Talks
I speak at conferences and events around the world about journalism, digital storytelling and what it means to build media for — and with — the next generation.
Mozilla Festival 2025
Who Gets to Tell The Truth? Journalism, Activism and Platform Power
International Journalism Festival 2025
Journalism Ethics in the Creator Economy Era
FIPP Congress 2024
NextGen DIY Media: From News Avoidance
to News Maker
Egypt Media Forum 2023
Instagram for News Stories
#IGWORKSHOP 2019 by Instagram
#IGMovieNight by Instagram
Creative Vertical Storytelling
International Civil Society Week 2025
Journalism and Freedom Speech Amidst Crises
RightsCon 2025
Leadership, Partnerships and Reducing Online Harms
INMA World Congress 2024
Navigating News Avoidance and Shifting Habits While Nurturing Hope and Diversity
TRT World Next 2023
The New Frontier: How AI is Revolutionising Media Content
Hacks/Hackers London
Reaching New and Diverse Audiences On Instagram
NewsXChange 2018
Representation via Instagram: New Ways of Telling Stories and Engaging New Audiences
Workshops & Masterclasses
I run trainings for journalists, students, educators and activists on how to make stories that resonate on social media — structurally, visually and editorially.
Making News Videos For TikTok
A masterclass for Newcastle University’s Civic Journalism Lab about how to plan, create and share news TikToks. You can watch the masterclass on YouTube.
How To Change Narratives Using Social Media
A strategic communications workshop at Transparency International’s Transparency School 2021 focused on how activists can use social media to change narratives.
Creating Shareable News Videos for Social Media: Mobile Edition
A two-week course teaching journalists, newsmakers and content creators how to create engaging news videos for social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram for Journalism.co.uk.
How To Make Videos For Social Media
A workshop about creating social media videos for activism at Megaphone 2020, a conference for activists, action groups and NGOs organized by TechSoup Europe.
Press
You can read, watch or listen to past interviews where I speak about reaching young audiences, the evolution of digital news and what I’m building at Almost.
Almost: Meeting Gen Z where they scroll – Editor & Publisher
Kassy Cho on how she built Almost, an Instagram-first media startup for young people in Taiwan – Splice Pink Podcast
Bringing News in Chinese to the Instagram Generation – China Media Project
Why BuzzFeed is tailoring hard news for Instagram with @World – The Drum
How to use social-native storytelling to break and cover news on Instagram – Journalism.co.uk
Why do news publishers struggle to embrace TikTok? – Journalism.co.uk
Journalists Turn To TikTok – NUJ’s The Journalist
Filling the Gaza Info Gap – China Media Project
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