Join us at the 2025 Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit

This fall, in a former nuclear missile silo, we'll convene journalists at the nexus of health, climate, artificial intelligence, outer space, and national security to discuss how these issues are interconnected in the new nuclear landscape. Space is limited, so apply now to attend.

October 9-10, 2025Titan Ranch, Vilonia, Arkansas

The Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit will gather media practitioners, national security experts, frontline communities, policymakers, and scientists. This free, two-day conference and training will focus on how nuclear weapons issues intersect with artificial intelligence, community health, outer space, climate change, local economies, and the environment.

Featured Speakers

Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins

Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

Paul Jay

Director, "How to Stop a Nuclear War”

Sylvia Mishra

Director, Nuclear Policy, Institute for Security and Technology (IST)

Theo Kalionzes

Senior Director, The Oppenheimer Project

Sharon K. Weiner

Associate Professor, Foreign Policy & Global Security, School of International Service, American University

Benetick Kabua Maddison

Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative

Cole Smith

Author, Filmmaker, and former Air Force missileer

Emma Pike

TikTok influencer and Program Manager, Lex International

Matt Korda

Associate Director for the Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists

Stephen I. Schwartz

Editor and co-author of "Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940"

Cindy Vestergaard

Senior Fellow and Director Converging Technologies and Global Security, Stimson Center

Ben Bradford

Ben Bradford, Audio Journalist, creator and host of Landslide

Kyle Hill

Kyle Hill, Science Educator and Nuclear Communications Consultant

Gaia De Simoni

Co-Producer, “Bombshell”

François Diaz-Maurin

Associate Editor, Nuclear Affairs, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Ben Loeterman

Writer, Director, Producer, “Bombshell”

Greg Devlin

Former U.S. Air Force Sergeant & explosion survivor

Penny Fujiko Willgerodt

Executive Director at Prospect Hill Foundation

Joshua Keating

Senior Correspondent, Vox

Ambassador Tom Loftus

Former United States Ambassador to Norway

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