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‘AI is a mean, not a goal’ – Bonnier’s Pia Rehnquist on integrating AI into your local news strategy

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.

Norway’s VG finding success with six AI-related newsroom tools

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.

What to do about newsroom burnout? A new study offers ideas

2024-03-22. A US study on burnout in journalism finds a global industry in crisis – and proposes solid solutions for newsrooms and educators – to combat this.

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.

Scroll’s AI journey: Progress, challenges and some key learnings

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.

Innovate Local: How a new ad product helps Bonnier News create value for readers and local businesses

2024-02-26. In this article, based on our second Innovate Local webinar, we focus on Bonnier News Local’s ad product “Handla lokalt” (Shop Locally), which is easy to understand, easy to buy and has a natural link to social media – all of which makes it attractive to advertisers.

WAN-IFRA Unveils ‘AI Unlocked’ Programme to Drive Media Innovation, Creativity and Sustainability.

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.

2023 en perspectiva y lo que queda por delante

2024-02-05. El trabajo de WAN-IFRA se guía por la convicción de que la libertad de prensa está firmemente arraigada en negocios de noticias sostenibles y económicamente independientes. Agradecemos a nuestros miembros y socios su apoyo y lo que logramos juntos en 2023, un año histórico para WAN-IFRA. La celebración de nuestro 75 aniversario se destaca como un momento clave, a medida que crece el número de editoriales globales con las que nos asociamos.

The role of tech in FUNKE Media Group’s ongoing transformation

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

WAN-IFRA Unveils Innovate Local Programme to Drive Media Innovation and Sustainability.

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.