
Below is the speaking agenda for Journalism under Fire, November 14-15 2019. There will be a display of Ron Haviv’s photojournalism in the lobby of both conference venues.
Journalism under Fire: Day One Agenda
Thursday, November 14, 2019
La Fonda on the Plaza
Lumkins Ballroom
100 East San Francisco St.
Santa Fe, NM
8:45am-3:05pm
Time | Speaker | Topic |
8:45 | Sandy Campbell and Chuck Case | Welcome and Introduction to The Santa Fe Statement |
CIR High School Fellow, Gabriella Ervin (Mandela International Magnet School) | Media, Technology, and My Generation | |
9:00 | Dana Priest | Introduction to Journalism under Fire 2019 |
9:20 | Ivan Kolpakov in conversation with Dana Priest | How is technology shaping the truth in Russia? |
10:00 | Braden Allenby. Introduction by Trip Jennings. Download his presentation. |
The Weaponized Narrative |
10:00 | Student Chat Room: Victor Oleynik | Resisting Russian Disinformation in Europe and the U.S. |
10:45 | Break | |
11:10 | CIR High School Fellow, Skylar Morales (ASK Academy, Rio Rancho) | Media, Technology, and My Generation |
11:10 | Suzanne Kelly, Emile Nakhleh, Hannah Allam. Moderator Dave Marash. | Distortions, fake news, and state media: from the Middle East to the United States |
11:20 | Student Chat Room: Alexa Koenig and Sam Gregory | Open Source Investigations and Human Rights |
12:00 | Sandy Campbell | Housekeeping and Call to Lunch |
12:00 | Lunch Buffet | |
1:00 | Richard Stengel with Janet Steele | Information Wars |
1:00 | Student Chat Room: Dana Priest | Facebook, Fake News, and Political Ads |
1:45 | Break | Book signing of Richard Stengel’s book, Information Wars |
2:10 | CIR High School Student, Cody Babcock (Santa Fe Prep) | Media, Technology, and My Generation |
2:10 | Inez Russell Gomez, Matt Rosenberg, Tamerra Griffin. Sara Solovitch to introduce and moderate | How is technology changing the practice of journalism? |
2:20 | Student Chat Room: Aunt Ivy Smith | Journalism, Truth, and Building Human 2.0 |
3:00 | Sandy Campbell | The Santa Fe Statement; housekeeping |
3:10 | Event Close |
Journalism under Fire: Grand Opening Event Agenda
Thursday, November 14, 2019
La Fonda on the Plaza
Lumpkins Ballroom
100 East San Francisco St.
Santa Fe, NM
5:30pm-8:15pm
Time | Speaker | Topic |
5:15 | VIP Reception | |
6:00 | General Reception | |
6:30 | United World College’s African Chorus | |
6:45 | Aunt Ivy Smith | Ceremonial Opening |
6:55 | Sandy Campbell and Chuck Case | Welcome. The Santa Fe Statement. |
7:00 | Mayor Alan Webber | Journalism under Fire |
7:05 | Dana Priest | How does technology shape the truth? |
7:15 | Tamerra Griffin in conversation with Dana Priest | How does technology shape an African truth? |
7:25 | Suzanne Kelly | How does technology shape our truth? |
7:30 | Alexa Koenig, Rana Ayyub, Matt Rosenberg. Suzanne Kelly to moderate | How does technology shape the truth? |
8:15 | Audience Q&A | |
8:25 | Event Wrap |
Journalism under Fire: Day Two Agenda
Friday, November 15, 2019
The New Mexico State Capitol Building — “The Roundhouse”
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM
8:45am-4:15pm
Time | Speaker | Topic |
8:45 | Sandy Campbell | Welcome; housekeeping |
8:50 | Speaker Brian Egolf | Formal welcome to the Roundhouse |
9:00 | CIR High School Fellow, Neha Sadasivan (Los Alamos High) | Media, Technology, and My Generation |
9:00 | Malachy Browne. Download his presentation | Digital Forensics: a Visual Presentation |
9:50 | Alexa Koenig, Sam Gregory, Malachy Browne. Steven Livingston to introduce and moderate | Brave New World: Combating synthetic media, and using Big Data to protect human rights |
9:50 | Student Chat Room: Emile Nakhleh and Suzanne Kelly | The Media and National Security |
10:45 | Break | |
11:10 | CIR High School Student, Paul Ellsiepen (United World College) | Media, Technology, and My Generation |
11:10 | John Carlin, Matt Rosenberg, Tamerra Griffin. Janet Steele to moderate | Modern Societies and Fragile Technologies |
11:30 | Student Lunch | Served in the Atrium |
12:00 | Lunch | Housekeeping and Call to Lunch. Lunch to be served in the atrium, catered by Jambo. |
12:15 | Student Chat Room: Nera Valentic and Radovan Bogojevic | Fake News and Migrants in Europe |
12:15 | Student Chat Room: Ron Haviv | The Art of Photojournalism |
1:15 | CIR Intern, Arielle Mattes | Media, Technology, and My Generation |
1:15 | Rana Ayyub in conversation with Hannah Allam | Technology as Persecution: Deep Fakes and Beyond |
1:55 | Ron Haviv | How has the Camera Shaped the Truth? |
1:55 | Student Chat Room: Ivan Kolpakov and Richard Stengel | How Can Democracies Respond to State-Sponsored Misinformation? |
1:55 | Student Chat Room: Steven Livingston and Malachy Browne | Digital Forensics |
2:45 | Break | |
3:05 | Sara Delson | The International Visitor Leadership Program |
3:10 | Yedidia Jonas Alirou and Fasika Tadesse Yimer in conversation with Sandy Campbell | Technology, Journalism, and the Truth in Africa |
3:25 | Tamerra Griffin, Sam Gregory, Rick Stengel. Moderated by Alexa Koenig | How Control of the Internet Shapes our Truth |
4:00 | Dana Priest | Final Reflections on Journalism under Fire |
4:10 | Sandy Campbell | Santa Fe Statement and Thanks |
4:15 | Event Close |
Journalism under Fire: Closing Dinner

Friday, November 15, 2019
John Carlin
Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM
6:30pm-8:30pm
This closing event will feature networking from 6:30 to 7:00pm, followed by a plated dinner in the Amaya restaurant. Dinner will be served at 7:00pm. The keynote speech will begin at 7:20pm.
The keynote speaker: John Carlin. Dawn of the Code War. Copies of his book will be on sale, and he will sign them following his talk. The event will conclude by 8:30pm.
The inside story of how America’s enemies launched a cyber war against us – and how we’ve learned to fight back. With each passing year, the Internet-linked attacks on America’s interests have grown in both frequency and severity. Overmatched by our military, countries like North Korea, China, Iran, and Russia have found us vulnerable in cyberspace. The “Code War” is upon us.