Gleanings from IJF26 #3

I have to spend a few words about the journalist who was, for me, the star of this edition of the festival: Carole Cadwalladr. I’ve been following her on Substack for a while now, and it was a real pleasure to find her at the festival. I admire her enormously — for her courage, her irony, her indomitable spirit. CC is the journalist who blew the lid off Cambridge Analytica, and not long after that experience she was let go by the new owners of the Observer. CC is also the one who coined the fantastic, razor-sharp, and very much of-the-moment expression “broligarchy” — what a word. She entered the festival with one of those classic lunchtime interviews (if you can hold out against the hunger, they’re often real gems), where she also told the story behind “broligarchy” — and then moderated a great panel on the expansion of big tech’s sphere of influence beyond the purely technological. I’d recommend both sessions; links below.

https://www.festivaldelgiornalismo.com/programme/2026/exposing-the-broligarchy https://www.festivaldelgiornalismo.com/programme/2026/uncovering-big-techs-sphere-of-influence