IIT Bombay Techfest's International Media Summit sees attendance from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's Techfest, one of India's largest Science & Technology Festivals, hosted the Techfest International Media Summit.

In this edition of the Techfest International Media Summit, the agendas were public confidence in the news media, data-driven Journalism as well as future careers in journalism.

The event was attended by a diverse panel including Pulitzer Prize awardees Paul Pringle, Michael Braga, Farah Stockman and Essdras M Suarez.

It was also attended by eminent Indian journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai and Anant Goenka.

At the summit, the speakers shared insights into a broad range of topics from how technology has revolutionised journalism across the globe to the threats posed by the spread of fake news and eroding public confidence in news organisations.

IIT Mumbai's TechFest has a pan-India reach across 2500+ colleges and over 3 million followers on Facebook.