Stronger Together: A Year of Growth, Connection, and Forward Momentum

2025-12-15. In its first year, the Stronger Together programme empowered 40 Ukrainian media outlets with grants, training, and mentorship, boosting investigative reporting, newsroom leadership, and resilience. As it moves into year two, new international partnerships promise to drive further innovation, collaboration, and impact for independent journalism.

World Editors Forum President: “Free Jimmy Lai. Let him leave Hong Kong.”

2025-12-15. David Walmsley, President of the World Editors Forum and Editor in Chief of the Globe and Mail, responds to the guilty verdict handed down to Jimmy Lai, recipient of WAN-IFRA’s 2021 Golden Pen of Freedom, and urges authorities to let him leave the territory.

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun bets on events to boost subscriber acquisition

2025-12-15. One of Japan’s oldest newspapers is finding new ways to reach readers. The company hosts sports, cultural, and educational events, works closely with distributors, and uses digital tools to attract new subscribers, and grow both print and digital readership.

Sri Lanka’s Wijeya Newspapers turns its delivery fleet into a new revenue stream

2025-12-15. Newspaper circulation in Sri Lanka has fallen significantly over the past decade. Instead of scaling back, the publisher converted its existing delivery fleet into a commercial logistics service, thereby creating a new source of revenue that now helps sustain its print operations.

What Fear Does to Newsrooms – And Why Media Leaders Need to Talk About It

2025-12-12. As we close 2025 and look to 2026, the emotional landscape of our industry deserves as much attention as its economic one, writes Francois Nel.

How to meet GenZ with GenAI: Embrace this twin force of disruption – and strengthen newsrooms

2025-12-12. ‘Younger audiences are reshaping what it means to trust and use the news, and AI is both the tool and the stage under which this is happening.’ Digital native researcher Sophia Giannuzzi dives into emerging trends – and offers actionable recommendations for newsrooms to come out winning.

Navigating disruption: Stig Ørskov on JP/Politiken and the future of media

2025-12-12. From print decline to AI-driven renewal, Stig Ørskov has guided JP/Politiken through some of the industry’s toughest shifts. As he gets ready to take charge at WAN-IFRA, he offers a grounded, clear-eyed view of where journalism goes next.

Keeping readers close: How the FT’s app became a subscriber retention tool

2025-12-10. A few years ago, the Financial Times took a step back to rethink its mobile-first approach, aiming to drive long-term retention through the app. This involved understanding how news consumption is changing, and why designing experiences for small pockets of time is critical. Today, the FT’s app is its highest engagement channel.

From community connection to AI innovation: 5 keys to local media trust and growth

2025-12-09. WAN-IFRA’s inaugural Local Day brought together local media leaders from across Europe to explore how transparency, community engagement, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the future of local journalism.

WAN-IFRA and FIPP to Merge, Creating Unprecedented Global Alliance for Publishers.

2025-12-08. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, and FIPP, the International Federation of Periodical Publishers, announced a landmark agreement to merge their operations, effective January 1, 2026. This historic consolidation creates the world’s largest and most diverse alliance of media companies, uniting a global network of over 20,000 media brands and technology companies across 120 countries.