Beyond the frontline: Addressing the hidden trauma of newsroom leadership

The research has long told us that journalists covering conflict experience rates of PTSD comparable to frontline soldiers. What it has been slower to address is what happens to the people who manage them – who make the calls, and absorb the consequences. That conversation finally took centre stage at the World News Media Congress this week.

How India’s Scroll is building a trusted workspace for the age of personal AI

Scroll, a 20-person Indian newsroom, is rebuilding its platform into a three-layer trusted workspace – one designed to give academics and researchers a personalised, comprehensive, and accountable environment for engaging with news.

New Innovation in Media Report unveiled in Marseille

The 2026/2027 edition of the Innovation in Media Report was released and presented today at the World News Media Congress in Marseille. As always, this in-depth report, presented by Juan Senor, serves as a practical guide for media leaders navigating structural change.

Stop guessing, start measuring: USA Today on AI in the newsroom

Nine months of interviews and research into AI evaluations have led USA Today’s Jessica Davis to a blunt conclusion: the human-in-the-loop model isn’t scaling, and intuition isn’t a substitute for data.

WAN-IFRA forms a strategic partnership with the SPUR Coalition

Marseille – Today, the SPUR Coalition (Standards for Publishers Usage Rights) announced at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress the major expansion of 30 new members joining from across the new media industry, including WAN-IFRA as a strategic partner.

‘It’s not just about scale, it’s about how you build it,’ says French ad alliance chief

France’s daily regional news publishers came together 12 years ago to create an advertising alliance with the goal of helping them all to survive and thrive in a complex digital advertising environment that has been increasingly dominated by a handful of major tech companies.

Stockholm to host the World News Media Congress in 2027

WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has announced Stockholm as the host city for the 78th World News Media Congress, taking place in June 2027. With Bonnier News and Amedia as strategic partners, the Congress will showcase cutting-edge digital media innovation and provide a deep dive into newsroom transformation, audience engagement, and sustainable business models.

How The Hindu is using AI to boost content visibility and subscriptions

AI is helping The Hindu solve a challenge facing many publishers: getting readers to discover more of the journalism they already produce. By using AI to improve content discovery, personalisation and accessibility, the publisher is driving engagement and strengthening subscription value.

Global winners of Digital Media Awards 2026 honoured at Marseille Congress

WAN-IFRA today announced the global winners of the Digital Media Awards 2026, honouring digital news publishers and innovators across 12 categories at the 77th World News Media Congress in Marseille.

Inside VG’s ‘speedboat’ strategy to outpace AI and rethink legacy news products

The Norwegian publisher’s app, VGX, is a radical reimagining of the traditional news product. Functioning as an agile “speedboat,” the project experiments with new formats without risking the core brand, serving as a testing ground to future-proof VG’s legacy website and app.