Program

For three days, journalists will meet other knowledgeable mediators of information from different regions of the world in Innsbruck. In conversations with colleagues and other experts, visitors find out what is going on behind the scenes of the information on international events, which is often hastily and superficially conveyed, and can contribute.

Current social, political and cultural developments are the focus of the debates, from book presentations, exhibitions, doc-films and audio features. The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

SoWi-Aula

The US Under Trump:

Press Freedom Under Attack

Conversation

“Fake news” and “alternative facts” are buzzwords that have stuck with us since Donald Trump’s first term. Now, the POTUS does his utmost to restrict press freedom. Even established media outlets are rushing to find a compromise with him. For example, over the last two years in particular, Washington Post owner, Amazon boss and Trump ally Jeff Bezos has damaged the editorial independence of the venerable newspaper.

Annett Meiritz
Foreign Policy Editor and former US correspondent for Handelsblatt, Author of “The Alliance of the New Right – Make Europe Great Again?” (2025)

Holger Stark
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of German weekly newspaper ZEIT, author of “Das erwachsene Land” Deutschland ohne Amerika – eine historische Chance” (The Grown-Up Country. Germany Without America – A Historic Opportunity) (2025)

Aaron Wiener
Journalist, until February 2026 Berlin Correspondent for the Washington Post

Moderator
Noelia Sanchez Barón
Host of @deindailyupdate, the regional TikTok news format from rbb|24 and Radio Fritz, Daniel Haufler Scholarship 2024

German

Free admission

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Die Mitwirkenden

Wir freuen uns auf Journalist*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und NGOs aus verschiedenen Regionen der Welt.

Die Schauplätze

Die Veranstaltungsorte des Festivals liegen im Zentrum von Innsbruck. Sie sind zu Fuß gut zu erreichen.

Info

Informationen über Tickets, Anreise, Unterkünfte, Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel und Aktuelles zur Region Innsbruck.