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Winners of the 2025 Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards announced at World Printers Summit

2025-10-09. WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum has announced the winners of this year’s Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards, honouring excellence in media innovation, reader engagement and sustainability in publishing. Publishers from Bangladesh, Singapore, and Ireland bag top honours for innovation in print and sustainability.

Media companies and start-ups join WAN-IFRA Finnish innovation programme

2025-09-29. WAN-IFRA has announced a groundbreaking new media innovation programme teaming Finnish media companies and start-ups. It will officially kick off on 29-30 September in Helsinki, in partnership with Finnmedia, the Finnish Media Federation, and the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland.

Turning news into action: Engaging Gen Z and Millennials locally

2025-09-27. Leaders of the award-winning, hyperlocal The Green Line share how they engage readers with news they can use in their daily lives; links they can use to fact-check information, and in-person community meetings to talk through the local issues that matter to them.

Newslaundry’s AI chatbot is doing more than answering queries

India’s Newslaundry has built an in-house AI chatbot, Ask Birubala, to handle subscriber queries and streamline the publisher’s support workflows. Beyond troubleshooting, the tool is reshaping internal roles and strengthening its subscription-first strategy.

Ken Doctor offers actionable ideas from Lookout Local’s success

2025-09-18. Lookout Santa Cruz won a Pulitzer in its fourth year of operation. Lookout Eugene-Springfield – Lookout Local’s second site among a near-term buildout of five sites – won large audiences and early and enthusiastic member support after more than a year of community building.

WAN-IFRA’s 6th AI report: Publishers’ perspective on the AI value equation

2025-09-08. AI is no longer just an experiment for publishers – it is becoming part of everyday operations. WAN-IFRA’s 6th AI report shows where the technology is delivering measurable value, and where its impact remains harder to define.

Investigators, Explainers, Commentators: Mapping the news creator landscape

2025-09-05. A six-month study into news creators for Google – by FT Strategies and supported by WAN-IFRA – to better understand news creators, has brought deep insight into the practices and needs of these emerging news voices.

WAN-IFRA Joins International Alliance to Build a Trusted European Media Data Space

2025-09-02. WAN-IFRA has joined an international alliance working to establish a trusted European media data space. This EU-funded initiative brings together stakeholders from across the media ecosystem to strengthen collaboration, develop shared standards, and ensure responsible use of data in line with European values and regulations.

The scent of the human: Staying authentic in the Age of AI

2025-08-08. Why the future belongs to the creatively human, not the Artificially Intelligent: news product designer and academic Mario García writes that to remain indispensable, we must embrace our role as superhumans, infusing our creations with personal essence.

World News Day: Unite to champion facts, truth and journalism

2025-08-08. With facts increasingly challenged by disinformation and artificial intelligence, World News Day on 28 September offers the global news media community an opportunity to demonstrate why trustworthy reporting is essential.
This is your invitation to join us now.