By Julia Barcelon Jack Kelly, founder and CEO of TLDR News, shared how the London-based digital news organisation has grown into a trusted source for young audiences by focusing on accessible storytelling, transparency, and authenticity during his presentation. Founded in 2017, from what Kelly described as his “university bedroom,” TLDR News has since expanded into…
Filipino political journalist and educator Christian Esguerra started his YouTube channel, Facts First with Christian Esguerra, out of sheer desperation. Fired from his post as broadcast anchor and managing editor after two decades as a journalist in 2021, he turned to podcasting a year later – and is not looking back. “I realised this is…
Joy Mayer founded journalism support organisation Trusting News in 2016 after two decades in newsrooms and teaching. At Trusting News, Mayer and her team empower information providers to actively earn trust,“train journalists on strategies to demonstrate credibility and bring both transparency and humility to their relationship with the public.” Mayer will talk about ‘Earning trust…
Circular solutions exist in the Philippines, along with a growing demand for sustainable services and supplies. But “there is a disconnect between the merchants and the market, with circular businesses operating under the radar and within their own communities,” according to Sustina, the women-led, Philippine-based non-profit impact organisation whose innovative solution has garnered them the…
By Niklas Jonason Village Media is a Canadian digital media company headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that operates an extensive network of hyperlocal online news and community websites. Founded by CEO Jeff Elgie, the company employs a reach-based, ad-supported business model that prioritises community engagement, service journalism, and local business integration over traditional subscription-based…
TORONTO — At a conference bookended by speeches from former President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the leading lights of the global center-left gathered to consider their fate. The Global Progress Action Summit was billed as a “progressive version of CPAC,” the right-wing conference that has become a premier gathering for populist…
By Julia Barcelon “If publishers still have strong journalism, strong brands, and strong audiences, why does advertising revenue still feel so hard to win?” That was the question raised by Anson Mok, the Head of Data Development at United Daily News Group, during WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Asia conference in Manila as he reflected on the…
Donald Trump’s upcoming summit with Xi Jinping is likely to be dominated and somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing conflict in Iran. In recent months, US attention and military resources have been shifted from Asia to the Middle East, where the war has proven longer and more difficult than anticipated. At the same time, the administration…
By Marchel Espina “We’re in an age of eternal disruption,” Glenda Gloria, told participants at WAN-IFRA’s recent Digital Media Asia conference in Manila, Philippines, and noted the January traffic spike on their website that later turned out to be ghost traffic from bots infiltrating Google Analytics. The IP clusters were traced in Lanzhou, China and…
“When we try to write an article, we pack all angles in it. That becomes very difficult for us to identify user needs,” said Tan Lee Chin, Digital Product Editor, SPH Media. The newsroom used a custom GPT model developed with SPH Media’s data scientists to analyse a month’s worth of editorial output – 6,006…