“I spend most of my time thinking about how to steer organisations through the coming years of uncertainty,” said Gard Steiro. “The only thing that’s certain is that leading a newsroom will not get easier in the years ahead. Visibility is poor, and we must navigate through a thick fog,” he said. As Editor-in-Chief and…
Jimmy Lai, 78, the media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner, has been found guilty by Hong Kong’s High Court of sedition and conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the city’s national security law. He will be sentenced next year and could face life in jail. Reacting to the verdict, David Walmsley, World Editors Forum President…
The Stronger Together programme – implemented by WAN-IFRA in partnership with the Norway’s Mediebedriftenes Landsforening (MBL) and the Association of Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine (AIRPPU) – has, throughout 2025, supported 40 Ukrainian media outlets through funding, training, mentoring, and peer exchange. As the programme approaches the end of its first year, independent media across…
Two gunmen opened fire on a celebration of the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing 15 and injuring dozens more. One of the gunmen was killed, and another alleged shooter was injured and is now in custody. What do we know about the attack in Australia? Australian officials have…
Japan’s print decline is closely linked to the country’s shrinking population and the rise of internet use. Newspaper circulation has dropped 40 percent over the last decade, averaging a 4 percent decline per year. Yet, Tokyo-headquartered Asahi Shimbun, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, is fighting back with new subscriber acquisition strategies such…
Following this week’s seizure of a sanctioned ship off the coast of Venezuela, the Trump administration says it will be targeting more oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast. This is, first and foremost, a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign targeting Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, whom the White House accuses of facilitating drug trafficking…
For more than a decade, Stig Ørskov has been at the centre of Denmark’s media transformation, leading JP/Politiken Media Group through print decline, digital transformation, and evolving audience expectations, while holding firm on editorial independence. As he prepares to step into his new role as CEO of WAN-IFRA in 2026, he took the stage at…
Three years into generative AI’s introduction, adoption and integration, its impact on journalism and within the newsroom is widely felt. Most notably, its impact on audiences – particularly Gen Z, the generation raised on the internet and now coming of age. Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z has voting rights and buying power; no…
Walk into almost any newsroom today, and you can feel it before you see it: the low hum of worry. About AI and what it might do to jobs.About the next round of cuts.About covering wars, culture wars, and a heating planet with fewer people and less time. We talk a lot about change in…
Behind the crippling economic and political situation in Venezuela is Nicolás Maduro. After years of high inflation and a tumultuous relationship with the United States, the president of Venezuela faces a country waiting for political intervention. US President Donald Trump wants to oust Maduro, a former revolutionary turned anti-democratic leader, and recently said his “days…