SPH Media Take Centre Stage with Most Wins at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Asia 2025

2025-04-23. WAN-IFRA announced the winners of the Digital Media Awards Asia 2025. Asia’s leading media organisation, SPH Media, was the biggest winner at this year’s prestigious Digital Media Awards Asia, bagging a total of nine prizes.

How newsrooms are countering news avoidance by offering uplifting content to break negative news cycles

2025-04-16. Disproving the adage that no news is good news, newsrooms around the world are changing their editorial mix in response to audience needs — reinvigorating tired old beats and offering inspiring content in all formats, on all platforms. Canada’s Globe and Mail and South Africa’s News24 show how you can do it too.

World Printers Forum names Andreas Gierth as new Board chair

2025-04-16. The World Printers Forum has announced the election of Andreas Gierth as its new Board chair, alongside the election of two Vice Chairpersons: Gundula Ullah from Funke Medien and Marcel Binder from Ferag.

Lisa Irenius: From Culture Editor to leading Svenska Dagbladet’s digital future

2025-04-15. The Editor-in-Chief and CEO of one of Sweden’s leading newspapers shares how her background in culture journalism helped shape her approach to digital transformation, subscription growth, and newsroom innovation. As Svenska Dagbladet navigates a major organisational shift within the Schibsted Media group, she is now leading efforts to better align editorial and commercial strategies.

From lab to newsroom: How Reuters builds AI tools journalists actually use

2025-04-14. Reuters is shaping the future of journalism with a three-pronged AI strategy: encouraging staff-wide experimentation through its internal tool Open Arena, transforming newsroom workflows, and integrating AI tools into customer-facing platforms.

WAN-IFRA announces the winners of the Digital Media Awards Europe 2025

2025-04-14. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards celebrate European publishers whose initiatives drive innovation with an audience-first mindset. This year’s winning projects highlight efforts to reach younger audiences, enhance user experiences and streamline workflows.

BBC, The Quint, The Hindu, HT Media bag Gold at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards South Asia

2025-04-14. WAN-IFRA has announced the winners of the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2025, honouring outstanding digital projects from the region. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards South Asia celebrates top innovators, recognising publishers that have delivered impactful digital projects, improved audience engagement, and used technology effectively to enhance journalism.

AI in journalism: Balancing innovation, ethics, and human oversight

2025-04-14. As AI reshapes journalism, newsrooms worldwide are grappling with pressing ethical dilemmas ranging from accuracy and transparency to the growing influence of big tech. At our AI Forum in Bangalore, industry experts discussed the need for human oversight, the risks of big tech dominance, and how audience expectations are shifting in an AI-driven media landscape.

Raising awareness at WIPO on AI implications for publishers

2025-04-11. WAN-IFRA organised at the World Intellectual Property Organisation an international panel with speakers from Latin America, South Africa and Europe, who illustrated to the many representatives of Governments in attendance the implications of Artificial Intelligence for the future of the News Publishing Business.

From summaries to assisting in investigative reporting, how the FT uses AI

2025-04-11. The Financial Times has long measured engagement by how much time readers spend with their content. For the FT, and many publishers, stronger engagement directly correlates with consumers who are more likely to continue subscribing.