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.

Combating hate and scaling revenue: The evolution of publisher social tools

As publishers confront toxic comment sections and AI-driven misinformation, Germany’s largest network of local news brands has deployed a new tool to drive healthier engagement – increasing digital revenue “roughly sixfold.”

‘Readers don’t buy subscriptions, they buy for the value’: learnings from Manorama Online

Malayala Manorama’s website, Manorama Online, is nearly 30 years old, but it’s only fairly recently that the publisher launched a reader revenue model for it.

Lulu Skantze, Chair of FIPP’s new Initiative for Kids Trusted Media, on nurturing the next generation of readers

While travelling back and forth from London by Eurostar recently, Lulu Skantze decided to do some impromptu market research.

TED’s Cyndi Stivers: Why curiosity is still one of media’s greatest strengths

From hot-type newspapers to cool-kid magazines, from Time Out to TED, Cyndi Stivers reflects on curation, global audiences and why great stories will always depend on human judgement.

How Allure is successfully negotiating the new discovery landscape

The rapidly changing discovery landscape has forced media brands to find better ways to reach and retain readers. For one American women’s fashion beauty magazine, the solution was written in the stars.

What happens when AI starts building the newspaper page?

From fitting headlines to complete page building, publishers are testing where automation can reduce production work without taking editorial judgment away from the newsroom.

How Spain’s SPORT is exploring AI for its digital newsroom

The Spanish media outlet’s MENTOR project is looking at how AI can support journalists with tasks including content review, headline suggestions, summaries, transcription, translation and archive searches, while keeping editorial decisions with the newsroom.

From silence to strategy: Inside the mission to make every story a climate story

The climate crisis is the ‘defining, inescapable story that every journalist must now tell,’ using every available tool – from attribution science and political pushback to AI deployment, argues Kyle Pope, the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.

Translating intention into action: Solving journalism’s ‘impact crisis’

Innovative climate coverage is unlocking strategies – and developing toolkits – that are successfully turning newsroom output into measurable, civic progress.