End Impunity: Silence is Complicity

2025-10-31. It is the largest massacre of journalists in human history: 253 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed Since October 2023. Yet these killings remain mostly unacknowledged and unpunished and by those responsible – a stark example of the impunity that allows this to continue, writes Dima Khatib.

End Impunity: Europe’s journalists are under attack – and their abusers walk free

2025-10-31. The pattern is clear: coordinated waves of digital abuse, aimed mainly at women and minority journalists, with almost total impunity for the perpetrators, writes Peter Vandermeersch.

‘Masters of our own fate’: Media leaders embrace an AI future on their own terms

2025-10-30. At WAN-IFRA’s Paris AI Forum this week, optimism defined the conversations. Rather than yielding to disruption, news executives and technologists spoke of agency, collaboration and a human-centered vision for the future of journalism.

Publishers roll out bundle initiatives to boost digital subscriptions

2025-10-28. The past few weeks have seen a number of bundled digital subscription package plans announced by publishers in several parts of the world.

‘The goal is clear: Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient.’ – Peter Vandermeersch

2025-10-17. The former MediaHuis CEO shares insights into his new role as inaugural Fellow, Journalism and Society – and offers sage advice for journalists, editors and newsrooms working through a period of immense change.

How The City has succeeded by building in community from the ground up

2025-10-17. Since its launch, the award-winning and non-profit local news site The City has focused on “reporting to New Yorkers.” The investigative journalism of its 30-head newsroom has resulted in criminal indictments, political resignations and ethics inquiries. It has inspired new laws, influenced budget decisions and reversed injustices.

Stibo’s Marie Bering on AI: ‘We see a lot of forward-thinking innovation out there’

2025-10-16. Marie Bering recently became Stibo DX’s Director of Product Management. Originally a journalist working in Denmark across both publishing and broadcast, she has a combined 20 years of experience in journalism, IT and product development. WAN-IFRA interviewed Bering as part of its recent report, “Where publishers are seeing AI’s real value – so far,” to get her perspective on how publishers are working with AI. | Sponsored Content

Tapping into AI’s ‘double opportunity’: Ouest-France’s strategy to keep AI in-house

2025-10-14. The French local publisher’s “bottom-up” approach to AI combines a protected sandbox for testing LLMs with robust data protection and copyright safeguards: “We block crawlers, and we are very protective of the content.”

‘Shifting from reach to impact’ – India’s hyperlocal playbook for sustainable news

2025-10-14. By leaning into thousands of local reporters, reliable home delivery and tightly edited journalism, Indian publishers are creating a business model that earns readers’ trust and local ad dollars. Central to their success is a strategy driven by a local focus.

WAN-IFRA to offer three complimentary trainings in celebration of UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy Week

Media professionals will learn low-effort and practical ways in which to build more trust among readers, hear the good examples of publishers already incorporating media literacy in their workflow and discuss how to develop and start a news literacy plan within their organization.