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Tailored news, AI tools drive Onet’s digital success in Poland

2024-06-21. Onet, a leading news brand in Poland, has significantly grown by leveraging AI tools to offer personalised content to its users, which has increased user engagement and content diversity. Olga Korolec shared insights at WAN-IFRA’s recent Congress in Copenhagen.

Hyper local journalism: How Crosstown built a platform for neighbourhood newsletters

2024-06-21. The United States is ahead of the curve when it comes to the decline of local news. It may also be true to say that it’s ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation around tackling this problem. One brilliant example is Crosstown in Los Angeles.

How to tackle news avoidance: experts and Gen Z’ers weigh in

2024-06-14. Will Lewis, CEO of the Washington Post, told staff recently he is to create a third newsroom, because: “Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff.” News avoidance is a global newsroom challenge. So what can be done about it?

WAN-IFRA and DistriPress announce strategic merger to strengthen the industry leadership

2024-06-07. WAN-IFRA and DistriPress are thrilled to announce their strategic merger in a landmark move poised to reshape the industry landscape. This union combines both associations’ strengths and resources and drives innovative initiatives within the industry.

Spain’s Relevo boosts homepage engagement by a third with AI-driven coding

2024-06-05. Relevo, a Spanish sports news site targeting Gen Z and Millennials, developed the “slick” metric (swipes + clicks) to measure engagement, using AI to create tools for analysing headline lengths, which boosted engagement significantly.

The Copenhagen Criteria: Gen Z identify and update 7 news values that matter

2023-05-31. A Global Youth News Lab, run to coincide with WAN-IFRA’s 75th World News Media Congress in Denmark, produced an updated guide to help identify what is considered newsworthy by Gen Z.

FT CEO: News orgs ‘have leverage and should insist on payment’ from AI companies

2024-05-29. John Ridding described disintermediation as the “biggest threat” facing the industry, at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress 2024 in Copenhagen.

Battling disinformation in the era of AI – Q&A with AFP’s Chief Editor of Digital Investigation 

2024-05-21. The battle for news publishers to stamp out disinformation continues unabated. And the rise of AI has only accelerated that challenge. Grégoire Lemarchand, AFP Chief Editor Digital Investigation and Deputy Global Editor-in-Chief, is on the frontlines of this ongoing struggle and offers his insights on this complicated issue. | Sponsored Content

Changing narratives: Al Jazeera+ MD Dima Khatib on leading, and becoming

2024-05-17. Our EDITOR TO EDITOR series honours WAN-IFRA’s 2024 Women in News Editorial Leadership Award Laureates, announced this week. Here, Arab region Laureate Dima Khatib shares career challenges and triumphs.

Looking at AI’s impact on media through a more future-oriented lens – Q&A with media futurist Sofie Hvitved

2024-05-17. “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.”