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Meet some of our 2026 media attendees

Nick Thompson

Executive Editor and Senior Vice President

Julie Pace

Editor in Chief

Esme Wren

Editor-in-Chief, LatAm

Laura Bonilla

Senior Manager, Global Digital Business & Senior Leadership Board Advisor

Ayesha Chowdhury

Acting News Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

Paul Byrne

Journalist and Podcast Host

Natuza Nery

Senior Executive Editor of Technology

Tom Giles

Brazil Bureau Chief

Michael Pooler

Brazil Correspondent

Samantha Pearson

Anchor

Márcio Gomes

Ana Lankes

Founder

Glenn Greenwald

TV Anchor

Christiane Pelajo

AI Reporter

Harry Booth

Corporate Reporter

Luciana Magalhāes

Editor-in-Chief

Rafael Coimbra

Brazil and Latin America Reporter

Andrew Rosati

Business tech editor

Kirsten Korosec

Co-founder and President

Andrew Fishman

CEO and Editor-in-Chief

Pedro Doria

Contributor

Zachary Karabell

TV presenter

Didi Wagner

Gustavo Brigatto

Daniel Catalão

4,000+ media attend annually

Web Summit Rio gathers journalists from global publications, TV broadcasters and digital news sources, including CNN, Wired, the New York Times, Bloomberg, Vox, Insider, Reuters, Politico, Associated Press, the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, BBC and the Financial Times.
Why do they attend? Media outlets come to Web Summit Rio for updates on where our society is headed, in the hope of speaking to the leaders of the business and tech worlds.

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