AI as an engagement driver: Les Echos and Le Parisien deepen reader connection with AI-powered features

2025-11-12. In addition to newsroom efficiencies, the two French outlets are using artificial intelligence to create audience-facing features that enhance their journalism, create stronger reader engagement, and increase the value of the subscription offering.

Global Entries Open for the 2026 WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards.

2025-11-11. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has opened this year’s worldwide submissions for what has been one of the industry’s most prestigious competitions for almost two decades: The Digital Media Awards. 

WAN-IFRA Partners with UNESCO to Offer News Literacy Training and Workshop.

2025-11-10. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has announced a partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to deliver three complimentary trainings in celebration of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week, an annual event to raise awareness and celebrate the progress achieved towards Media and Information Literacy for all.

The world’s news industry invites you to join FACTS IN : FACTS OUT, a campaign to preserve news integrity in the age of AI

2025-11-06. A consortium representing news providers worldwide is inviting anyone who values trustworthy journalism and information to join a campaign called FACTS IN : FACTS OUT to demand that AI systems stop distorting fact-based news content.

Newspaper printing is shrinking, but publishers are finding ways to adapt

2025-11-06. Production heads from The Globe and Mail, Erritsø Tryk, and Rodi Group share how their organisations are adapting print operations amid consolidation, supply chain challenges, and falling circulation.

How Germany’s KStA Media uses AI to streamline logistics, customer service

2025-11-06. German regional news publisher Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Medien is considering a major shift in its operations. From customer service to logistics and editorial processes, the company is exploring how AI can transform the way it works and become an AI-driven organisation.

Asian Media Awards 2025: SPH Media, South China Morning Post, and Bisnis Indonesia Take Top Honours.

2025-11-05. At this year’s prestigious Asian Media Awards, organised by WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, entries from SPH Media, South China Morning Post (SCMP), and Bisnis Indonesia stood out as they claimed a total of 20 of the 48 prizes on offer.

Heading up the next news evolution: Pierre Caulliez on Gen Z integration

2025-11-05. ‘Evolving with Gen Z’ has greater benefits and rewards than merely reaching and attracting a new generation of news followers, says the digital native lead of WAN-IFRA’s new News Creator Exchange, for whom collaboration ‘together’ is key to breaking the disconnect.

WAN-IFRA unveils initiative to help journalists and creators reach new audiences

2025-11-05. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today announced the launch of its Future Audiences Initiative, a three-pillared global programme designed not only for established news organisations but equally for independent news creators, digital-native publishers, and emerging media voices who today lack access to professional networks and representation.

A small Norwegian newsroom punches above its weight with a data-driven, human-centred AI strategy

2025-11-04. iTromsø, a 25-reporter newsroom in northern Norway, is showing how a small local publisher can produce original, locally relevant data stories using self-developed AI tools. Its owner, Polaris Media, has built a structure that lets successful, bottom-up innovations scale across the organisation.