In recent months, journalists at The Hindu parsed nearly 22 million voter records across three Indian states, built an election results interface without writing a line of code manually, and assembled low-cost heat sensors to measure how different workers experience extreme temperatures. Much of that work, Srinivasan Ramani says, was accelerated by large language models…
As geopolitical tensions rise and conflicts deepen, one of journalism’s core missions – to explain the world in its full complexity – has never been more essential. When coverage systematically overlooks the perspectives of women, whether as sources, subjects or newsroom leaders, our audiences’ understanding of crises is inevitably incomplete. This is not a question…
“What characterises the world’s most successful news organisations is a relentless commitment to evolving their newsrooms to meet ever-growing audience expectations,” says WAN-IFRA CEO Stig Ørskov. “In today’s AI-driven era, where editorial tools, audience needs, and the competitive landscape are changing at unprecedented speed, how do editorial leaders shape newsrooms to deliver distinctive, relevant journalism?…
WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, today announced the finalists for the Digital Media Awards 2026 – the news industry’s most prestigious global competition celebrating excellence in news publishing. From 811 entries received across APAC, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, 278 have been named finalists, representing the most outstanding…
Bettors on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have wagered hundreds of millions of dollars on the current conflict in Iran. Which means lots and lots of folks are trying to get rich betting on wars. In the lead-up to the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran, prediction markets saw a frenzy of activity…
“When I talk of AI, I’m reminded of that famous line: ‘There’s an elephant in the room.’ Today, that elephant is AI.“ This was how Prof. Sunil Saxena, Founder-Director of the AI Media Academy, introduced a discussion with leading Indian media leaders about AI‘s influence on newsroom practices and the long-term sustainability of their businesses….
In February, the company announced that it finished 2025 with an EBITA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, and Amortization) of SEK 1.08 billion (€101 million, +29% YoY) on revenue of SEK 10.9 billion (€1.02 billion, +3% YoY). Bonnier News is one of Sweden’s leading news providers, with about 6,700 employees, including approximately 2,000 journalists. The company’s…
There are already clear losers from the war in Iran: The battered Iranian regime itself, the civilians under heavy bombardment in Iran and Lebanon, the Gulf countries’ whose reputation as a stable safe haven have been shattered by missiles and drones, the people everywhere — but particularly in the world’s poorest countries — impacted by…
Two years after the launch of the Newsroom AI Catalyst accelerator and having supported more than 140 newsrooms worldwide in their effective use of AI technologies, WAN-IFRA—the World Association of News Publishers— and OpenAI partner again. This new collaboration aims to help publishers move beyond experimentation into the development of AI-native news products through the…
This morning, Joe Kent — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — resigned in protest over the war in Iran. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” he said in a resignation letter addressed to Trump and published on X. You’d think that a war critic like myself should welcome this development….