With elections occurring in over 50 countries encompassing over half the world’s population, 2024 is being called the year of elections. How are global political contests being covered in today’s fractured international media landscape?

Join Global Minnesota and the Minnesota Chapter of the Fulbright Association for a compelling discussion hosted by the University of St. Thomas’ Department of Emerging Media and the World Press Institute featuring some of the 2024 WPI international journalists. These media professionals from Brazil, Bulgaria, Finland, India, Italy, Kosovo, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Ukraine will share their experiences covering elections in their home countries. The panel will also explore the critical role of the media during tense electoral periods and how they navigate political pressures and ethical challenges encountered while reporting on elections worldwide.

This event will feature a lively panel discussion of election media coverage featuring the ten international journalists participating in the 2024 World Press Institute program will be held at the University of St. Thomas’s O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium. The event will be moderated by Alexis Rogers who is the dynamic Anchor and Community Relations Manager at KARE 11 News in the Twin Cities.