08:30 - 09:00 Registration & coffee
09:00 - 10:15 Opening session
10:15 - 10:55 Keynote (Peter Erdelyi, Center for Independent Media, HU)
10:55 - 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 - 12:30 Show&Share (presentations in break-out sessions)
- Inform.zp.ua (UA), FairPlanet (DE) Gogo.al (AL)
- Eastern Variant (UA), Rue89 Strasbourg (FR), Novaja Gazeta Europe (LT)
- Makes Sense (UA), Revista (ES), Transitions/TakTak (CZ)
- Mykolaivski Novyny (UA), UH.ro (RO), DATADISTA (ES)
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch @ NYU
13:45 - 14:45 Ignite talks
Dare to Try New Things – It’s Worth It
In a changing media landscape, innovation keeps independent journalism resilient, strong, and relevant.
- Maris Hellrand – Hiiu Leht (EE)
- Sabrina Vaizer – Rubryka (UA)
- João Ribeiro – Shifter (PT)
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00 Thematic Clusters 1 (group discussions in break-outs)
- Diversification of Revenue Streams - Rubryka (UA), Eastern Variant (UA), Shifter (PT) (moderation: Peter Erdelyi)
- Exploring Video Storytelling - Context.ro (RO), Novaya Gazeta Europe (LT), Inform.zp.ua (UA), Mérce (HU) (moderation: Cristian Lupsa)
- Community-Building in the Digital Era - Mensagem de Lisboa (PT), Hiiu Leht (EE), Grunt (UA) (moderation: Lucie Holeček)
- Making the Invisible Visible: Explaining Your Journalistic Work - Zon.si (SI), FADA (IT) (moderation: Jeremy Druker)
16:00 - 16:55 Thematic Clusters 2 (group discussions in break-outs)
- AI in Newsrooms - Gostivar (MK), Makes Sense (UA), Texty.org.ua (UA) (modeartion: Ides Debruyne)
- Innovative Research Methods - Grechka (UA), Nyugat (HU), GreenBelarus (BY/LT) (moderation: Lucie Holeček)
- Navigating Social Media - Civio (ES), Iasul Nostru(RO), DATADISTA (ES), Memorial (PL) (moderation: Catarina Carvalho)
- Reaching Audiences Through Podcasts - dis:orient (DE), den.fm (BG), EUrologus (HU) (moderation: Meenal Thakur)
- Rethinking the News Website - Tris (HR), Media2Ticket/Informator Kolomiia (UA), Woxx (LX) (moderation: Cristian Lupsa)
16:55 - 17:10 Closing circle & reflection for the next day
17:10 - 17:25 Break
17:25 - 17:50 Walk to the boat
18:00 - 20:00 Boat trip on the Vltava river
