🔵 The #UKMFF26 concludes with closing remarks from Edward Lucas.

Thank you to all speakers & participants — and to our co-organisers JFJ, @ibahri.bsky.social and @citystgeorges.bsky.social — for two days focused on strengthening #MediaFreedom.

🔴 Coming up at the #UKMFF26 #SafetyofJournalists Platform report launch

Chair
Vafa Fati-Zade, JFJ

Speakers
Jamie Wiseman @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
Felicity Garvey @rsf.org
William Horsley

🟠 Coming up now | #UKMFF26
Media Literacy & Local News as a Democratic Defence

Chair
@melbunce.bsky.social

Speakers
Katja Pehrman
@internewshq.bsky.social
@tbij.bsky.social
Rebecca Whittington

🟡 Workshops starting at 12:00 | #UKMFF26

Parallel sessions:

#SLAPP First Aid Kit
Samantha Thompson & Thomas Otter (RPC)

Using FOI to Investigate Power
Jenna Corderoy & @tbij.bsky.social

SLAPP Risks for Students
@nikwilliams.bsky.social, Gill Phillips & @mediadefence.bsky.social

🟢 Happening now | #UKMFF26
Defending Democracy: Countering #Disinformation & Navigating #AI

Chair
Rebecca Vincent

Speakers
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Mark Stephens CBE
Peter Geoghegan
Hannah Perry