India, July 8 -- For nine years, the Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy never left home. This year, for its tenth, it did - relocating its opening leg to the lakeside town of

Kastoria, some distance from the university that has run it since its inception. The move is being framed by organisers as a bid to widen Aristotle University's regional footprint across Macedonia. But it also sets the tone for an edition that seems intent on unsettling its own comfort zones, starting with the question at the centre of this year's theme: "Unveiling Tomorrow's Media: Challenges and Tools in Communication."

Convened by Professor Nikos Panagiotou and a consortium of 15 partner universities - among them Temple University, DW Akademie, Conc...