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Trends in social media verification

Verification has long been one of the guiding principles of journalism and is even more essential today in the age of Photoshop-altered photos, social media hoaxes and “astroturfing,” a panel of digital media accuracy experts at the World Editors Forum asserted. Kerry Northrup reports from Torino.

‘Motivation is a powerful metric’

Enhanced Media Metrics Australia (EMMA) is a metric system built for the digital age, targeting both advertisers and media agencies and reaching 93 percent of readers, says Mark Hollands, CEO of The Newspaper Works, Australia.

Print remains incredibly powerful for advertising

“How sexy is print? It’s so unsexy you can hardly talk about it,” said Staffan Hultén, Vice President and Founder, RAM Research and Analysis of Media, Sweden. Yet as his presentation made clear, print is still an incredibly effective advertising medium.

Partnering and innovating on mobile

Partnership and constant innovation are two of the key success factors for news publishers who are transforming their business for the multiplatform mobile world. That was the main message of the session titled “How to transform your business for the multi-platform mobile world” at the World Newspaper Congress in Torino, Italy.

Nigerian military clamps down on newspapers in the name of “national security”

From the early hours of Friday 6 June, the Nigerian army began halting the distribution of major national newspapers in what it claimed was part of a security operation. After five days of restricted circulation, newspapers returned to the news stands on 11 June.

U.K. study finds responses to tablet ads far higher than online

Responses to tablet advertising can be up to 40 times higher than online ads, according to a recently released study by the U.K.’s Newsworks. Vanessa Clifford, Deputy Chief Executive of Newsworks, presented the Tablet Project and its results during a session at WAN-IFRA’s World Advertising Forum on Tuesday afternoon in Torino, Italy.

Open source platform maps media freedom violations in Europe

While Europe leads rankings for press freedoms worldwide, its position is put to test in some countries where restrictions to media freedom and increased pressures on journalists continue to raise concerns. In efforts to spark awareness about press freedom violations, a mapping project led by Index of Censorship and the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso is crowd-sourcing media freedom violations across the European Union and five candidate countries at Mediafreedom.ushahidi.com.

Journalists under threat as protests grip Brazil

Protests are spreading across Brazil’s major cities as the country readies itself for the beginning of the World Cup on the 12 June. In the wake of last year’s violent clashes, there are growing concerns for the safety of journalists as tensions continue to escalate.

Alternative business models, unconventional and disruptive revenue streams

There is no alternative to finding and developing alternative business models for the news media industry, with mobile and data opportunities topping the list.

‘People are spending more time with news than ever before’

“We want to show that people have changed when embracing newspapers,” says Suzanne Raitt, Vice President Marketing and Innovation, Newspapers Canada, during a session Tuesday at WAN-IFRA’s World Advertising Forum in Torino, Italy.