EVENT

MediaStrong 2025 Agenda

WHEN: 2 July 2025

Explore the agenda of the MediaStrong 2025 Symposium for journalists, focused on improving mental health supports in newsrooms.

Registration

Opening

Moderator

Hannah Vaughan Jones

Emmy-nominated journalist and news anchor; former Sky News and CNN

Speaker

Glenda Cooper

Head of the Journalism Department, City St George's, University of London; Reader in Journalism Studies

Speaker

Matthew Green

Global Investigations Editor, DeSmog; Former Reuters and Financial Times Correspondent

Speaker

Leona O'Neill

Founder of MediaStrong, Head of Undergraduate Journalism at Ulster University

In conversation with: Clarissa Ward, CNN

Moderator: Hannah Vaughan Jones

Speaker

Clarissa Ward

Chief International Correspondent, CNN

Video: Journalists are not superhuman

Neave Barker, Senior News Anchor / Correspondent, Al Jazeera English

Panel: The Newsroom

Moderator

Kristian Porter

Chief Executive Officer, Public Media Alliance

Speaker

Fran Unsworth

Former Director, News and Current Affairs, BBC; Chair of International News Safety Institute

Speaker

Schams Elwazer

Director of News, Video for CNN International

Speaker

Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams MBE

Global Managing Editor, Newsroom Diversity and Mental Health, Reuters

Break

Panel: Journalists in exile

Moderator: Hannah Vaughan Jones

More speakers will be announced very soon.

Speaker

Fiona O'Brien

UK Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Panel: Emotionally intelligent storytelling

Moderator

James Scurry

Senior Producer and an Assistant Editor, Sky News; Co-founder and Co-director, Safely Held Spaces

Speaker

Jon Laurence

Supervising Executive Producer, AJ+

Speaker

Tristan Werkmeister

Social Media Video Reporter, Reuters

Speaker

Bethany Lee

Editorial Assistant, ITP Media; Podcaster

Speaker

James Bessant Davies

Photojournalist and filmmaker

Lunch break & Workshop: Peer-to-Peer Learning on How to Build Resilient Newsrooms

Moderator

Matthew Green

Global Investigations Editor, DeSmog; Former Reuters and Financial Times Correspondent

Moderator

Jacob Kishere

Creator, SENSESPACE Podcast

Panel: Peer Support

Moderator

Harry Key

Head of Global Specialist Services, CIC

Speaker

Dave Seglins

Investigative journalist & "Well-being Champion", CBC News

Speaker

Natalie Graham

Lead Presenter, BBC South East; Peer Support Network Coordinator, BBC

Speaker

Lisa Archibald

Co-owner, International Peer Support

Session: Taking back control online

Moderator: Hannah Vaughan Jones

Speaker

Rebecca Whittington

Online Safety Editor, Reach Plc

Speaker

Jon Laurence

Supervising Executive Producer, AJ+

Break

In conversation with: Aya Ibrahim, Deutsche Welle

Moderator: Hannah Vaughan Jones

Speaker

Aya Ibrahim

Head of News and Reports Middle East and North Africa, Deutsche Welle

Presentation: The ethics of care in journalism

Presenter

Dr Zahera Harb

Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Journalism, City St George’s, University of London

Speaker

Lea Hellmueller

Associate Dean of Research at the School of Communication & Creativity and Reader at the Journalism Department at City St George’s, University of London

Video | Lived experience

Mental health in journalism: Finding solutions

Moderator

Hannah Vaughan Jones

Emmy-nominated journalist and news anchor; former Sky News and CNN

MediaStrong Charter

Speaker

Leona O'Neill

Founder of MediaStrong, Head of Undergraduate Journalism at Ulster University

Closing

Moderator

Matthew Green

Global Investigations Editor, DeSmog; Former Reuters and Financial Times Correspondent

Networking opportunity

Partners

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EVENT

MediaStrong 2025 Agenda

WHEN: 2 July 2025

Explore the agenda of the MediaStrong 2025 Symposium for journalists, focused on improving mental health supports in newsrooms.

9:00

Registration

9:30

Opening

10:00

In conversation with: Clarissa Ward, CNN

10:15

Video: Journalists are not superhuman

10:20

Panel: The Newsroom

11:00

Break

11:20

Panel: Journalists in exile

12:00

Panel: Emotionally intelligent storytelling

12:40

Lunch break & Workshop: Peer-to-Peer Learning on How to Build Resilient Newsrooms

13:30

Panel: Peer Support

14:15

Session: Taking back control online

14:50

Break

15:00

In conversation with: Aya Ibrahim, Deutsche Welle

15:30

Presentation: The ethics of care in journalism

16:00

Video | Lived experience

16:05

Mental health in journalism: Finding solutions

16:30

MediaStrong Charter

16:50

Closing

17:00 - 18:00

Networking opportunity

Partners

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