Editorial

2024-03-18. In the current media market, with plummeting ad revenues and the impending demise of third-party cookies, subscriptions have become a priority for most publishers worldwide.

2024-03-14. MENA has seen great upheaval in recent years, with revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and conflicts that have engulfed the region, like the current war in Gaza. But journalists remain dedicated to promoting the truth, working both pragmatically and creatively to ensure their stories reach the world.

2024-03-08. On International Women’s Day, our EDITOR TO EDITOR interview is with an award-winning editor from one of the most dangerous regions of Mexico – officially the deadliest country for journalists. Andrea Miranda has gained respect for starting and building a regional newspaper into a national brand in the most challenging of environments, and doing much for newsroom equality.

2024-03-07. After exactly 40 years of existence, France's Journal des Enfants will publish its last weekly edition on 28 March. Such a closure is unusual in Europe where weekly print publications for children have seen a renaissance in recent years.

2024-03-06. Journalists, editors and media experts from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the MENA region talk about the challenges facing the industry and some of the solutions they see making a difference.

2024-03-04. Scroll, an independent Indian news organisation, began exploring ways to incorporate Artificial Intelligence into its workflow in 2021. The digital-only organisation wanted to adapt its long-form reportage to different formats and video seemed to be its best bet to reach a large audience.

2024-03-07. Leaders of more than 100 news organisations from across the world, including the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Reuters, have joined an open letter affirming their solidarity with journalists reporting in Gaza.

2024-02-28. Despite all the attention on artificial intelligence (AI), machine-based learning, and various other technological advancements, the audience remains at the centre of journalism and news business models.

2024-02-23. On the second anniversary of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we talk to Ukrainian editor Lesia Lazorenko of Prywatna Gazeta about the complexities of wartime coverage – and the increasing demand for investigative journalism. This is the second in the EDITOR TO EDITOR series of interviews with journalism leaders.

2024-02-22. NewsGuard research shows that tech improvements will shortly allow AI to foster "fake news" at an unprecedented scale, in unbelievable volumes and seizing advertising revenues from news media while plagiarising their content.

2024-02-22. As AI becomes mainstream in everyday work, there are many editorial opportunities for newsrooms to discover. However, incorporating AI in your workflow can seem daunting. How does a newsroom begin this integration?

2024-02-21. WAN-IFRA announced the launch of "AI Unlocked." The programme and forum is tailored for all news media publishers interested in Artificial Intelligence and its impact on their organisation. Through AI Unlocked, media professionals will learn, discuss, experiment with, and define ways to use AI in their business. The initiative is open to news publishers around the globe.

2024-02-15. The African media fraternity is mourning the passing of award-winning, veteran Sudanese journalist and 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom recipient Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh, who died in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, aged 96.

2024-02-12. Every day since October 7, AFP's team of journalists in Gaza have been risking their lives to cover a war that has shaken the world. They have all had to flee their homes, working without respite in the shadow of death in a territory they are not allowed to leave.

2024-02-09. The Globe and Mail’s Editor in Chief has many stories to tell, none more compelling than his 30-year investigation into the final flight of Zulu Delta 576 – and how it continues to impact his career, and newsroom, today.

2024-02-09. Award-winning non-profit news site Documented has taken audience engagement to the next level, and is now covering three New York immigrant communities via social media with news, investigations and resource guides. It’s just journalism, they say…

2024-02-08. High-profile speakers have joined the programme of the World Expression Forum (WEXFO) in Lillehammer, a city renowned for its links to literature and writers at risk

2024-02-05. "Digitalisation is a technology-driven development. When technology is part of the problem/challenge, it can also be part of the solution. And that is, what we have been good at in the past and our mission is to be good at it in the future to adapt to “new” market mechanisms and technologies faster than others." That is from Heimo Krum, head of transformation for FUNKE Technology in Germany. | Sponsored Content

2024-02-02. WAN-IFRA has denounced efforts by government and police in Peru to undermine freedom of expression after the publication of a cartoon drawing attention to recent public scandals.

2024-01-31. WAN-IFRA announces the launch of Innovate Local, the first global forum for local media. Through the Innovate Local programme, media professionals will be able to exchange actionable and scalable ideas with a focus on opportunities and problems unique to the business of local journalism. The initiative addresses small and midsized local media and local entities of bigger media groups.