WAN-IFRA launches South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst accelerator programme

2025-02-17. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has launched the South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst, an intensive accelerator programme in partnership with OpenAI, to fast-track artificial intelligence adoption in newsrooms.

‘For You’ – The Irish Times goes audience-centric, surfs data overload and gets insights from employees

2025-02-14. Through an initiative aimed primarily at younger female readers, The Irish Times has redefined its focus on key demographics, combining data-driven insights with qualitative feedback to create content that resonates with its readers’ lives and priorities.

Kim Svendsen appointed WAN-IFRA Membership Director

2025-02-07. Kim Svendsen has held various leadership positions, most recently at Stibo DX, a supplier of systems and services to global media groups. His extensive background in media technology and deep understanding of the global news media ecosystem make him uniquely positioned to lead WAN-IFRA’s membership initiatives.

Countering the chaos: a rallying call for collaboration to offset news media funding crisis

2025-02-07. Calls for mobilisation and collaboration, amid the US funding freeze, are compounded by chaos and the alarmingly persecutory rhetoric of a government intent on dismantling the media development ecosystem.

The path to journalism’s best future depends on a word most people hate: politics

2025-02-07. In 2024, about half the world’s population voted on the future of roughly one-third of the globe’s nations. Yet, politics disgusts most people. Journalists know this. It’s why news fatigue spreads like the coronavirus.

You have to pay attention to what young readers want to read – Q&A with Amedia’s Janne Rygh

2025-02-05. “We did a lot of analysis and started various projects,” says Amedia’s Janne Rygh of the Norwegian publishing house’s efforts to attract young readers. “One thing we found out is that the age of the people we write about matters. When we feature people in their 20s, it attracts readers of that age, too.”

Wanted: keyboard volunteers to Spotlight Press Freedom

2025-02-05. Grassroots media advocacy group Ink-stained Wretches is recruiting news warriors to devote 30 minutes to beating back ongoing existential threats and building a culture of appreciation for quality journalism.

Data drives 280% subscription growth at Taiwan’s United Daily News Group

2025-01-31. United Daily News Group (UDN) in Taiwan has significantly reshaped its subscription growth through a homegrown data-driven curation program called “Curate X.”

New WAN-IFRA report: How to navigate sustained newsroom transformation

2025-01-30. The report describes how a group of European news publishers shifted to a digital- and audience-first strategy, enabling them to embrace innovative workflows, build new products and strengthen connections with their readers.

‘The next big thing in journalism is: Journalism’

2025-01-24. Veteran journalist Yasir Khan shares essential reporting skills, how newsrooms can make a deep impact with meaningful collaborations – and why you should ‘treat content like content.’