Digital Media India 2025 highlights audience-first innovation

2025-06-20. Digital Media India (DMI) 2025, held in Chennai on 17-18 June, brought together more than 170 media executives from nearly 50 organisations. Now in its 14th year, the annual conference is a vital platform for South Asia’s news publishers to explore digital transformation, innovation, and revenue strategies.

WAN-IFRA voices serious concern over the growing deterioration of press freedom in El Salvador

2025-06-18. In a joint statement, WAN-IFRA, together with international press organisations, expresses profound concerns regarding the worsening state of press freedom in El Salvador, which has significantly escalated in recent weeks. The Salvadoran government must act urgently to reverse this dangerous trend, restore a safe environment for journalists, and reaffirm its commitment to democratic principles.

Digital News Report: Personalities, Social Video and AI Drive Shift in News Consumption

2025-06-17. The rise of an alternative media ecosystem, dominated by YouTubers, TikTokers and podcasters, is one of two notable trends influencing the future shape of news, according to the latest Reuters Institute report.

In the eye of the storm: Navigating the turbulence of an editorial crisis

2025-06-13. What do you do when you’re directly responsible for diminishing the public trust that is your organisation’s lifeblood? Vibeke Fürst Haugen, the first woman Director General of Norway’s public broadcaster, shares valuable lessons learnt from “the most harrowing experience of my professional life”.

Learnings from Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza and South Africa’s News24 on serving mobile-first audiences

2025-06-13. As the digital revolution makes way for AI integration, Roman Imielski and Adriaan Basson share their agile, future forward approaches to 21st century news delivery.

Less lethal weapons may have a place in law enforcement, but it’s not often at a protest

2025-06-13. Journalists came under fire in Los Angeles this week while covering protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Nine News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit by a rubber bullet live on air, and others were struck by rubber bullets and pepper balls fired by law enforcement. The incidents have renewed scrutiny of the use of “less lethal” weapons.

How Content Management Systems are changing to keep up with AI developments

2025-06-13. As AI changes how content is created, edited, and delivered, modern CMS platforms must evolve along with it. A group of industry specialists discussed how this is happening during a recent WAN-IFRA webinar.

Open letter from media and press freedom organisations on Gaza access

2025-06-05. WAN-IFRA has joined more than 130 global news leaders and press freedom organisations to demand access for international journalists to Gaza and guarantee the protection of Palestinian journalists currently working on the ground.

Read, play, swipe: The strategy behind The New York Times app revamp

2025-06-05. Last October, The New York Times rolled out a major redesign of its app bringing together news, games, audio, and lifestyle content in a streamlined experience – a strategy aimed at keeping readers engaged, increasing time spent with the app, and highlighting the full value of a Times subscription.

No ads. No investors. No compromise: How Mediapart makes independence pay

2025-06-04. Known for exposing scandals at the highest levels of French politics and business, Mediapart has built a reputation as an investigative powerhouse. Beyond its hard-hitting journalism, the French publisher has created a sustainable, fully reader-funded business model that is rooted in its core value of radical independence.