Name: Sourcing up: How to build trust with reluctant sources
Start: 2026-05-07T16:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-07T16:45:00-0400

Sourcing up: How to build trust with reluctant sources

Thursday May 7, 2026 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

Symphony Ballroom, third level

Journalism depends on people coming forward and being brave enough to share their stories, often at great risk to their careers, families and lives. And yet trust in the media continues to plummet. Hear how some of the top journalists in the country built trust with reluctant sources to tell some of the most pressing stories in America.

Moderators

Charlotte Sutton

Managing Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Charlotte Sutton has been managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer for the past four years. She joined the Inquirer in 2015 as health editor after leaving a similar role at the Tampa Bay Times, and later supervised business and health coverage during the COVID 19 pandemic. As... Read More →

Speakers

Hannah Natanson

Narrative Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post

Hannah Natanson is a narrative enterprise reporter for The Washington Post. Her coverage of the Trump administration’s transformation of government won the 2026 Toner Prize. She previously reported on education, winning a 2024 Peabody Award for a podcast on school gun violence... Read More →

Khadeeja Safdar

Enterprise Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Khadeeja Safdar is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal focusing on investigations and high-impact scoops. She was part of the team that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series on the political and personal evolution of Elon Musk, and a finalist for the 2020... Read More →

Matt Sedensky

National Writer, The Associated Press

Matt Sedensky is a national writer for The Associated Press focused on deeply reported, character-rich narratives and investigations. His reporting uncovered a future pope’s mishandling of abuse cases, a governor’s coverup of COVID deaths, and widespread sexual assaults by police... Read More →

Thursday May 7, 2026 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Symphony Ballroom, third level

SABEW26

Charlotte Sutton

Hannah Natanson

Khadeeja Safdar

Matt Sedensky

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SABEW26

Charlotte Sutton

Hannah Natanson

Khadeeja Safdar

Matt Sedensky

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