The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) has documented the forced displacement of at least 40 journalists because of a sustained pattern of harassment, intimidation, and arbitrary restrictions on journalistic work. These cases do not include other critical voices or human rights defenders who have fled the country due to the climate of persecution….
The event hosted the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2025 ceremony, where The Hindu Group was named Champion Publisher. From editorial revival to revenue reinvention The conference opened with a keynote by Alan Hunter and Michael Brunt, co-founders of HBM Advisory (UK) and members of the WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, who urged publishers to clearly define…
This story was adapted from the On the Right newsletter. New editions drop every Wednesday. Sign up here. For years, there has been an increasingly bitter foreign policy fight between two factions of the Republican Party. On one hand, you have the GOP hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) who want the United States to…
Iran’s state broadcaster, which was bombed mid-broadcast by Israel on Monday, was many things to many people. It was the employer of hundreds of journalists, some of whom were injured in the attack, prompting protests from press freedom organizations. It was also the propaganda arm of a repressive regime, which has broadcast the “confessions” of…
After surveying 100,000 individuals in 48 markets, the Reuters Institute 2025 Digital News Report suggests a new media order is emerging: fragmented, personality-driven and fuelled by tech. While trust in news is holding steady at 40%, two major shifts are emerging: the growing influence of alternative voices or personalities in news, particularly in the US…
Perhaps the oldest, most pernicious form of human bias is that of men toward women. It often started at the moment of birth. In ancient Athens, at a public ceremony called the amphidromia, fathers would inspect a newborn and decide whether it would be part of the family, or be cast away. One often socially…
Experts from Stibo DX, Bright Sites, Atex, and Finland’s Ilta-Sanomat, discussed some practical steps for embedding AI into newsroom Content Management Systems during the webinar, which was hosted by our WIZONE Marketplace, and moderated by Kim Svendsen, our Membership Director. A common theme throughout the session was how AI has become the backbone of modern…
In announcing Israel’s strikes against Iran’s military leadership and nuclear program last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the case that Israel had “no choice but to act, and act now” in response to recent advances in Iran’s capabilities that put his country at risk of a “nuclear holocaust.” It’s far from clear that the…
‘The biggest revolution that I had to go through in my own mindset was that ultimately, it’s not about the format; but it’s about the journalism. We don’t know on which platforms our journalism will be published in the next three to five years. What is important is that there is still journalism; that there are…
Last night, Israel went to war with Iran — launching a bombing raid targeting Iran’s senior military leadership and top nuclear scientists. The strikes were a tactical triumph for Israel: The heads of both Iran’s entire military and its Revolutionary Guards were killed in the opening hours, and Iranian air defenses took a massive hit….