Voices — European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom

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The first European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom

We live in a world where information is in abundance, but accurate news is not always easy to find…

Voices emerges to bring citizens, journalists, and media professionals closer to each other.

We want to celebrate the pivotal roles journalism and the informed public play in societies while fostering critical thinking around disinformation.

The fourth edition of Voices will take place in Thessaloniki, from 26 -28 November 2026.

For the third edition, Voices returned to Florence at Teatro del Maggio Musicale on 10–12 March 2026. The second edition of the festival took place in Zagreb on 27 February - 1 March 2025. Over the course of three days, the festival explored crucial themes shaping our relationship with information and media nowadays through talks, interactive workshops, exhibitions, and networking opportunities.

Before Croatia, Voices kicked off in Florence back in March 2024. Over 1300 participants attended sessions tackling artificial intelligence and journalism, disinformation, safety of journalists, the challenges within media economic models, media literacy, elections' integrity, EU legislation on media, digital parenting, and digital well-being, among others.

The festival is an itinerant initiative that moves across different European cities to engage with different communities, while emphasising media freedom and media literacy as essential elements for the functioning of our societies.

Meet the Speakers

Joan Fontcuberta

For five decades of dedication to photography, Joan Fontcuberta has developed a both artistic and theoretical activity, which focuses on issues of representation, knowledge, memory

Oksana Leuta

Oksana Leuta is a Ukrainian fixer, field producer, interpreter and performer based in Kyiv. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she has worked with internation

James Montague

James Montague is an award-winning writer from the UK. He is a three-time winner at the British Sports Book of the Year Awards, and has reported for the New York Times and BBC Worl

Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako

Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako is a Hamburg-based moderator working in German and English across media, politics, technology and culture. She has spoken on AI and bias at the German Jour

Alexander Damiano Ricci

Alexander Damiano Ricci is EU grant coordinator at CORRECTIV and a senior podcast producer. He is a founding member of Europod and the Sphera Network. Between 2018 and 2025, Alexan

Nevşin Mengü

Nevşin Mengü is an eminent Turkish journalist with a background in Political Science from Bilkent University and a master’s degree in Social Studies on Turkey from Galatasaray