Future of News: Sports at Reuters NEXT New York

Tuesday, 1 December 2026 
2:30pm–5:30pm 
Quorum by Convene, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York
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Join us in New York on Tuesday, 1 December, for Future of News: Sports at Reuters NEXT, as exclusive programme bringing together leaders across the sport industry to explore the force reshaping sport, how fans experience it and how its stories are told. 

Future of News: Sports

Future of News: Sports brings together senior leaders from sports broadcasters, publishers, leagues, rights holders, platforms and creators for an afternoon of candid conversation, practical insight and connection. 

From the changing business of sport to new audience behaviours and advances in AI and technology, the programme will explore the opportunities shaping the future of sports media and storytelling.

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Plus, access Reuters NEXT across both days 
Your Future of News registration includes access to the wider Reuters NEXT programme on 1–2 December. Led by Reuters’ world-renowned editorial team, our flagship live journalism event brings together global business leaders, policymakers and forward thinkers to address the most urgent challenges and opportunities shaping society, business and the wider world. 

Key Future of News: Sports themes

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The Business of Sports

Explore the investment, commercial and ownership forces changing how the sports industry grows, competes and creates value.
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Sports Storytelling

Explore how sports storytelling is evolving across platforms, formats and voices, and how to engage fragmented audiences before, during and after the game.
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The Future Sports Media

Discover how AI, automation and technology are transforming sports coverage, helping organisations move faster while maintaining trust.
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The full Future of News: Sports agenda, with speakers and timings will be shared in the lead-up to the event. 

We look forward to welcoming you in New York.

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Agenda

Panel 1: The Business of Sport A 40-minute session examining the commercial forces reshaping sport. This panel will open the Future of Sport and establish the context for the audience, as well as the storytelling and technology discussions that will follow.
Panel 2: The Future of Sports Storytelling The game is only part of the story. Fans now experience sport before, during and after competition across streaming services, social platforms, creator channels, podcasts, apps and athlete-owned media. This panel will explore how leagues, publishers, platforms and creators can reach fragmented audiences with richer, trusted stories wherever sport lives.
Transition break Five-minute speaker changeover between the storytelling and sports-newsroom sessions.
Panel 3: Faster, Smarter, Trusted — Building the Sports Newsroom of the Future

As the volume, speed and fragmentation of sport increase, competitive advantage shifts to organisations that can identify, produce, verify, manage and distribute the right content in real time. This panel will examine how AI, automation, metadata and modern content infrastructure can help sports storytellers move faster without compromising trust.
Panel 4: Beyond the Game — Competition, Connection and Growing the Game The session brings the business, storytelling and technology themes together through the experience of an athlete at the centre of changing audience behaviour and rising interest in women’s basketball.
Networking drinks Hosted networking with speakers, customers, prospects and partners.