06.09.2025 –, Saal
Sprache: English
In the space between journalism and science communication, stories of migration are shaped not just by what happens, but by what gets counted, coded, or ignored. Drawing on her experience as an investigative journalist and current work on a migration docuseries, as well as her role as the science communication officer for the Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) project, Ida Reihani explores how data-driven systems influence public narratives and policy decisions. From algorithmic forecasts to empty data fields, she traces how the drive for clarity can sometimes obscure the full picture and how absence, too, can be a powerful part of the story. This keynote invites journalists and researchers to become co-storytellers, not just of facts, but of what they mean.
Ida Reihani is an award-winning journalist, film producer, and team lead currently serving as the Science Communications Officer for the Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) project at the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School. She also serves as production manager for the independent journalism channel Barely Informed, where a migration docuseries is currently in the works. Previously, she wrote for Business Insider and Newsweek and produced documentaries focused on European politics and digital authoritarianism. Her documentary How Iran Targets Activists Everywhere won Best Short Film at the inaugural Press Play Prague Journalism Film Festival. For her work at Business Insider, she received the Axel Springer Award for Change and was commended in the Social Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion category at the Press Gazette's British Journalism Awards.