Programme · IX Edition

Many voices, one network

12 round tables to listen, debate and come together in Mérida.

15 October 202611:30 – 20:30Teatro María Luisa, Mérida ↗Spain time (UTC+2)
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  • 5 hArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
  • 6 hBolivia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela
  • 7 hColombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru
  • 8 hMexico (central), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua

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Programme subject to change*
The organisers may update times, sessions and participants up to the day of the congress. The current version is always the one published on this page.

MorningWe open the doors and get started

  1. 11:30
    Doors OpeningRegistration begins
  2. 12:00until 12:30
    Inauguration
  3. 12:30until 12:45

    Migration and Democracy

    • Lucila Rodríguez-AlarcónFundación porCausa
  4. 12:45until 13:15

    Changing perspectives from the newsroom: Challenges and lessons for journalists amid audience polarisation and threats to democracy

    • Mónica PargaVanity Fair
    • Jesús MarañainfoLibre
  5. 13:15until 13:45

    Unaccompanied youth in the Canary Islands: challenging the narrative

    • Juan Luis RodIndependent photojournalist
    • Natalia G. VargasCanarias Ahora
    • Alicia JustoCanarias Ahora
  6. 13:45until 14:30

    Alternative perspectives: stories about migrant childhood and youth that inspire us

    1. 1TravesíasJuan Luis Rod, independent photojournalist
    2. 2Unaccompanied children sleep on the floor in shifts in Greece’s ‘Model Camps’. The EU is awareCorina Petridi, Solomon (Greece)
    3. 3Elections and migrant youth: the case of ChileMariana Hidalgo, NTV (Chile)
    4. 4Goals for HopeOfelia de Pablo and Javier Zurita, Hakawatifilm
    5. 5Torture and ill-treatment of migrants by military personnel in Ceuta: an Amnesty International investigationÁngel Gonzalo, Amnesty International

AfternoonThe conversation continues until the closing

  1. 15:45until 16:00

    Ceuta 2021 vs. Ceuta 2026: taking stock of border coverage

    • Paloma Fernández ColetoIndependent journalist
    • José Luis SanzIndependent journalist
  2. 16:00until 17:00

    Ceuta: the southern border and migrant children on the media frontline

    • Gabriela SánchezelDiario.es
    • Soraya Aybar LaafouÁfrica Mundi
    • Paloma Fernández ColetoIndependent journalist
    • Bárbara AyusoEl País
    • José Luis SanzIndependent journalist
  3. 17:00until 17:30

    The void young people leave behind

    • Salif SakhanokhoPressAfrik.com (Senegal)
    • Dounia Z. MsefferPresident of the Moroccan Network of Migration Journalists (RMJM)
    • Ngone NdiayeFundación porCausa
  4. 17:30until 18:15

    From Aylan Kurdi to Ceuta: How coverage of migrant children has changed over the last 10 years

    • Alice DriverIndependent journalist
    • Olmo CalvoIndependent photojournalist
    • María IglesiaselDiario.es
    • Patricia MacíasFundación porCausa
  5. 18:15until 18:45

    The challenge of investigating centres for unaccompanied minors

    • Iliana PapangeliSolomon
    • José BautistaFundación porCausa
    • Şebnem ArsuDer Spiegel
  6. 18:45until 19:15

    Reporting without exposing: care and responsibility when covering people in vulnerable situations

    • Marcela TuratiQuinto Elemento Lab
    • Sarah BabikerEl Salto Diario
  7. 19:15until 20:00

    From being the subjects of stories to telling them themselves: when migrant children take control of the narrative

    • Javier ZamoraWriter · Solito
    • Hamshika KrishnamoorthyIndependent journalist · Hamshika’s puzzle
    • Mohamed El Harrak BenouarSocial worker, ExMENAS
    • Sara SelvaRadio Ambulante
  8. 20:00until 20:30

    Where do migrant young people fit between journalism and institutions?

    In conversation with the Spanish Ministry of Youth and Children

    • Sira RegoMinister of Youth and Children, Government of Spain
    • Moha GerehouIndependent journalistConducts the interview
  9. 20:30
    Closing Ceremony

* The organisers reserve the right to modify the programme for reasons of force majeure or circumstances beyond their control, including travel disruptions or changes in participants’ schedules. Any changes will be published on this page.

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