2020-12-22. With no surprise, the past year has been quite busy for the World Association of News Publishers and its members. In sharing their experience over the last few months, we’ve seen great examples of resilience, determination and creativity among news professionals and media technology entrepreneurs in trying to meet the situation eye to eye.
It has been a year of challenges at the South China Morning Post (SCMP), as the English-language media company navigated through Hong Kong’s civil unrest and later the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, at the height of the virus crisis, SCMP users jumped to more than 50 million from two million; with 48 million readers from around the world, underscoring its importance to a global audience.