MTC Alumni& Leaders Tackle Challenges at London Leadership Forum
November 17, 2025
LONDON – Something powerful happened in Canary Wharf last week.
Dozens of European MTC alumni and select journalism leaders from Reuters, The Associated Press, BBC News, Financial Times, News Corps, Zetland, Tamedia, and more, came together from across the European journalism ecosystem for the Media Transformation Challenge London Leadership Forum — a 24-hour intensive designed to reconnect, re-learn, and re-ignite the core adaptive tools that have shaped MTC leaders for nearly two decades.
Hosted across two generous partner venues — the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and Thomson Reuters — the Forum created a rare space for fellows and emerging leaders to step out of the day-to-day and back onto the balcony: to define their most-vexing challenges, and begin design measurable wins for Q1 2026. Across two days, we:
• Reconnected as a community rooted in practice, discipline, and candor
• Shared individual and organizational challenges around audience growth, sustainability, new technology, and trust
• Workshopped the fundamentals of the adaptive toolset: Problem Definition, Gaps, From–To, DVP, North Star, S-Curve, Design/Do, and more
• Heard powerful alumni reflections from Collective Newsroom CEO, Rupa Jha (’21) and Reuters Head of AI, Jane Barrett (’17)
• Sparked new collaborations and fresh momentum for the work ahead
Most importantly, we left with clarity, accountability, and actionable next steps— because transformation happens not at conferences, but in the disciplined work leaders do when they return home.
Huge thanks to our hosts, Richard Porter of the EBRD, and Joanna Webster an Jane Barrett of Reuters; our partners, Chriss Towle, Matt Cooke, and Casey Pallenik of the Google News Initiative; plus presenters, fellows, alumni, and guests who showed up willing to share openly, push one another, and strengthen this global community of practice.
Onward to Q1 2026 wins — together.
