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Gaza war: Israeli government has Haaretz newspaper in its sights as it tightens screws on media freedom

2023-11-29. The Israeli government is putting pressure on the left-leaning newspaper Haaretz to line up in support of the government in its conduct of the war in Gaza.

View from Palestine: Warped lives and journalism

2023-11-28. Fifty days of Israel’s deadly bombardment of Gaza. Fifteen thousand people including 10,000 women and children and 57 journalists have been killed. We are focused on the daily events and travesty of war but as Shuruq AlAssad tells Fatemah Farag – the only way to contextualize this violence is to know about life and journalism under Israeli occupation.

How The Guardian continues to drive print revenues through subscriptions

2023-11-24. The Guardian has maintained its subscription growth in print while also growing its digital revenues and audience, which now has 81 million unique monthly visitors globally. The Guardian’s publishing director Mylene Sylvestre explains how they have achieved this.

From fear to optimism: survey confirms need for more solutions approach to climate journalism

2023-11-17. What can media take out from the new Edelman special report on Trust and Climate Change? Climate change is becoming more personal and for communicators, optimism and solutions are key to action.

Faces of tragedy: the journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war

2023-11-22 Gaza’s journalists are risking death every hour of every day to do whatever they can to get news to the outside world. Over the past five weeks, a staggering number have lost their lives doing so, as well as colleagues from Israel and Lebanon. The killing must stop.

Charter for AI and Journalism: tech standards must be the responsibility of publishers

2023-11-10. WAN-IFRA welcomes the initiative taken by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to produce ethical guidelines and procedures around AI and Journalism but has elected not to endorse the “Paris Charter” because of specific concerns from news publishers.

AI and robot writer ‘Klara’ key to Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Medien’s tech future as it switches off its presses

2023-11-10. German regional news publisher owned by DuMont has pivoted to being a media and tech company and is using AI and Natural Language Processing tools for newsroom tasks, including content generation, with significant early results.

Listen up: Podcasts becoming increasingly important for Politiken

2023-11-02. “We see that people who listen to our podcasts actually stay longer on the articles as well, so this is an area we want to focus more on,” says Amalie Kestler, Managing Editor-in-Chief of Politiken, Denmark’s largest newspaper.

#Impunity Day: new data shows disturbing trends in media attacks ahead of elections

2023-11-02. New data from UNESCO reveals chilling new trends in the increasing – often lethal – attacks on journalists; notably, that they are more vulnerable during elections. WAN-IFRA warns that the conditions for aggression are created well before voting day.

Sitting upon the dead

2023-11-01. The number of journalists who are killed on the job is on the rise. And we all have a responsibility – and interest – in taking a stand, writes World Editors Forum board member Fatemah Farag.