Artificial intelligence continues to shape how publishers work, rapidly moving from pilot projects to practical applications in news publishing. WAN-IFRA’s latest report, Where publishers are seeing AI’s real value – so far, takes stock of that shift. Based on a Q2 2025 survey of more than 100 media leaders and 10 detailed case studies, the…
One of my vacation habits is to take along a book about the place I’m visiting — which is how I found myself on Ireland’s spectacular Atlantic coast last month, paging through a copy of Fintan O’Toole’s We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland. O’Toole, a prominent Irish journalist, uses the years…
With this week’s unprecedented deadly military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean, it’s clear that the US plans to use tactics it has long employed against terrorist groups against Latin American criminal organizations — up to and including threats of regime change against governments accused of backing the “terrorists.” This has…
‘We are responding to a moment of profound global crisis in the integrity of information, peace and respect for human rights, including environmental rights. We hereby alert our media colleagues, the G20 and the wider public: the crisis is intensifying as the spaces for independent news media and civic engagement contract.’ M20 for G20 Media…
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War.” The move on its own has no legal power; officially changing the name would require approval by Congress, though the White House is reportedly looking for ways around that. Changing the signage and branding…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has unveiled a new proposal to place strict limits on the rules governing visas that allow foreign reporters to live and work in the United States. Currently, visas are valid indefinitely provided that journalists adhere to the regulations guiding their allocation. Under the new system, reporters could be forced…
The News Creators Project Report draws on a wealth of research conducted in three phases, including in-depth interviews with 15+ creators and 25+ Advisory Board experts – which includes creators from YouTube, TikTok, Substack and Instagram. A synthesis of academic research, platform standards, real-world practices, existing frameworks and adapted journalism principles has resulted in a…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is promising to “wage combat” against drug cartels following a strike targeting an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. What happened? On…
Results from two newly released Swiss-focused studies from PwC and gfs-zürich highlight that credible, fact-checked environment is vital for advertisers and consumers. Compared to social media, journalistic media score significantly higher in terms of both trust and credibility. PwC analysed the Swiss advertising market through interviews with 20 experts and an online business survey. The…
At the height of the Iraq war, bloggers coined the term “Friedman unit” in reference to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s habit of claiming that the next six months would be critical in determining the outcome of the conflict. Everything has sped up quite a bit in our post-Twitter era, so perhaps it’s…