Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will be a featured keynote speaker at GlobalFact 11, the world’s largest fact-checking summit, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute. She’ll be joined by experts in journalism, democracy, artificial intelligence and debunking online misinformation.
Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2021 in recognition of her efforts “to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” She is the co-founder of Rappler, a digital news site with a robust fact-checking division, based in the Philippines. Rappler has been a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles since 2017. Prior to founding Rappler, Ressa worked as a bureau chief for CNN in both Manilla and in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the author of several books and her most recent memoir is titled, “How to Stand up to a Dictator.”
Ressa will appear at GlobalFact in conversation with Phil Chetwynd, Global News Director of Agence France-Presse. AFP has been a signatory to the IFCN’s Code of Principles since 2018.
Ressa will be joined by several distinguished speakers at GlobalFact 11, held from June 26 to 28 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Steve Levitsky, political scientist and co-author of “How Democracies Die” and “Tyranny of the Majority.” Levitsky’s work focuses on democracy, authoritarianism, political parties, campaigns and elections, with a focus on Latin America. His book “How Democracies Die,” co-written with Daniel Ziblatt, documented democracy’s vulnerability when both critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and long-standing political norms are gradually eroded over time. His latest work looks at the structural conditions that contribute to democratic resiliency around the world.
AI futurist Nikita Roy is a practitioner and promoter of the responsible use of artificial intelligence in media. She conducts AI workshops for news organizations and has taught generative AI at institutions that include the University of Toronto and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. Her work includes studying how AI can increase revenue streams, audience reach and operational efficiency for the news, making community media more sustainable. Roy is a Knight Fellow at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
Craig Silverman is a longtime presenter and trainer at GlobalFact, and he returns in 2024 to lead workshops on digital investigations and media manipulation. As a journalist, Silverman covers voting, platforms and disinformation for the investigative website ProPublica. Before that, he was media editor with BuzzFeed News. He is the author of the email newsletter Digital Investigations, which offers tips and tools for digging into digital content and using open source intelligence (OSINT).
GlobalFact tickets are $399 and can be purchased at www.globalfact11.com, with discounts available to IFCN signatories. Individuals who cannot physically attend the conference can purchase a $49 virtual ticket to watch the live broadcast of select main stage sessions.
For more information, visit www.globalfact11.com or email globalfact@ifcn.org.
