DML Bogotá: Ken Doctor -‘2014-2016 is about selling more stuff’

Media analyst Ken Doctor addressed the overall state of the industry during his presentation at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Latinoamérica 2013. He detailed how globally, newspaper revenues declined 39 percent between 2007 and 2012, for a loss of US$ 51 billion.

DML Bogotá: Using the Internet to fight poverty; El Tiempo plans paywall

WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Latinoamérica 2013 has drawn 200 participants from 25 countries to Bogotá, Colombia. Colombia’s Technology, Information and Communication Minister, Diego Molano Vega opened the conference Thursday with a description of the problems of connecting such a large and geographically diverse country as Colombia.

Drilling down to discover big data’s core value

The rise of “big data” has been accompanied by a rising hysteria about what to do with all this information.

Poynter launches ethics site to help journalists

Truth and Trust in Media is a new website designed to help journalists navigate their way through the “treacherous” world of “unverified tweets and anonymous comments” that journalists are faced with today.

FT reports strong digital growth, record subscription numbers

Pearson’s trading update this morning releases figures that demonstrate impressive digital growth at the Financial Times after their recent shift to a single global print edition.

The importance of self–branding for journalists

Digital media and developments in news reporting are changing the way that journalists connect with their audience, and the demand-driven, personalised modern day news world means more journalists can be a brand themselves, not just a representative of their company.

The ‘Web Car’: La Stampa takes journalism on the road

A four-wheeled multimedia newsroom, a WiFi hotspot and a bet on innovation: all this is part of the new project launched by the Italian newspaper La Stampa, which it calls “Web Car.”

Facebook: The incidental news platform?

A recent Pew survey shows the majority of people in the US who find news on Facebook don’t go there looking for it, but instead stumble across stories whilst on the site to chat with people and find out what friends and family are up to.

World press groups urge queen not to sign Royal Charter

A group of the world’s leading press organisations, including WAN-IFRA, have written an emphatic, open letter to Queen Elizabeth II urging her not to sign the proposed Royal Charter that would enforce repressive statutory controls on the British press.

Entries being accepted for European Press Prize 2013

The European Press Prize – now in its second year – offers awards of 10,000 euros each for innovation, investigative reporting, distinguished writing and brilliant comment. Last year, the prizes went to journalists from Denmark, the Ukraine, Greece and the U.K.