The Origins of the M20
The first M20 meeting was held online on 6 September 2023 in Delhi, convened by the editor of The Wire,
Siddharth Varadarajan, with the help of an organising committee which comprised eleven editors from India and a former Judge of the Indian Supreme Court. The chair of the South African National Editors’ Forum, Makhudu Sefara, as well as other South African Editors, also attended the meeting.
Here is a report on the 2023 M20 Media Freedom Summit, and Siddharth Varadarajan’s remarks at the event.