Journalism Festival Innsbruck 2025: 70 events, 170 guests, free admission!

Journalism Festival Innsbruck 2025: 70 events, 170 guests, free admission!

Innsbruck, Österreich - The Journalism Festival in Innsbruck 2025 will take place from May 16 to 18 and promises to become a pioneering event for the media landscape. According to OTS Around 170 guests from 21 nations, including reporters from Beijing, Mexico, Tbilisi, Tunisia and Russia. The diversity of the participants also includes journalists in exile, which underlines the international flair of the festival.

The festival offers an impressive selection of 70 events where admission to most program items is free. The topics are wide and range from the catastrophic location in Gaza, illuminated by reports by NGOs such as doctors without borders and reporters without limits, to the challenges for independent media publishers in Austria and Germany.

diversity of topics and social challenges

Special attention is paid to the political challenges. The pressure on the media in the USA is treated under the Trump administration, as well as the political influence of the Kremlin on elections in Georgia and Romania, which take place on May 18. Some podiums also research global networks of religious and political extremists, especially after the death of Pope Francis.

Another important aspect of the festival is the discussion about the social effects of artificial intelligence and its challenges. A conversation with scientists is planned for this, which also deals with the topic of ecology and climate change. The discussion about overexploitation in reducing phosphate for e-mobility in Tunisia will also be a thematic focus.

creativity and promotion of young talent

The festival is aimed not only at experts, but also to the younger generation. With the introduction of "Journalism Festival Kids", the importance of journalism for children is to be emphasized. There will also be a discussion about political caricatures with international cartoonists as well as an exhibition of the European Cartoon Award.

Some special events include a “reporter slam”, live podcasts, documentaries and audio cinema, which offers different formats to promote the interest and variety of reporting. The book presentations by Doris Schmidauer and Herbert Lackner as well as research on sexual violence by Juliane Löffler round off the program.

In addition to the series of events in Innsbruck, the EU Commission has published an invitation to submit proposals for a European Festival for Journalism and Media Freedom. This initiative, which comprises a budget of 3 million euros, aims to promote dialogue and the collaboration between journalists and organizations of civil society in the EU. The application deadline for interested parties ends on March 1, 2025 and the festival is intended to support discussions about media freedom, disinformation and the security of journalists, such as germany.Represation.ec.eu reported.

Overall, the Journalism Festival in Innsbruck 2025 not only promises an exchange about current challenges in the media world, but also a platform for promoting creative ideas and the discussion of topics that have a lasting impact on journalistic work.