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Dmitry Shishkin on leadership, innovation and challenge: ‘All these things are hard, but only hard things are worth doing!’

2025-03-18. Dmitry Shishkin has built a career at the intersection of journalism, digital transformation, and leadership. As the architect of the “user needs” strategy, he has helped reshape how newsrooms connect with their audiences. Now, as CEO of Ringier Media International, Shishkin is applying that same strategic vision to managing 80 media brands across diverse markets.

How India’s Amar Ujala used an AI chatbot to boost user experience at Maha Kumbh

2025-03-05. Amar Ujala’s AI chatbot Sarathi, launched for the Maha Kumbh (a major Hindu pilgrimage in India) to assist pilgrims, shows how AI experiments can create products that address audience needs and enhance engagement.

Poland’s top editor warns: ‘Disinformation is demolishing democracy and civil society’

2025-03-03. No other newspaper, and media house, are as deeply intertwined with Poland’s democratic history as Gazeta Wyborcza and its parent Agora. As part of the buildup to the World News Media Congress in Kraków this May, we spoke with the Gazeta Wyborca’s top editor, Roman Imielski, about the state of journalism in Poland and the challenges facing his newsroom.

How Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet used AI to boost subscriptions by 35%

2025-02-28. JP/Politikens, one of the largest media groups in Denmark, began experimenting with AI in late 2019, well ahead of the current boom. The publisher established a project in October 2020 with a 17-person team around its AI efforts at Ekstra Bladet, one of its three national legacy news brands.

Lab to launch: The Hindu’s AI integration strategy

2025-02-25. As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes global newsrooms, The Hindu is taking a structured approach to AI adoption, ensuring that technology enhances newsroom efficiency while maintaining human editorial oversight.

Future newsrooms, now: Zetland’s Lea Korsgaard on journalism as a service – and a product

2025-02-21. The Danish co-founder and Editor in Chief shares big wins: mobilising community for sustainability and growth; the untapped power of inhouse marketing, why newsrooms should build their own tools – and what the influencer trend means for newsrooms in transition.

WAN-IFRA launches South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst accelerator programme

2025-02-17. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has launched the South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst, an intensive accelerator programme in partnership with OpenAI, to fast-track artificial intelligence adoption in newsrooms.

You have to pay attention to what young readers want to read – Q&A with Amedia’s Janne Rygh

2025-02-05. “We did a lot of analysis and started various projects,” says Amedia’s Janne Rygh of the Norwegian publishing house’s efforts to attract young readers. “One thing we found out is that the age of the people we write about matters. When we feature people in their 20s, it attracts readers of that age, too.”

‘The next big thing in journalism is: Journalism’

2025-01-24. Veteran journalist Yasir Khan shares essential reporting skills, how newsrooms can make a deep impact with meaningful collaborations – and why you should ‘treat content like content.’

Understanding user needs vital for generating meaningful engagement

2025-01-24. “Understanding what the audience truly wants is no longer optional – it’s essential,” said Jeremy Clifford of WAN-IFRA’s Expert Panel, as he addressed user needs strategies during our recent Asian Media Leaders Summit.