The latest events related to the world of public service media
From conferences to symposiums and launch dates, we strive to highlight a wide range of international public service media events.
PMA events
Events being hosted by PMA, or events which we are partnering on!
Workshop: Digital Security Best Practices
This 90-minute workshop, run by Ela Stapley at the Committee to Protect Journalists, is intended to provide journalists in the Caribbean with the practical tools needed to protect themselves and their sources digitally. It will cover protecting your personal online data, secure forms of communication, and spyware. Journalists will learn how to mitigate the risks of digital threats, including from legal requests for data and online abuse.
The event is being organised by the Public Media Alliance and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists
Dates: 28 May. 2025
Venue: Online
MediaStrong 2025
The third edition of MediaStrong will bring together journalists and news professionals, renowned mental health specialists, expert academics, and campaigners for the protection of journalists. This year’s event will provide a safe space for journalists to gather and learn about the latest research as well as how to protect their mental health – both in the field and in the newsroom.
Date: 2 July 2025
Venue: City St George’s, University of London, London, UK
PSM Unpacked [Recurring]
The challenges facing public service media are not only growing but are also shared more widely than ever before. From funding to journalist safety, this series of roundtable forums is designed for PMA members to discuss these challenges and also share innovations, successes and solutions.
Each session, a small group of employees at PMA member organisations gather to informally exchange knowledge and best practices, and discuss how their organisations manage operations across different subject areas.
The sessions are organised on a regular basis, and bring together people in similar positions at like-minded organisations. They are also good networking opportunities, so staff can meet and speak with their global peers.
Our next roundtable will be: “Broadcasting for Resilience: PSM’s Role in Disaster Risk Preparedness”
Date: 30 April 2025
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Upcoming events related to public service media
Radio Days Europe
Date: 9-11 March 2025
Venue: Athens, Greece
Radiodays Europe is the event in the Radio, Podcast and Audio World bringing together over 1,500 visitors from 65 countries over 3 days.
The event is organised into sessions including keynote speeches, panel discussions, interactive sessions, summits, workshops and networking events.
Radiodays Europe brings you more ideas, the best innovations, latest trends, comprehensive data which you can use in your station, your podcast and in your audio company.
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How to Build a Mental Health Strategy for Your Newsroom
Date: 24-26 March 2025
Venue: Webinar
The relentless and harrowing news agenda of this decade has put the mental health of journalists into sharp focus for news leaders. From Covid to Ukraine and the Israel/Gaza conflict, it’s not only reporters witnessing horrors in the field at risk but those inside the newsroom, facing the threat of vicarious trauma. This new Master Class uses the ANSWERS model developed by its leader, Hannah Storm who is an expert in the mental well-being of journalists.
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4th International Conference on Pathologies and Dysfunctions of Democracy in Media
Date: 27-28 March 2025
Venue: Covilhã, Portugal
The 4th International Conference Pathologies and Dysfunctions of Democracy in a Media Context accepts work that aims:
- a) Generally identifying thematic agendas, communicational strategies, and discursive practices of populism, in the various contexts of its emergence and ascension.
- b) Specifically identifying the existence of thematic, communicational, and discursive mutations recently observed in populist movements and parties, coincident with their electoral growth and /or approach to power.
- c) Works that focus on pathologies associated with populism in media contexts such as hate speech, xenophobia, racism, polarization, etc. are also accepted.
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International Journalism Festival
Date: 9-13 April 2025
Venue: Perugia, Italy
The biggest annual media event in Europe. The 2024 festival had 220 sessions and 612 speakers in the 5-day programme.
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Digital Media Asia (DMA)
Date: 23-24 April 2025
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Digital Media Asia (DMA) is Asia-Pacific’s largest and foremost regional news media industry event on digital trends, revenue and technology. It returns for its 17th year in 2025.
DMA has been at the forefront of transformation in the news media industry since its inception in Singapore in 2009 and attracts hundreds of top-level publishers, editors and digital executives who share best practices, business models, case studies, solutions and their experiences in the news media business.
The conference is organised into two tracks – the Digital Revenue Summit and the Technology Summit.
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Difference DAY
Date: 2 May 2024
Venue: Bozar, Brussels
Difference Day saw the light in 2015, ten years ago. Difference Day 2025 is celebrating its first decennium with a festive edition that will take place at Bozar on Friday 2 May 2025 – a day before the World Press Freedom Day. The theme of the event is ‘Speak Freely, Listen Respectfully, Different Opinions Matter’: the general heading under which Difference Day first took the stage.
Difference Day always takes place on World Press Freedom Day, which was declared by the United Nations in 1993 to raise awareness of the importance of press freedom and remind governments to respect their duty to uphold the right to freedom of expression. In 2025, Difference Day therefore continues to honour people, institutions and organisations that make a difference in propagating and promoting freedom of expression, but without absolutising it.
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World News Media Congress 2025
Date: 4-6 May 2025
Venue: Krakow, Poland
There is a link between Poland’s democratic resurgence and the robust journalism of its independent news media, making it an ideal host for the 76th World News Media Congress.
In the culturally rich city of Krakow, from 4-6 May, we will explore the ongoing transformation of news media, with Mastering Media’s New Playbook a central theme.
Through three specialist tracks and hands-on workshops, leaders of newsrooms and news organisations can explore the evolving strategies needed to build competitive and innovative spaces where essential journalism can thrive.
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The Future of Public Service Media
Date: 5 May 2025
Venue: Stockholm, Sweden
How can we imagine a future for public service media in Europe? How can contemporary challenges be understood and met? And what should be the role of PSM in the future media- and political landscapes of Europe?
This symposium will tackle these issues drawing on current international and comparative research, as well as insights from the Swedish broadcasting companies themselves.
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Journalism Festival Innsbruck – International Days of Information (German)
Date: 16-18 May 2025
Venue: Innsbruck, Germany
Save the date for a May weekend to meet journalists from different regions of Europe and beyond will provide insights into their work and discuss the pressing matters with them as well as researchers, NGO representatives, and other experts.
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2025 PBS Annual Meeting
Date: 19-21 May 2025
Venue: Atlanta, USA
The PBS Annual Meeting is an opportunity to bring key stakeholders together across all public media disciplines. We look forward to welcoming colleagues from all corners of the public media system, including General Managers, Programmers, Producers, as well as Development, Promotion, Communication, Technology, and Education Leaders.
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INMA World Congress of News Media
Date: 19-23 May 2025
Venue: New York, USA
The 95th Annual INMA World Congress of News Media returns to New York for a dynamic exploration of the rapidly evolving media landscape. In an era defined by transformation, the INMA conference theme “The New Economy of News Media” captures the essence of our discussions. We will explore the evolving power structures, information ecosystems, competitive landscapes, alliances, processes, and products that are reshaping the media industry.
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INMA World Congress of News Media
Date: 19-23 May 2025
Venue: New York, USA
The 95th Annual INMA World Congress of News Media returns to New York for a dynamic exploration of the rapidly evolving media landscape. In an era defined by transformation, the INMA conference theme “The New Economy of News Media” captures the essence of our discussions. We will explore the evolving power structures, information ecosystems, competitive landscapes, alliances, processes, and products that are reshaping the media industry.
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The World Media Economics and Management Conference 2025
Date: 20-24 May 2025
Venue: Warsaw, Poland
The focus for the WMEMC 2025 centres on examining, analysing and developing insights to deepen understandings of the rapid pace and complexity of change in media industries to both advance theory in the field and support practical efforts to develop media in the many aspects of key interest. These certainly include financial, structural, technological, cultural, societal, political and ideological aspects of media and media-society relations. We seek answers to questions of fundamental importance for understanding what and how media industries, organisations, and professionals need to prepare for the future and how both professional practice and media research and education must adapt to be useful.
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Broadcast And Digital Media Convention East Africa 2025
Date: 27-28 May 2025
Venue: Kampala, Uganda
Effective content preservation and archiving have never been more critical in the ever-evolving digital broadcasting landscape. As broadcasters and media organisations across East Africa continue to embrace digital platforms, ensuring the long-term sustainability, accessibility, and integrity of their content becomes a pressing priority.
At the upcoming Broadcast And Digital Media Convention – East Africa 2025, scheduled for 27 – 28 May 2025 at the Four Points by Sheraton – Kampala, Uganda, industry leaders, policymakers, and technologists will gather to discuss the strategies and technologies shaping the future of digital broadcasting. Hosted by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and co-convened by Broadcast Media Africa (BMA) and Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), the convention will place a spotlight on key areas, including the crucial role of content preservation and archiving in the digital ecosystem.
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South Asia News Media Festival
Date: 7-10 July 2025
Venue: Mumbai, India
The INMA South Asia News Media Festival is association’s signature regional news media conference and study tour for leaders and news media executives looking to benchmark against the best, gain practical insights and learn from successful strategies in a fast-changing market. Join us for the South Asia News Media Festival as we surface best practices most relevant to the news media ecosystem.
At the conference, dive into the implications of the changing advertising landscape vis-a-vis content, consumer, and tech. How are publishers and media agencies approaching media buying, and what does this mean for reach and revenue? What is the right conflux of content, product, and tech to serve audiences? What are the alternative sources of revenue and emerging business models?
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Public Media Development and Marketing Conference 2025
Date: 7-10 July 2025
Venue: Philadelphia, USA
The public media landscape is evolving at a rapid pace. Broadcast audiences are shifting, and our long-term success hinges on our ability to adapt and expand audiences.
PMDMC is your catalyst for transformation. It’s the must-attend conference for public media leaders and revenue-generating professionals from organizations of all sizes. This is where we make plans that drive industry innovation and secure a sustainable future for our vital public service.
PMDMC is more than just a conference, it’s a community. You’ll build relationships with colleagues from public media and beyond to share best practices and forge valuable connections you can draw from throughout the year.
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Global Investigative Journalism Conference Heads to Malaysia in 2025
Date: 29 July 2025
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the fourth quarter of next year.
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is excited to partner with Malaysiakini as a local co-host for GIJC25. Malaysiakini is an independent online news outlet created in 1999, that has been recognized both locally and internationally for its contributions to the media landscape, commitment to press freedom, and in-depth reporting.
As in previous years, GIJC25 will feature a robust fellowship program to bring journalists from the Global South and other regions to the conference. Donors and co-sponsors who want to support this high-impact event can contact the organizers at hello@gijn.org. Subscribe to GIJN’s bulletin to get the latest updates on registration, fellowships, call for session proposals, and more.
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Africa News Media Summit
Date: 7-8 August 2025
Join us for this two-day virtual summit to learn how African news publishers continue to grow audience, revenue, and brand as we make the difficult transition from print to digital. Over two days and nearly eight hours of programming, hear directly from peers throughout Africa on their best practices in the face of societal, technological and business challenges. INMA will focus African participants on the business of news media: audience development, advertising, the smart use of data and insights, and emerging digital models that work for emerging markets.
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NordMedia25
Date: 13-15 August 2025
Venue: Odense, Denmark
NordMedia is a biennial conference for Nordic media and communication researchers organized by the national Nordic media researcher associations together with Nordicom. It was organized in 1973 for the first time.
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INMA Media Innovation Week
Date: 22-26 September 2025
Venue: Dublin, Ireland
INMA’s Media Innovation Week brings together the very best of European best practices to grow audience, revenue, and brand to support great journalism – with a special spotlight on the Irish news industry. For the first time, Media Innovation Week adds a new component: a Newsroom Transformation Hub focused on repositioning the beating heart of news companies for the digital landscape.
Punctuate your Media Innovation Week experience with a reception at the National Gallery of Ireland, a soiree at the famous Guinness Storehouse, and private dinners with colleagues in an unforgettable Irish setting.
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Newsroom Transformation Masterclass
Date: 9-16 October 2025
What exactly is newsroom transformation? And how will we know when we have “transformed”?
In this INMA Newsroom Transformation Master Class we will dive into metrics and KPIs that today’s journalists must know if news brands are to deliver impact and influence in a fast-changing world.
We will look at establishing newsroom-wide KPIs, creating a data-fluent newsroom culture, understanding what data can and can’t tell us, and using data to guide decisions on what to stop doing.
Join some of the most experienced and innovative working journalists and news leaders in the world as they share what we still need to do to accelerate newsroom transformation and face multiple challenges.
In three modules, you’ll get a mini-MBA in newsroom management and come away with ideas and tools you can apply tomorrow to the challenges you face today.
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Media Tech and AI Conference
Date: 20-21 October 2025
Venue: San Francisco, USA
Immerse yourself in the latest trends in technology and consumer behaviour shifts at the inaugural INMA Media Tech and AI Conference in San Francisco. With a fast-paced rhythm inspired by the innovation culture of Silicon Valley, this event dives deep into the rapid technological changes shaping the news media industry, offering unparalleled insights and discussions. With AI transforming consumers’ lives and reshaping businesses, the conference will explore its dramatic impact through expert-led sessions, quick-fire presentations, and dynamic panels designed to keep up with the speed of change. Highlights will include how the world’s largest innovation ecosystem is evolving, the AI tools shaping news media, shifts in consumer habits, the real business implications of AI advancements, storytelling strategies within emerging technologies, the rise of answer engines and their impact on content discovery, and strategies for maximising attribution.
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IPI 75th Anniversary World Congress in Vienna in 2025
Date: 23-25 October 2025
Venue: Vienna
The 2025 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival will bring together the world’s leading journalists, editors, and media leaders at the historic Schönbrunn Orangery and Apothekertrakt in Vienna, Austria, from October 23 to 25, 2025. This landmark Congress will also mark IPI’s 75th anniversary.
Through interactive panels, workshops, and hands-on sessions with global experts, discussions at the 2025 IPI World Congress will address critical challenges such as journalist safety in high-risk environments, the worldwide threat to journalism from growing authoritarianism, and ensuring media sustainability through innovative business models.
A key feature of the event will be the Media Innovation Festival, which will spotlight a pioneering, global group of digital native media startups and innovators. This festival will provide participants with a unique platform to explore tools and opportunities in business and editorial strategy that shape the future of journalism, focusing on innovation’s role in enhancing the sustainability of media organizations.
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17th Dubrovnik Media Days
Date: 25 October 2025
Venue: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Generative AI: Transforming Journalism, Strategic Communication, and Education
International Scientific Conference “Dubrovnik Media Days”:
University of Dubrovnik’s Faculty of Media and Public Relations in cooperation with the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom of the European University Institute and Croatian Academy of Science and Arts
This event is conceived as a two-day International Scientific Conference followed by a one-day Policy Lab, seeking to build synergies and exchange between academia, experts, regulators, and policy-makers. The scientific conference aims to bring together emerging and senior scholars from various disciplines and interests in the integrity of the information sphere, democracy, media and journalism, competition and antitrust, copyright, education, and regulation. Accepted papers and extended abstracts (developed into papers) will be considered for publication in a special issue of the academic journal Media Studies.
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Last Updated: 26th March 2025
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Catch up with our recent events
DIGITAL VIOLENCE | Issues & challenges for women in Haiti (French)
As a prelude to International Women’s Day 2022, PMA and its partners PANOS Caribbean, UNESCO Haiti, and Solidarite des femmes haitiennes journalistes (SOFEHJ) organised an event in Haiti on digital safety for female journalists.
The impacts of COVID-19 on the Southeast Asian media landscape
On Thursday 20th January, the Public Media Alliance (PMA), in partnership with the Asia Democracy Network (ADN) and with support from UNESCO Bangkok, launched a report exploring the state of media freedom, media business viability and journalist safety in ten countries in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 crisis, and an accompanying draft Media Recovery Plan. We were joined by media stakeholders from across the region and the project’s country experts to share their insights on the challenges and threats facing journalists and media workers.
Radiodays Asia 2021
Talking COVID – The personal Experience
Catch up with PMA’s session from this year’s Radiodays Asia, where we spoke to journalists and radio producers about their experiences during the pandemic and discussed the innovations and changes in the way we work that are here to stay.
Watch the sessions again on Radioday’s Catch Up platform.
Welcoming New Neighbours: How public media works for refugees and asylum seekers
As publicly funded organisations, public media must be representative of and accessible to all groups within society. This includes welcoming new residents, such as refugees and asylum seekers, as they integrate into new environments.
Catchup with the Public Media Alliance’s special online event as part of Refugee Week, exploring how public broadcasters are covering the lives of refugees and asylum seekers as they make new homes here in the UK.
If you have any suggestions for events related to the world of public service media please email PMA at editor@publicmediaalliance.org.