Two reports released in December highlight shrinking democratic freedoms and the consequences for public interest journalism in an increasingly autocratic world. UNESCO’s World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Global report 2022/2025, Journalism: shaping a world at peace, documents a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. The…
Jazz – Mavericks 116-114: Reaction, Markkanen and victory in the final The Utah Jazz ended their five-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 116-114 at home, celebrating their first win of the 2026 calendar year. In a game that was decided in the details, Will Hardy’s side showed character at crucial points and managed…
First corner of the new year, so, ya know: ✺◟(＾∇＾)◞✺ I feel like we should do CSS for this one. It’s easily my favorite technology thing and basically BFFs with the spirit of CodePen. In brand-spanking-new news (gnu neues?) the whole “masonry” saga is starting to come to a close. The naming is (drumroll please):…
Adriana Lacy is an award-winning journalist, educator, media consultant and serial entrepreneur: she’s CEO of her own consultancy, which houses a content agency, social media analytics company, a mentorship program, an Influencer Journalism consulting agency and, as of last week, a digital design studio. Her background in both journalism and academia are equally impressive: she’s…
Henrique Braun “is an American citizen who was born in California and raised in Brazil.” He’s also currently executive vice president and COO of Coca-Cola and will become the beverage giant’s new CEO effective March 31. Observers were quick to note the emphasis on Braun’s US citizenship in the company’s official announcement last month, as…
The $1.5 Trillion Defense Shock: How Trump’s Buyback Ban Is Rewriting Military Capital Markets Capital market leverage in the U.S. defense sector has reached a historic inflection point. President Trump’s proposal to expand the Pentagon’s topline budget by more than 50%—from a $901 billion baseline to a projected $1.5 trillion allocation for fiscal year 2027—has…
The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, along with recent comments from the White House have made clear that US President Donald Trump’s ambition to take over Greenland needs to be taken very seriously. European governments are reportedly discussing contingency plans if he makes good on his threats. A US military attack on the territory…
Penpot is experimenting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, which could lead to designers and developers being able to perform tasks in Penpot using AI that’s able to understand and interact with Penpot design files. Daniel Schwarz explains how Penpot MCP servers work, what they could mean for creating and managing designs in Penpot, and…
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As we worked on this year’s Best Practice in Innovation report, it became clear that high-impact innovation continues to come from a wide range of markets, organisational sizes, and strategic priorities. The 12 cases featured in the report are drawn from the Digital Media Awards Worldwide, WAN-IFRA’s competition that recognises outstanding digital journalism, product development,…