In 2025 Press Gazette is organising ten media conferences, awards and networking breakfast events in the UK and US.
These events all help support Press Gazette’s mission of fighting for the future of quality journalism in the digital age.
See our events calendar at a glance below and scroll on for more details about each event.
Press Gazette events quick links:
- Media 100 Network
- Media Strategy Network USA
- Future of Media Trends
- Future of Media Technology Conference
- Future of Media Awards
- British Journalism Awards
If you are interested in becoming a speaker or a delegate at a Press Gazette event, please email our events manager for more information: donna.galbraith@ns-mediagroup.com
To find out how you can feature as a commercial partner at a Press Gazette event, email: richard.jamieson@pressgazette.co.uk
Press Gazette is also an official media partner for events run by the following organisations in 2025:
- FIPP - Connecting Global Media
- AOP Association of Online Publishers
- WAN-IFRA
- PPA
- INMA
- The Podcast Show
Press Gazette events for 2025
Media 100 Network
Several times a year Press Gazette's Media 100 network gathers a group of around 50 senior executives to hear an off-the-record discussion with someone who is driving change in the world of media.
Previous special guests for these events have included: Independent News and Media CEO Christian Broughton, Immediate Media CEO Sean Cornwell, Reach PLC CEO Jim Mullen, Guardian Media Group CEO Anna Bateson, Sky News executive chairman David Rhodes and Hearst UK CEO Katie Vanneck-Smith.
The first Press Gazette Media 100 breakfast of 2025 is at Searcys, The Gherkin, on 26 February from 8am.
More Media 100 breakfasts are planned for May and October.
Attendance is by invite-only, but you can apply to join Press Gazette's Media 100 Club Network here.
Future of Media Trends (spring and autumn)
These unique conferences offer a mixture of curated keynotes and panel discussions and an organised collective brainstorming session.
Around 80 delegates drawn from senior leadership roles in media companies are given the opportunity to share expertise and compare challenges via a series of moderated roundtables. Topics under discussion include: paywalls and subscriptions, tackling the advertising addressability crisis, content technology, AI in the newsroom and new revenue strategies.
Our 2025 Future of Media Trends events are in London on 24 April and 16 October at South Place Hotel, Moorgate. These events are free to attend for selected media leaders. Apply for a place here.
Future of Media Technology Conference
This all-day event at the Hilton Bankside in London on 11 September features a series of keynote speeches, fireside chats and panel discussions shedding light on the latest ways publishers are making money out of quality journalism in the digital age. Last year's event attracted around 500 delegates throughout the day to network, hear publisher success stories and meet a variety of trusted technology partners.
Read in-depth reports from the last two years of this conference here.
Watch the video highlights from last year's conference below.
Future of Media Awards
Now in their fourth year, these are the awards for the best digital journalism products. Held directly after the Future of Media Technology conference on 11 September. This year's categories are expected to be as follows:
- Advertising Technology
- Reader Revenue Strategy
- App of the Year
- Podcast of the Year (national media)
- Podcast of the Year (specialist/regional)
- Newsletter of the Year (national media)
- Newsletter of the Year (specialist/regional)
- Online Video (national media)
- Digital Storytelling (national media)
- Digital Storytelling (specialist/regional)
- Online Video (specialist/regional)
- Live Journalism
- Website of the Year (national media)
- Website of the Year (specialist/B2B)
- Website of the Year (regional/local).
Full details about how to enter, sponsor and attend the Future of Media Awards are available via this link.
View video highlights from the 2024 event below:
Media Strategy Network USA
Press Gazette is holding two Media Strategy Network USA events in 2025, both in New York.
The first event is being held at 1 World Trade Center on 13 March and confirmed speakers include: Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel, Wall Street Journal chief revenue officer Josh Stinchcomb and Guardian North America chief advertising officer Sara Badler.
This event features keynote presentations and panel discussions with confidential roundtable discussions for delegates.
Previous speakers include: Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour, Christine Cook (chief revenue officer Bloomberg Media), Pamela Drucker Mann (global chief revenue officer Conde Nast), Alex MacCallum (chief revenue officer Washington Post), Lisa Howard (chief revenue officer Hearst Magazines), Shachar Orren (co-founder EX.CO), Jennie Baird (EVP digital news and streaming, BBC), Wendy Brundige (SVP CNN digital worldwide) and Ariscielle Novicio (head of technology, New York Post).
Full details about the Media Strategy Network USA here.
British Journalism Awards
Since launching in 2012, the British Journalism Awards has become the premier UK journalism prize event. Last year it attracted more than 750 entries and some 500 guests came to the awards dinner in London. On 11 December the winners will again be revealed at a gala dinner held at the Hilton Bankside in London.
The British Journalism Awards attracts entries from every major news provider in the UK including all the main national newspapers and broadcasters. Entries are considered by some 80 independent judges. See all Press Gazette reports about the British Journalism Awards here. Categories, entry information and judges are all available on the British Journalism Awards website.
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