From user needs to digital innovation: 5 lessons from leading Danish publishers

WAN-IFRA’s latest Newsroom Summit Study Tour revealed how several of Denmark’s top media companies are reshaping their journalism with audience-first thinking, cultural transformation, and strategic deployment of AI.

The qualities a modern journalist needs in the AI era

What are the skills required of journalists? While journalism shares some fundamental traits across the industry, the day-to-day work can look very different from one outlet to another. Sometimes, also in the same publication, when comparing verticals.

Q&A with Lena K Samuelsson: ‘Who else will take the fight for journalism, if not us?’

For decades, Lena K Samuelsson not only had a front-row seat to witness Schibsted’s constant drive to change and transform its business and journalism, she also played a crucial leadership role in shaping and executing the Nordic group’s strategy. Last week WAN-IFRA announced she will join the organisation as Executive Strategic Advisor, helping to shape the organisation’s strategy and that of its members. Here is our conversation with her about this new role.

Fragile, eroded: ‘Global press freedom needs robust, varied survival strategies’

The latest World Press Trends Outlook reveals a critical state of affairs, made even grimmer by the White House’s attacks on the press, last week’s FBI raid of a Washington Post journalist’s home, and this week’s killing of three Egyptian journalists in Gaza. How to safeguard press freedom?

One year of Trump’s war on the press

Peter Vandermeersch took a closer look at what one year of Trump’s second term has meant for the media. Here’s his status report.

How the South China Morning Post designed its award-winning premium platform, SCMP Plus

In June 2024, the South China Morning Post launched SCMP Plus, a premium platform for global audiences seeking to decode China’s rapidly changing landscape. This product helped SCMP win last year’s Digital Media Award Worldwide for Best Digital Subscription. Here is the story of how they developed it.

Hindustan Times builds a new revenue stream with content-to-commerce

HT Digital’s CEO, Puneet Jain, says content-to-commerce helped the company drive Rs 100 crore ($10.9 million) in transactions in just one quarter, highlighting how trusted editorial content can turn audiences into buyers and showing the model’s potential as an additional revenue source for publishers.

WAN-IFRA appoints Lena K Samuelsson as Executive Strategic Advisor

WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has appointed Lena K Samuelsson as Executive Strategic Advisor, reinforcing the organisation’s mission to be a leading and valuable global partner for news publishers.

OpenAI’s 2026: From ‘answer engine’ to proactive assistant – and what it could mean for publishers

OpenAI is positioning ChatGPT’s next phase as a shift from a reactive tool – one that answers prompts – to a personal super-assistant that understands users deeply, anticipates needs, and helps them take action. And this year, the company is ramping up revenue growth initiatives across the board.

Indonesia’s Tempo Digital aims to reduce bias through transparency and accountability

In a deeply divided world of belief and politics, is unbiased journalism impossible? “I think it’s both a question and a provocation to all of us in the newsroom,” says Wahyu Dhyatmika, CEO of Tempo Digital.