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How The Guardian’s commitment to the environment is building reader loyalty and additional revenue

2024-08-13. Each year, the UK publisher runs a campaign to highlight the range and impact of its environmental journalism. These efforts are also an effective way to collect donations from readers, with more than 3 million pounds raised over the past five years.

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.

‘Your job five years from now probably does not yet exist’ – WaPo’s AI Editor Phoebe Connelly

2024-08-09. The Washington Post’s Senior Editor for AI Strategy and Innovation shares key learnings, inspirations – and why she’s excited about the future of journalism.

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.

How India’s Amar Ujala is using AI to boost engagement and fuel subscriptions

2024-08-01. “We started with paid digital subscriptions during Covid, and we started very slowly. We don’t have a hard paywall,” says Vikas Shekhawat, AGM of Products, Amar Ujala Digital. Today, they are using AI to help them build engagement across their user base with the aim of increasing their paid subscribers.

JournalismAI encourages newsrooms to work together in leveraging AI

2024-07-29. JournalismAI findings point to the persistent gap between small and legacy newsrooms in integrating and implementing AI, underscoring the need for news organisations and academia to collaborate. Lakshmi Sivadas, Senior Programme Manager, shares insights and use cases.

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.”

ICQC judging underway; winners to be announced soon

2024-07-24. A panel of experts and technical professionals is evaluating newspaper and magazine samples for the 16th edition of the ICQC contest based on rigorous ISO standards and visual appeal from the readers’ perspective. The results will be announced by 31 July and the Star Club members will be announced thereafter.

How India’s HT Media uses AI to boost traffic and editorial efficiency

2024-07-23. In February 2023, Hindustan Times (HT Media Ltd.), one of the biggest news organisations in India, launched its AI efforts with a 15-person team. The focus areas included an AI-led newsroom, a GenAI-based newsbot, personalisation, audience monetisation, revenue management, and subscription acquisition and churn models.