to exchange ideas about the potentials and limitations of a solutions-focused journalistic approach, that puts a gender perspective at the center.

This session will be held in Spanish.

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action.

Panelists:

• Laura Aguirre, CEO and founder of Alharaca and SembraMedia Ambassador for El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
• Gwen Lister, founder of The Namibian and director of the NMT Media Foundation
• Mariana Alvarado del Real, journalist, Mexico, and Media Viability Ambassador
• Gaygysyz "Guy" Geldiyev, Managing Partner at Jnomics Media, Ukraine, and Media Viability Ambassador

Moderator: Tom Law, Deputy Director of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)  

Organized by DW Akademie and UNESCO IPDC, as representatives of the Media Viability Manifesto initiative, further consisting of International Media Support, Free Press Unlimited, BBC Media Action, Global Forum for Media Development, Sembra Media, Center for International Media Assistance, Internews, FT Strategies, Fondation Hirondelle, and IREX.

In this session, we'll discuss the Media Viability Manifesto, a joint framework on media viability for media development and media support actors. The event aims to put the MVM into practice by exploring strategic pathways and actionable steps for implementation. Different perspectives and experiences are shared and debated to identify common priorities, generate tangible solutions, and foster strategic collaboration among numerous stakeholders. As a result, participants will be provided with concrete approaches to support the survival of quality journalism in a more systematic and thus impactful way.

DW Akademie partner organizations at WPFD Side Events

May 3, 3:55 - 4:50 PM

• Luis Salazar from CEPRA at "What happened to media pluralism?", organized by OBSERVACOM

May 4, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

• Jorge Guachamín from CORAPE at "What does journalism need to help save the Amazon?", organized by the Special Rapporteur of Freedom of Expression - Inter-american Human Rights Court and FLIP