TOL Education | Keynote speakers

Bas van Beek

Co-Founder Platform Authentieke Journalistiek Bas obtained a degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights at the University of Utrecht. He has been active as an independent journalist during the people’s uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico, an experience which instilled in him…

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is Professor in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture. She holds a PhD from Stanford University, USA, and an honorary doctorate from Roskilde University, Denmark. Her research focuses on journalism and citizenship, and she has authored or…

András Pethő

András Pethő is co-founder and editor of Direkt36, an investigative reporting center based in Hungary. Previously, he was a senior editor at news site Origo, which he left in protest against political pressure in 2014. He also worked for the…

Roman Imielski

Roman Imielski is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of “Gazeta Wyborcza” – the leading Polish quality newspaper with average selling around 100 000 paper copies and Wyborcza.pl site with 200 000 paid subscribers. Former Foreign and News Editor, specialized in internal affairs, European…

Claudia Loebbecke

Department of Media and Technology Management, The Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Cologne (Germany)…

Gro Engen

Journalist since 1999. First she was a reporter in TV and radio news until 2003, reporting from the northern part of Norway. Then she moved to the capital Oslo where she began to work in the debate editorial as a…