Daily Star aims for higher reader engagement with Facebook Messenger Bot

As the digital publishing space keeps getting more innovative every day, customer experience has never been more crucial. The Daily Star, Bangladesh, has re-launched its Facebook messenger bot with improved features for better audience engagement and interactivity. In this post, Tajdin Hassan, Chief Strategy and Digital Transformation Officer at the Star, writes about what they are doing.

#NoEsHoraDeCallar: World’s Press Condemns Colombian Government’s Sabotage of Inter-American Court Hearing on Journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima

2021-03-19. WAN-IFRA has denounced the Colombian government’s walkout during the first day of a virtual public hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR) that was due to determine the level of state responsibility for the 2000 abduction, rape, and torture of journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima.

In an audience-driven world, diversity and inclusion are key

In light of International Women’s Day, the coaches and participants of WAN-IFRA’s Table Stakes Europe programme came together for an online discussion on the importance of diversity and inclusion in news organisations.

Anita Zielina: “The talent war is happening”

The Director of Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism/CUNY warns the media that they need to be more attractive if they want to capture and retain the talents needed for their digital transformation process.

A roadmap for publishers getting started with digital subscriptions

There are no shortcuts in starting up a digital subscription business, Gregor Waller told participants during last week’s Digital Media India conference. He encouraged publishers who haven’t yet made the leap to get going, and offered them a roadmap for doing so.

The spectacular rise of ecommerce at India’s MensXP

Times Internet-owned MensXP is India’s largest fashion, wellness and beauty brand for men. It established itself as a full stack commerce company in 2019 and now has an audience of 60 million. We deconstruct the brand’s ecommerce expansion.

“Tech and journalism are part of the same thing”: takeaways from the Media4Europe Summit

The event highlighted the need for the news media to work with other industries, but sometimes problems arise as different sectors have their own cultures and processes. How can we encourage and support collaborations across disciplines?

Cookie walls, user consent and the future of monetisation in the media

The future of monetisation for publishing has been turned upside down for several years. The context is likely to be further disturbed following the programmed extinction of third-party cookies, the challenges to first-party data real value, and recommendations on the consent of cookies collection issued by Data Protection Authorities.

Why is the media so afraid to talk about sexual harassment?

International Women’s Day presents an opportunity for us to think about gender equality and the long and often frustrating march toward societies that are truly equal.

Cultural Change in the Media: we need to be protagonists and apprentices in the transformation

For Joao Adao, Facebook Managing Director for Latin America, news organizations deal successfully with the new scenarios when they take a leadership role and decide to learn about the new world.