Q&A with The Athletic’s Paul Fichtenbaum: ‘Our vision is to be the sports page for the world’

With a personalised, in-depth content offer, The Athletic has its sights firmly set on becoming the go-to destination for die-hard sports fans. And not just in the United States.

Tables Stakes Europe off to enthusiastic start

The participants of the local news initiative Table Stakes Europe (TSE) recently came together in Paris to meet each other and their coaches at the offices of the French daily newspaper Le Parisien, which kindly hosted the kick off meeting. WAN-IFRA’s Valérie Arnould was there and shares this report.

Advice from the WSJ’s R&D Chief on defining and implementing an AI strategy

From creating news stories automatically to optimising content delivery, an increasing number of newsrooms are making use of AI to automate and augment their reporting and other newsroom processes, making workflows more efficient, speeding up time-consuming tasks, and increasing the breadth of their coverage. Here are some questions to consider before introducing AI in your newsroom.

How Dagens Nyheter pivots to a newsroom culture ‘as if print didn’t exist’ and reader revenue rules

Dagens Nyheter in Sweden has undergone huge transformational change – overhauling its newsroom’s structure and culture, and making digital reader revenue a key component of not only its business model but its editorial strategy as well.

VPRO Medialab: bringing storytelling to new technologies

The Dutch broadcaster’s media innovation lab uses novel technologies to provide engaging narrative experiences, while also informing its audience about the technologies’ possible impact on their everyday lives.

‘It’s about relevance’: Amedia’s subscription strategy to engage women and younger audiences

The Norwegian media group’s approach to data has helped it better understand what makes content relevant to its subscriber base. One conclusion: Better representation of women and younger people in stories seems to correlate with higher readership among those same demographics.

Paywalls a core pillar for long-term sustainability as publishers look to diversify revenue streams

Two Asian news CEOs talk about the importance of data, reader revenue and the link with journalistic integrity

Customer experience is an all-important prerequisite for driving loyalty and subscriptions

Berlingske Media Digital Director, Christian Stavik, describes at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Asia 2019 conference in Hong Kong, how a mobile-first and customer-first strategy takes the lead.

New report: Media Labs, unlocking change

The continued rise of Media Labs is the focus of the latest 2019 Trends in Newsrooms report. It unpacks their role, examines their organisation and offers advice on what you should do if you want to start one.

How slow news outlet Tortoise is taking audience engagement to the next level

UK-based journalism outlet Tortoise is placing its members at the centre of its editorial strategy, regularly inviting them into the newsroom to share their diverse experience and expertise.