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Lessons from a young Kenyan newsroom on covering youth protests, engaging Gen Z

2024-09-06. The organic, issue-driven Gen Z uprising in Kenya recently not only had a positive political impact; it also has major implications for news media the world over, says the millennial who heads up a Gen Z-heavy newsroom.

AI in Media: Schibsted and Reuters offer key insights on adoption and transparency

2024-09-05. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to influence everything from editorial workflows to content creation. Two of the industry’s key AI leads recently provided insights into emerging practice on AI transparency and adoption.

World News Day: Join us – because Journalism Matters

2024-08-13. Come 28 September, World News Day, we invite you to join hands in an effort to improve global understanding of news media’s central role in modern societies.

World News Day 2024: How you can get involved now

2024-08-09. Join our timeous global campaign to reinforce the value of strong journalism (and truth), and encourage our respective communities to support – or risk losing – news media.

Global News Media Launches ‘Choose Truth’ Campaign for World News Day

2024-08-08. World News Day, a global initiative by the news media industry to show the value of journalism, will this year feature a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa’s Daily Maverick. World News Day is marked on 28 September each year. The audience-focused day of awareness highlights the value and need for strong journalism.

Gem in the making? How Mill Media is extracting journalism gold, locally

2024-07-26. In mining, milling is the process by which waste rock is extracted from precious metals before smelting – a process Mill Media is following to pave the way for a “potential new Golden Age for local journalism.”

Survival of the fittest: how Rappler Communities is leading journalism’s charge against AI and Big Tech

2024-07-12. ‘There is no future for digital news unless we build our own tech’ – Maria Ressa, Rappler’s visionary CEO and co-founder, revives our EDITOR TO EDITOR series with a call for collective action.

Collaboration, networking, key to surviving journalism’s existential threat

2024-07-12. While there is complete agreement on who, what, why and how newsrooms are being challenged, the only consensus on the path forward is a resounding call for a united front.

How Die Zeit’s go-slow strategy defied the odds

2024-06-28. Lessons from Germany on how to fully engage Gen Z, grow loyal communities, and drive profitable subscriptions, via ‘the slowest newsroom transformation in history’.

Personalisation is key to the BBC’s multi-stream, audience-first digital ‘supercharge’

2024-06-26. ‘It’s not enough to transform business models and delivery and production methods; our journalism has to transform, too,’ says Naja Nielsen, BBC News’ digital director, on the broadcaster’s digital acceleration.