United States of America

Field Nine Group

How I’m rebuilding journalism’s trust infrastructure by working with creators

Adriana Lacy is the CEO of Field Nine Group, a media and technology company driving innovation at the intersection of consulting, analytics, and storytelling. Within Field Nine Group, she leads Influencer Journalism, which helps news organisations collaborate with creators to strengthen trust and engagement. Recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Adriana has held roles in newsrooms including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Axios, and now teaches media strategy to emerging journalists. Through her ventures and teaching, she champions new models that bridge traditional media with today’s digital communities.

United States

Lighthouse Reports

Global funders come with agendas. We avoided those, and used our funding for community-driven investigations

Eva Constantaras is Data Editor at Lighthouse Reports. She has spent most of her career as an itinerant data journalist, setting up data teams in newsrooms in Global Majority countries. She is also a Google Data Journalism Scholar, a Fulbright Fellow, and a winner of the Sigma Data Journalism and Philip Meyer Award. She is currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Journalism Cloud Alliance

Why you should support alternative tech infrastructure for journalism – and how

Michael is a Belgrade-based entrepreneur, tech sustainability consultant, and the founder of Oghia Advising, a consultancy providing strategic communications, project management, and ecosystem-building services to clients across the digital infrastructure, cyber resilience, Internet policy, and media development landscapes. He currently manages the Journalism Cloud Alliance, an initiative by GFMD and OCCRP that is making cloud-based infrastructure and services more accessible, secure, affordable, and sustainable for newsrooms and public-interest initiatives.