"Technology turns up the volume of public discourse but rarely gives us the information we need at the moment we need it. Journalists do." Meera Selva marks World News Day with a call to recognise and...

Disinformation now carries an estimated annual cost of US$350–510 billion worldwide – which is why governments, platforms and media organisations should strengthen oversight, enforcement and rigour, a...

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By Branko Brkic and Tina Brown. There is a curious thing about journalism: Everyone seeking power calls us dead but still wants to control it.

"Defending truth and facts costs money and requires values." – Phil Chetwynd shares how journalists put themselves at great risk, at incredible cost, to bear witness – sometimes to catastrophes in rem...

"The cockroach may be famous for surviving almost anything; journalism shouldn't have to." – Ritu Kapur on press freedom and access to information in India, after citizens and influencers filled the g...

2026 was destined to be a big year for football headlines. So far it has certainly lived up to expectation, with the men’s World Cup providing both glory and controversy, sometimes in equal measure. B...

We have the data and verifiable case studies to prove that journalism’s value is both economic and social. This World News Day is an opportunity to go further to show and tell how and why your journal...

"Is AI even still a skill?" someone asked Martin Schori last week. “It’s a fair question. Is it even worth 'learning AI' when, within a very short time, the technology will be so baked into everything...

As publishers confront toxic comment sections and AI-driven misinformation, Germany’s largest network of local news brands has deployed a new tool to drive healthier engagement – increasing digital re...

Innovative climate coverage is unlocking strategies – and developing toolkits – that are successfully turning newsroom output into measurable, civic progress.

28 September is World News Day, a moment the news industry can show its collective strength - and explain what goes into our best journalism.

The climate crisis is the ‘defining, inescapable story that every journalist must now tell,’ using every available tool – from attribution science and political pushback to AI deployment, argues Kyle ...

While AI chatbots pass basic fact-checks, new research suggest they struggle with critical context, rejecting malicious prompts and laundering conspiracy theories. As chatbots become primary news sour...

Fifteen years after the 22 July, 2011 Norway attacks, public understanding remains clear. Yet when users turn to AI for nuance, the narrative shifts from fact to dangerous ambiguity, according to a ne...

28 September, World News Day, is a moment to highlight and explain your most consequential journalism to the public – and show how and why you do it. Here are some ideas for you to take this year’s ca...

Journalism's top thinkers on newsroom innovation unpack what sets journalism apart in a corrupted information ecosystem.

Collapsing USAID, mobilisation pressure, and sheer exhaustion made 2025 the toughest year on record for Ukraine's regional media, the Media Development Foundation's latest study found. But the crisis ...

French investigative journalist and educator Jean-Marc Manach has spent two years tracking AI-generated ‘news’ sites and has identified more than 15,000 of them – some earning millions of dollars by g...

News organisations are extending their AI guardrails to insist on disclosures on contributions received for opinion pages. Amid reports that high profile authors had used AI to develop arguments and h...

World News Day 2026 offers a rare opportunity for the news industry to speak with one voice. David Walmsley and Stig Ørskov urge you to sign up now to join the campaign and help signal that journalism...

Newsrooms investing in creator-led content are increasingly discovering that the hardest part isn't building an audience. It's building the conditions that allow creators to thrive – and stay.

The appeal is obvious: creators have the reach, newsrooms have the credibility. Bridging those worlds has proven far from straightforward. Adriana Lacy spent two years in the trenches of creator colla...

Mexico is regarded as one of the most dangerous and deadly countries for working journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders.

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Drawing on insights from in-depth interviews and market data, a new guide provides 10 evidence-based strategies for media leaders to effectively reach and retain the next generation of readers – by pr...

From specialised video teams to a new "Watch" tab, the US publisher has created an effective structure for producing and distributing high-impact video both on- and off-platform.

While his bosses look (to varying degrees) like bumblers, cowards or corporate tools, Pelley will be remembered as a beacon of integrity

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 ...

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 dat...

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 environmen...

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 env...

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...

his year’s cohort of winners reflects an industry in confident motion: excelling artificial intelligence, deepening reader relationships, elevating visual and audio storytelling, and fortifying the fi...

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 strategi...

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 bra...

Ten years ago, the Guardian made what was widely seen as a rather crazy bet. Instead of putting up a paywall, they decided to start asking readers to donate to them, while keeping all of their journal...

“Some tech leaders will portray my comments today as anti-AI. As defending the old status quo. As yet another ossified institution lashing out at the innovators who are driving the forward march of pr...

Integrated, non-hierarchical, agile and engaging: inaugural Future Newsrooms report outlines glaring disconnects within the fragmented news publishing industry by identifying core shifts – and showing...

Integrated, non-hierarchical, agile and engaging: inaugural Future Newsrooms report outlines glaring disconnects within the fragmented news publishing industry by identifying core shifts – and showing...

Information is everywhere, connection isn't. That's the gap Spilnews, a Dutch newsroom is building around. Its model puts themes before creators and treats community as a reporting resource, not just ...

Les Echos is growing its YouTube audience through a clear editorial focus, a disciplined publishing rhythm, and storytelling designed for retention. The newsroom is building recognition by staying con...

The award, due to be made on 1st June during the opening day of the 2026 World News Media Congress taking place in Marseille, France acknowledges the sacrifice and endurance of local Palestinian media...

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'Anytime somebody doesn’t understand us, they’re not giving us the benefit of the doubt.' – Trusting News founder Joy Mayer on why journalism's trust problem starts with an explanation, and how AI is ...

Filipino journalist and content creator Christian Esguerra, TLDR News founder Jack Kelly, and Reuters Institute researcher Amy Ross Arguedas on why storytelling, "radical" transparency and audience ob...

A women-led Philippine non-profit has received the inaugural climateXchange (cXc) Climate Culture Innovation grant for its vision to reshape climate journalism through a story-driven circular economy ...