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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.”

AI, bias and experiments: how Women in News is tackling tech’s inbuilt stereotypes

2024-05-17. At the core of issues around bias are accuracy, trust and the quality of data – which, left unchecked, can skew results. AI author and transformation coach Lyndsey Jones unpacks our AI fears – and offers newsroom tips on monitoring and reviewing data.

‘Try fast and kill faster,’ CEO of Brazil’s UOL on staying relevant, growing reach and revenues

2024-05-17. In this exclusive conversation, Paulo Samia, CEO of UOL, explains the evolution of the Brazilian media company’s business strategy, how it is growing reach, revenues (and influence), its AI strategy and his vision for the future.

Indonesia’s IDN Media leveraging AI to offer greater value, user experience

2024-05-13. “AI is just a tool… it’s never the end-product,” noted Auriel Aulia Widjaja, Head of Product at Indonesia’s IDN Media, which began as a single news website 10 years ago and now comprises seven media verticals, a live-streaming super app, and various digital media and experiential businesses with over 70 million monthly active users across its ecosystem.

Trust: Why newsbrands need a unique digital media identifier

2024-05-08. How to stand out as a trusted source of news is something that challenges the industry. OLAF STEENFADT argues that a new identification system for news publishers is an essential tool to safeguard credibility.

Survey: AI’s role with news media in 3-5 years

2024-05-07. Most publishers have at least experimented with some form of Artificial Intelligence thus far. We wanted to ask just a few questions about how news executives think AI will impact their business and journalism within the next few years.

Youth News Lab: defining what values will draw NextGen audiences

2024-05-03. Using “engagement criteria” as a tool, more than 100 young, global, news media users aim to set a new standard – with guidelines – for news outlets, in a collaborative workshop with editors attending the World News Media Congress.