Media and politics in the age of global fragmentation

• Florence School of Transnational Governance

We are delighted to welcome Peter Spiegel, US editor of the Financial Times, to discuss his views on the state of media and politics in the age of global fragmentation.

What is the state of journalism today in the context of growing threats to press freedom and independence? What is the responsibility of media in countering disinformation, speaking truth to power and helping citizens trust and defend democratic institutions and traditions? How is the role of media being transformed in the context of global fragmentation and growing multipolarity? How is the role of the US changing in a transnational world where the old international order has broken down? How is the Russian invasion of Ukraine reshaping foreign policy, reporting and the relationship between politics and media? 

Join us in a conversation with Peter Spiegel, US editor of the Financial Times on the state of media and politics in the age of global fragmentation.

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Peter Spiegel is US managing editor of the Financial Times, overseeing the media group's editorial operations in the US and the Americas from its regional headquarters in New York. Peter moved to New York after spending three years as news editor in London, where he oversaw the FT’s daily news operation both in print and online. Before that he spent six years as Brussels bureau chief, where he headed the paper's coverage of the eurozone crisis. Prior to that, he covered foreign policy and military affairs with a special focus on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, traveling frequently overseas, including multiple visits to both war zones.