Name: A Conversation with Matt Murray, Executive Editor of The Washington Post
Start: 2025-04-04T14:00:00-0400
End: 2025-04-04T14:45:00-0400

Friday April 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Senate Ballroom (2nd floor)

The White House handpicks the press pool covering President Trump. Google changes its algorithm to reduce the search visibility of news content. Americans' distrust of journalists rivals their distrust of Congress. And U.S. newsrooms struggle as audiences shrink. In a conversation with Sara Fischer, media correspondent at Axios, Murray will assess the state of the news industry in an extraordinary year of tumult, disruption, uncertainty -- and opportunity.

Moderators

Sara Fischer

Media Correspondent, Axios

Sara Fischer is a media correspondent for Axios and a founding staff member at Axios. She is also a media analyst at CNN. Fischer authors a weekly newsletter on media trends that reaches over 160,000 professionals across the media, tech and entertainment industries. Beyond her weekly... Read More →

Speakers

Matt Murray

Executive Editor, The Washington Post

Matt Murray is the executive editor of The Washington Post. He was editor in chief of The WallStreet Journal and Dow Jones Newswires from June 2018 to January 2023, where he wasresponsible for all global newsgathering and editorial operations. Under his leadership, theJournal won... Read More →

Friday April 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Senate Ballroom (2nd floor)

Newsmaker Session

SABEW25

Sara Fischer

Matt Murray

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