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Freeing up newsroom time: How Amedia’s AI sandbox will allow reporters to do more

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.

Mobile app subscribers ’10x more likely to become paid subscribers’ for NDTV Profit

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.

DMI2024 key message: Explore usability of AI and adapt it early for the right reasons

2024-03-18. The annual edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India (DMI) was held in New Delhi on 13 and 14 March. It also hosted the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2023 presentation, with HT Labs (Hindustan Media Ventures Limited) bagging the Champion Publisher Award.

Podcast – Believing in the job: Press freedom in the Middle East and North Africa

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.

‘We are not brave, we are journalists’ – LATAM editor shares newsroom wins, under deadly conditions

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.

Gen Z’ers, editors to team up in Denmark to frame global news values

2024-03-08. A transformative, collaborative workshop bringing together more than 100 young news media users and editors from around the world, aims to identify a new set of guidelines for news outlets to ensure their products have youth appeal.

Women journalists step into the spotlight of Gaza war to declare solidarity, call for greater global support

2024-03-08. On the eve of International Women’s Day, WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) and its partners in the Arab Region met in Jordan to discuss the safety and inclusion of women journalists in war and conflict reporting and called for increased global support for colleagues in Palestine.

Journal des Enfants to close amid renaissance in print news products for kids

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.

New podcast: The state of press freedom worldwide

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.

Upcoming World Printers Forum webinar to explore ESG and non-financial reporting strategies

2024-03-06. Starting this year, all companies within the scope of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in Europe will be required to disclose details on sustainability and its environmental impacts. Dr. Michael Has, a consultant and university lecturer based in Germany, will explain how to navigate this process in a webinar on Tuesday, 26 March at 15:00 CET.