Sad to have to walk past the Far right march near Russell Square to reach Noor Inayat khan's memorial statue where we meet every September to celebrate the birthday of this war heroine.

"A tidal wave of comment but less primacy of facts." Published comments, not rooted in facts, are flooding out fact-based truth, sometimes deliberately.
Is truth-based journalism still possible or affordable? - Alan Rusbridger, Editor of Prospect magazine and former editor of The Guardian #ijf25

Trump's attacks on press "worse than anything I've seen before" - Betsy Reed, Guardian US. Abuse of regulatory powers, using criminal law to jeopardise confidential sources, limiting access, refusing to comply with FOI requests, immigration visa status & threat of MAGA vigilante violence. #ijf25

Next up, Trump and the Press. Betsy Reed, Editor in Chief of the Guardian,US say challenge to press is the Trump strategy (according to Steve Bannon) to "flood the zone" ie overwhelm newsrooms. With limited resources, have to pick stories we can do in depth eg student visas being removed. #ijf25.

Chris Wylie lays down a challenge to journalists: Framing it as a tech story is the problem. This is not about widgets, it's a fascist movement.
Journalists need to report what the tech bros are saying about the future and challenge it. Report the cult it really is. #ijf25

What is God? Omnipresent, omniscient, lives forever, can't be seen but exists because people of faith believe. That is the superhuman future the cult of super-rich tech bros are working towards with AI - says tech whistleblower Chris Wylie (Cambridge Analytica) of the podcast #Captured #ijf25

Gavin Rees of Dart Centre: it's always the absolute right of a traumatised person whether or not to share their story. Journalists always need to seek meaningful consent. Everyone is different & may change with time.Telling story can help build connectedness & may contribute to justice #ijf25

Nataliya Gumenyuk of The Reckoning Project: Old ways of covering human rights abuse in war no longer work with audiences. Compassion fatigue & sense of powerlessness. Focus on v. practical skills journalists can bring: documenting, verification. Can facilitate community to deal with trauma #ijf25

Montaser Marai of Al Jazeera Media Insitute despairs of dominant media, concentrated in hands of very few in America and Europe since 19thC. Today digital hegemony of same global minority continues to flood world with its opinions & narratives that drown those of global majority. #ijf25

How do journalists represent the "global south"? How do colonial legacies still shape media narratives? Dr Yafa El Masri of UEA describes growing up in Palestinian refugee camp,always surrounded by foreign cameras. #ijf25

Lovely closing party for @migrationmuseum.org as it migrates from its Lewisham shopping mall home after 5 yrs. Congratulations on all the amazing exhibitions creative collaborations, opening hearts & minds to the centrality of migration to our national story. Can't wait to see your next incarnation.