Zócalo Public Square

At a Zócalo/Democracy Internationa event moderated by Zócalo executive editor Andrés Martinez, German lawyer and journalist Max Steinbeis of the Reef; International IDEA senior manager Annette Fath-Lihic and Swissinfo deputy editor-in-chief Reto Gysi von Wartburg discussed the challenges that digital media pose for journalists and for democracy. They talked extensively about the perils of social media and the need for media organizations to build trust, and they warned against overregulating media in response to media abuses.