Organisers of the International Journalism Festival have cancelled the 2020 International Journalism Festival due to the public health risks caused by COVID-19. “The health and safety of festival speakers, attendees, volunteers, staff, suppliers as well as that of the citizens of Perugia is and must remain our top priority.”The cancellation of the global event comes one month before the start of the festival slated to hold in Perugia, Italy in April. “This is a sad day for the festival but we hope to return even stronger and more united for the 2021 festival and beyond,” Arianna and Chris said. They, however, said the next festival will take place in Perugia from 14 to 18 April 2021. They expressed optimism that all those who were intending to participate in the 2020 festival will be able to make it to the 2021 festival.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2020 09:45 UTC