Ben Smith and Luca Sofri. Courtesy Il Post

Talk

On the damned future of newspapers

June 26 2025, 4.30pm

Free admission upon registration

An open discussion between Luca Sofri, founder and editorial director of the "Il Post", and Ben Smith, american journalist, editor of "Buzzfeed News", media columnist for the "New York Times", and now editor of the website "Semafor", on how journalism is changing, including new editorial models, transformations in digital behavior, and challenges related to the quality of information. In a context marked by global crises and rapid change, it is becoming increasingly urgent to question not only how to read the news, but also who tells it and with what tools. What future for print and digital newspapers? What forms does current affairs storytelling take today? And how are our habits in seeking out and interpreting what is happening transforming. Through their experiences and visions, Sofri and Smith offer a thoughtful and stimulating reflection on one of the most central issues of our time.

Luca Sofri, founder and editorial director of "Il Post", has worked with "Il Foglio", "Internazionale", "Vanity Fair", "Panorama", "l'Unità", "il Venerdì", "GQ", "La Gazzetta dello Sport" and "Wired". He has hosted Otto e mezzo on La7 and Condor on Radio Due. For Rizzoli he published Playlist (2008), Un grande paese (2011) and Notizie che non lo erano (2015). He is the author of the newsletter Le Canzoni.

Ben Smith, founder and editor of "Buzzfeed News", was a media columnist for "The New York Times" and is now the editor of "Semafor". He is the author of Traffic, out in Italy in 2024 for Altrecose, the publishing brand of the Post and Iperborea, an essay on how online journalism has changed newspapers, news and our digital behaviors.

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