Norway’s Amedia drives subscriber growth, strengthens local news offering through +Alt

2021-09-30. Amedia, Norway’s largest publisher of local news titles, reaches about 2 million daily readers, of which 660,000 are paying subscribers.

Global insights from GNI for a successful digital subscriptions model

2021-09-28. During WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Asia conference, Arun Venkataraman, Global Strategy Lead of Google News Initiative (GNI), shared their learnings from the North and Latin American GNI Subscriptions Labs.

Today is World News Day. Here’s how to show your support

2021-09-28. More than 500 newsrooms and supporting organisations have joined the global campaign to drive public attention to the critical role journalists play in telling the big stories of our time. This year the focus is on climate change coverage. Here’s how you can show your support.

Launch of New Programme to Improve Climate Change Journalism

2021-09-28. Today, on World News Day, WAN-IFRA and Temasek Foundation have launched a new programme to strengthen climate change journalism. Targeting journalists and editors from Asia, the training programme will build the capability of newsrooms to increase solutions-oriented reporting.

How the right visuals can help news organisations communicate climate change and its impact effectively

2021-09-27. From showing climate causes at scale to using protest imagery with caution, there are a number of principles news organisations can follow to ensure they illustrate their climate content with visuals that foster engagement and connection with audiences.

Digital subscription lessons from SCMP, Denník N

2021-09-27. Data-driven analysis of reader behaviour and editorial support are key building blocks of a successful digital subscription strategy, said leaders from South China Morning Post and Denník N during WAN-IFRA’s recent Digital Media Asia conference.

Covering climate change requires newsroom change

2021-09-24. Climate change is the subject of scientific studies and reports, but its consequences can be felt in all areas of our societies and economies. Equally, newsrooms should view climate change as more than just a topic but as a systemic issue that affects all their desks or verticals.

Empowering news publishers in local communities

2021-09-22. COVID-19 forced local news publishers to quickly adapt to a sudden digital transformation in their day-to-day operations. Many media houses have already shifted to being partially or fully-digital but others are still struggling to find their footing in monetising their news content online.

Women in News Launches Social Impact Reporting Initiative For Climate Crisis Coverage

2021-09-21. In recognition of World News Day and its accompanying theme of telling the story of the Climate Crisis, WAN-IFRA Women in News has announced a special edition of its Social Impact Reporting Initiative (SIRI) Individual Assignments. It is inviting women journalists, who have engaged with WAN-IFRA Women in News since 2010, to apply for an assignment grant to tell the story of how climate change is affecting vulnerable and at-risk groups in their communities.

Finding new stories post-pandemic: five data-driven ideas

2021-09-20. As vaccination drives gain pace in many parts of the world or move into the booster phase, we are starting to see the beginning of what we hope will be the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some countries are still struggling with their latest wave of infections, others have made plans to reopen their economies, education and other social sectors.