The GAMI Incubator #Finland programme brings together three selected Finnish media companies and international start-ups for a collaborative six-month journey. The two-day kick-off meeting will serve as the starting point for the collaboration, during which each media company will collaborate with their partner start-up to explore and experiment with new ideas and technologies. Over the…
Today is both World News Day and the International Day for Universal Access to Information – a good time to remember that if we lose our fundamental universal right to access to information, and if independent journalists lose the ability to report the facts, then our rights and democracies may vanish entirely. Access to information…
Our world is increasingly built on information, sometimes almost exclusively, and the news media is its basic infrastructure. Like water and energy, we often only notice its absence when the service stops. So too, with reliable news: only when it disappears will we realise how deeply our daily lives depend on the steady delivery of…
In the first half of 2025, the climate facing journalists darkened to levels not seen in decades, reflecting a coordinated escalation of violence, intimidation, and censorship. The fabric of societies is being torn apart by what in many cases are deliberate and calculated campaigns to undermine facts, the bedrock of our shared reality. There is…
A full presentation of the project will be provided during a webinar on Monday 29 September starting at 5pm. The event, titled “Youth Engagement in Combating Hate Speech” is organised in collaboration with partner ECHR. Registrations are open here. C.H.A.S.E brings together media professionals, legal experts, technologists, and civil society organizations from 5 European countries:…
It’s undeniable that the public — especially Gen Zs and Millennials — are turning away from the news, whether that’s from a lack of trust or a lack of interest. Last year, the Reuters Institute found that more and more young people struggle with identifying trustworthy news sources. This comes at a time when creators and influencers…
We live in times characterised by misinformation, yet many people are still unaware of what this entails. The context is one of confusion and mistrust, where, in addition, the transformations we are seeing are so rapid and so far-reaching that it is almost impossible to assimilate them or gauge their consequences. This widespread bewilderment is…
Every year of my journalistic career of nearly half a century, I have known only a free and independent press in the United States. My professional start was in the 1970s. Those were years when Americans could see clearly how the press served democracy: With the publication of the Pentagon Papers, first by The New…
Trust is the currency which makes democracies and societies function; the social glue that binds people and structures together. Undermining trust in the governance system, in institutions, in media and between people is an early step in any authoritarian’s plan for destroying democracy. Given that news media’s narrative about itself is important in shaping public…
By Niklas Jonason VK was an early champion of digital subscriptions and is now a leader in gaining paying young readers. In a recent Innovate Local webinar, Stefan Åberg, VK’s Managing Editor, and a key person through much of their journey, told us how they’ve done it. Founded in 1900 and owned by a non-profit…