How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

What Is the State of the Fourth Estate?

January 23, 2026
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Journalists still break stories, report the news and share opinions, yet AI is using their words outside of traditional media and already-struggling local outlets are not able to keep up in a fast-changing industry. How does the fourth estate maintain its traditional standards of accuracy, independence and fairness while also meeting the moment?

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Speakers

MP
Mark Penn
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stagwell
KP
Kalli Purie
Vice-Chairperson and Executive Editor-in-Chief
India Today Group
MR
Marina Romanello
Executive Director
The Lancet Countdown
BS
Bret L. Stephens
Columnist
New York Times

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