Why the Penny Marvel still matters as editors worldwide face threats for telling uncomfortable truths

50 years ago this week, the Belfast Telegraph’s Golden Pen winning editor, Roy Lilley, stood firm in the face of tragedy, ensuring the news appeared despite a bomb ripping through the paper’s building. World Editors Forum President David Walmsley recounts the story and pays tribute to his former boss and the journalists who stood with him.

OpenAI’s Tom Rubin delivers keynote at Paris AI Forum

Tom Rubin, Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI, took the stage at WAN-IFRA’s Paris AI Forum to deliver a keynote titled “Democracy, Journalism, and AI.” Here are some highlights from his speech.

What’s changing in print: Takeaways from Indian Printers Summit 2026

Across discussions on AI, audience behaviour, advertising, and production, one message stood out: publishers are rethinking how they create value, understand audiences and build sustainable businesses.

Global brand, local voice: Rethinking the magazine model in Vietnam

Marie Claire Vietnam Publisher Hami Tran on defining a title’s DNA, adapting international brands for local audiences and the changing role of publishers in Asia.

‘Monetise the relationship, not the pageview’: Rethinking news publishing in the AI era

As AI changes how people find and consume news, publishers need to focus on trust, their relationship with audiences and giving people more reasons to pay, said WPP Media South Asia COO Ashwin Padmanabhan.

Innovation, AI and uncertainty: Key findings from the 2025 State of Asian Newsrooms report

Asian newsrooms are moving faster on artificial intelligence, digital audiences and new forms of collaboration, but familiar pressures around staffing and revenue remain. That is the broad picture emerging from the latest 2025 State of Asian Newsrooms report.

A lens, not a template: How Broadsheet is taking its city-first model global

Broadsheet founder Nick Shelton on taking culture seriously, earning audience trust and what the brand’s move into London is teaching the business.

Why trusted audience relationships matter more in an AI-shaped ad market

Crain Communications COO Veebha Mehta discusses first-party data, changing advertiser expectations and why publishers should focus on the assets they already own.

AIRPPU partners with OpenAI and WAN-IFRA to strengthen Ukrainian media with new AI programme

Frankfurt, Germany | Kyiv, Ukraine – The Newsroom AI Masterclass Series and Newsroom AI Catalyst support Ukraine’s independent news sector with a focus on AI adoption, innovation and resilience.

World News Day 2026: Time to fight

Branko Brkic has lived in two societies at breaking point, with opposite outcomes: 1980s Yugoslavia, where shared facts fell apart until the country tore itself to pieces, and South Africa, where journalists dug through state capture until the theft could no longer be denied, and hope was restored. Two experiences taught him the same thing from opposite directions. Read his message for World News Day.