Bringing together young practitioners and academics (Suyin Haynes, Senior Reporter covering gender, culture and marginalised communities for TIME magazine, Haley Joelle Ott, digital reporter for CBS News London, Dr. Maha Rafi Atal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Business School) this panel discussion will unpack the landscape facing young persons embarking on a career in journalism today, and the ways that some young journalists are attempting to carve out a career reporting on international affairs. How are young news reporters navigating a changing, threatened and tumultuous field of journalism? What does it look like to be an international reporter today? What is the future role of the journalist in reporting on international politics? This panel will pay particular attention to the impact of social media and fake news on the journalism industry, and to the the policy organisations that are increasingly expanding into journalism.