Editorial

“The juxtaposition of man and machine is yesterday's thinking. The boundary will most likely increasingly dissolve. Digital will become more human-like, and human more digital-like. Hence our understanding of what is ‘real’, ‘true’ and ‘trustworthy’ will be redefined.”

2024-05-14. Three outstanding newsroom leaders from Africa, the Arab region and Southeast Asia have been named 2024 Laureates of the Women in News (WIN) Editorial Leadership Award.

2024-05-03. On World Press Freedom Day, WAN-IFRA calls for greater safety and protection for journalists and a revaluation of the values that safeguard a free press.

2024-05-02. International and national organisations advocating for press freedom signed the “Santiago + 30 Declaration” in Santiago, Chile. The statement addresses new political, social, and technological challenges journalism faces.

2024-05-02.The Executive Editor of The Washington Post during Donald Trump's presidency will be one of the leading figures at the World News Media Congress in Copenhagen later this month. He spoke about journalism, nostalgia and provocation in an interview with Fernando Belzunce, Editor in Chief of Spain’s Group Vocento, and a board member of the World Editors Forum.

2024-04-26. The BBC in India has found success with its investigative and explanatory video content, particularly among people younger than 34. Rupa Jha from BBC News recently described how they are doing this.

2024-04-24. Rather than viewing their arts and culture readers as a niche segment, the Hamburger Abendblatt has embraced the idea that this audience represents a significant and valuable part of their overall readership. By shifting their mindset, they've been able to develop targeted strategies to better serve and convert these readers into loyal subscribers.

2024-04-19. Over the course of her 25-year career in media, Swedish journalist Pia Rehnquist has held various roles. Now five months into her new role as Business Area Manager of Bonnier News Local, she spoke to us about keeping the newsroom sustainable amid economic downturns, AI and digital disruptors, in our latest EDITOR TO EDITOR interview.

2024-04-19. Arrested, jailed, killed, forced into exile, released with restrictions… each year, WAN-IFRA’s Golden Pen of Freedom Award symbolises the challenges faced by all too many journalists throughout their careers – and lives…

2024-04-17. Verdens Gang (VG), one of Norway’s premier news outlets, is using AI to help enhance its newsroom productivity. With a team of seven developers, VG is experimenting with various AI-driven tools built to meet the needs of the newsroom.

2024-04-15. South Africa's membership-based Daily Maverick has shut down for a day - 15 April – to bring urgent attention to the emergency facing journalism around the world. It warns that the market failure has put independent journalism at risk of collapse, with effects that will be catastrophic.

2024-04-14. From April 25th to 26th, Warsaw will host an international conference addressing SLAPPs, organised by Agora, ARTICLE 19 Europe, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Prague Civil Society Center, and Watchdog Poland. The objective is  to devise strategies to combat legal harassment against public watchdogs who champion public interests.

2024-04-05. THE Election Year. The Year of AI elections. With over 60 countries heading to the polls this year, the world may look a little – or a lot – different by the end of 2024. How are newsrooms managing coverage and the significant challenge to sort fact from fiction?

2024-04-05. As South Africans gear up for the seventh democratic elections in 30 years on 29 May, Adriaan Basson, editor-in-chief of one of the country’s largest newsrooms, shares his deepest concerns, in our latest EDITOR TO EDITOR interview.

2024-04-04. The Hub launches with 'The Fundamentals of Safe Commissioning', a self-paced training course that equips editors with the skills they need to safely commission journalistic work, support the safety of freelancers they work with, and embed a culture of safety within their everyday practice.

2024-04-03. Declining trust, deepening polarisation, challenges to the business model, and an environment increasingly hostile to journalists: across the Americas, media face growing threats despite their vital watchdog role in upholding increasingly fragile democratic institutions.

2024-03-27. Change and transformation are inevitable for publishers when the threat is huge. But for Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), there was no threat – at least in terms of digital subscriptions. Here is how Germany’s biggest quality daily newspaper used the Table Stakes Europe method to build on its ongoing success.

2024-03-27. India’s HT Digital has achieved a 30 percent boost in content reach and a 20 percent increase in page views after automating a few workflow processes. The newsroom is using AI to reshape digital media strategies, content creation and user journeys.

2024-03-26. In the past year, Tamedia strategically implemented content sourcing and production automation, which has led to a significant expansion of its hyperlocal newsletter portfolio in communities with as few as 5,000 inhabitants. This growing portfolio now offers personalised and flexible distribution of local content, reaching up to 40% of the inhabitants in the serviced communities, with engagement rates well above average.

2024-03-18. In this episode of WAN-IFRA's "Innovate Local" series of webinars, Markus Rask Jensen, Director of News, presents the new Amedia AI Sandbox. At the end of February, Amedia launched this safe environment for all journalists in the Norwegian local media group to test and use generative AI for various time-saving tasks.