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Freeing up newsroom time: How Amedia’s AI sandbox will allow reporters to do more

2024-03-18. In this episode of WAN-IFRA’s “Innovate Local” series of webinars, Markus Rask Jensen, Director of News, presents the new Amedia AI Sandbox. At the end of February, Amedia launched this safe environment for all journalists in the Norwegian local media group to test and use generative AI for various time-saving tasks.

Mobile app subscribers ’10x more likely to become paid subscribers’ for NDTV Profit

2024-03-18. In the current media market, with plummeting ad revenues and the impending demise of third-party cookies, subscriptions have become a priority for most publishers worldwide.

Podcast – Believing in the job: Press freedom in the Middle East and North Africa

2024-03-14. MENA has seen great upheaval in recent years, with revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and conflicts that have engulfed the region, like the current war in Gaza. But journalists remain dedicated to promoting the truth, working both pragmatically and creatively to ensure their stories reach the world.

‘We are not brave, we are journalists’ – LATAM editor shares newsroom wins, under deadly conditions

2024-03-08. On International Women’s Day, our EDITOR TO EDITOR interview is with an award-winning editor from one of the most dangerous regions of Mexico – officially the deadliest country for journalists. Andrea Miranda has gained respect for starting and building a regional newspaper into a national brand in the most challenging of environments, and doing much for newsroom equality.

Journal des Enfants to close amid renaissance in print news products for kids

2024-03-07. After exactly 40 years of existence, France’s Journal des Enfants will publish its last weekly edition on 28 March. Such a closure is unusual in Europe where weekly print publications for children have seen a renaissance in recent years.

New podcast: The state of press freedom worldwide

2024-03-06. Journalists, editors and media experts from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the MENA region talk about the challenges facing the industry and some of the solutions they see making a difference.

Scroll’s AI journey: Progress, challenges and some key learnings

2024-03-04. Scroll, an independent Indian news organisation, began exploring ways to incorporate Artificial Intelligence into its workflow in 2021. The digital-only organisation wanted to adapt its long-form reportage to different formats and video seemed to be its best bet to reach a large audience.

Global news leaders affirm support for journalists in Gaza

2024-03-07. Leaders of more than 100 news organisations from across the world, including the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Reuters, have joined an open letter affirming their solidarity with journalists reporting in Gaza.

Despite AI, audience preferences still central to content production

2024-02-28. Despite all the attention on artificial intelligence (AI), machine-based learning, and various other technological advancements, the audience remains at the centre of journalism and news business models.

The wartime newsroom: ‘It’s not just about losses, victories, and difficulties’ – Ukrainian editor

2024-02-23. On the second anniversary of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we talk to Ukrainian editor Lesia Lazorenko of Prywatna Gazeta about the complexities of wartime coverage – and the increasing demand for investigative journalism.
This is the second in the EDITOR TO EDITOR series of interviews with journalism leaders.