What’s at stake when technology changes journalism? As we move deeper into a digital age, the way we engage with media – and the way it’s produced – is changing. What are the benefits, and the drawbacks, when technology intersects with journalism?

Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director of WIRED, joins Anita Li, CEO/Editor-in-Chief of The Green Line, to share insights into the evolving world of journalism. WIRED stands at the forefront of exploring how technology transforms our lives, and Drummond has been instrumental in guiding the magazine through its digital journey. This collaborative event with the Toronto Public Library explores the innovative tools reshaping storytelling while broadening audience engagement and considers the intersections of technology, culture, business, and design.

How do these changes in journalism impact what we consume – and how we consume it? And how will technology continue to influence our access to information?

Join the conversation.

Q&A to follow.

Ticket registration for this event is required: Free tickets for this event will be available to book via Eventbrite beginning on March 21 at 9:00 am ET.

About Our Guests

Katie Drummond

Katie Drummond is the global editorial director of WIRED, leading content strategy for the brand across all platforms and markets. Prior to joining WIRED, Drummond was the senior vice president of global news and entertainment at Vice, where she led the global expansion of Vice News across Latin America, Europe, and Asia and oversaw all Vice digital brands, including Noisey, Munchies, Rec Room, Motherboard, and Waypoint. Previously, Drummond held key leadership positions at several high-profile media outlets, including as deputy editor of Bloomberg.com and editor in chief of Gizmodo.

Drummond graduated from Queen’s University in Canada with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. She resides in Brooklyn.

Anita Li

Anita Li is a longtime journalist, news entrepreneur, media consultant and educator. Currently, she is the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Green Line, a local Toronto-based news outlet.

Anita teaches journalism innovation to graduate students at Toronto Metropolitan University and community-driven journalism to undergraduate students at Centennial College in Toronto. In addition, she coaches media executives and news entrepreneurs at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of journalism.

An expert in community-driven journalism, audience engagement, news entrepreneurship, consumer revenue business models, newsroom diversity, media ethics and journalism innovation, Anita has spoken on these topics in press interviews and at conferences worldwide. Anita has also consulted a wide range of journalism outlets and institutions, including CBC Manitoba, American Press Institute, Journalists for Human Rights, Toronto Public Library, Pink Triangle Press, Carleton University, Indiegraf, Liisbeth, Facebook Journalism Project’s Sustainability Accelerator, Google’s Project Oasis via Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, Radio Cité 97.9 and Informed Opinions.

Anita is a member of the 2020-21 Online News Association board of directors, as well as an alum of the inaugural 2016 Poynter-NABJ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media. She also co-founded Canadian Journalists of Colour, a rapidly growing network of racialized media-makers in Canada, in 2018. To keep up with Anita, subscribe to The Other Wave, her newsletter about challenging the status quo in journalism.