James Cameron Memorial Lecture with John Micklethwait

The James Cameron Memorial Lecture will be delivered by John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg.

"Journalism in the Age of AI"

John Micklethwait

John Micklethwait is the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg where he oversees editorial content across all Bloomberg platforms, including its news, newsletters, magazines, opinion, television, radio and digital properties, as well as its research services including Bloomberg Intelligence.

Prior to joining Bloomberg in February 2015, Micklethwait was Editor-in-Chief of The Economist where he led the newspaper into the digital age while expanding its readership and enhancing its reputation. He joined The Economist in 1987 as a finance correspondent and served as Business editor and United States editor before being named Editor-in-Chief in 2006. Micklethwait began his career in banking at Chase Manhattan in London after studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford.

He is the co-author of seven books, most recently The Wake Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It. In 2010, Micklethwait was named Editors’ Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors.

James Cameron Memorial Lecture

The James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given every year in memory of prominent British journalist James Cameron. The lecture has previously been delivered by a distinguished group of speakers including Ben Bradlee, Michael Grade, Alan Rusbridger, Tony Benn, Greg Dyke, Sir Max Hastings and more recently, Clive Myrie, Lyse Doucet, Christine Ockrent, Jeremy Bowen, Robert Peston, Gary Younge, Gideon Rachman and Isabel Hilton.