Dr Ayala Panievsky is a researcher specialising in media under attack, authoritarian populism, and democratic backsliding, and a former journalist for Haaretz. Her research appeared in leading journals like The International Journal of Press/Politics and Digital Journalism, and featured in media outlets like the BBC, the New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She is currently a Presidential Fellow at the City University of London, and the recipient of the ICA Outstanding Dissertation Award, the AEJMC Best Dissertation Award, and the IJPP Article of the Year Award, among others. Her new book, The New Censorship: How the War on the Media is Taking Us Down is out.

Caroline Mart is a Luxembourgish journalist for RTL. She started her career in an all-male radio newsroom, successively anchored the news for RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, and was head of culture,  deputy editor in chief, news chief, and host of the political talk show Kloertext. She regularly moderates discussion panels and collaborates on film documentaries