Be your own innovator and disrupter – key message from WAN-IFRA India 2019

Publishers gathered in Gurugram, Haryana last week to discuss ways to deliver excellence and drive revenue in challenging business times.

Securing the future of quality journalism

Credible content that audiences value and new sources of revenue are needed to sustain newsrooms, writes Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief of The Straits Times and President of the World Editors Forum. This article can be republished.

First participants in Table Stakes Europe initiative to support local journalism

2019-09-20. WAN-IFRA announces the names of the participating publishers in its inaugural Table Stakes Europe programme to support local media in its digital transformation. Supported by the Google News Initiative, the coaching programme centers around a performance challenge and builds on the success of the same programme in the United States.

Decline of print is not the end of the road: Geoff Tan, SPH Magazines

“If you are too protective of your print, your digital will never grow,” said Geoff Tan, Managing Director, market development, SPH Magazines.

Tech and data issues pose stiff challenges to reader revenue strategies

As publishers turn to subscription revenue to shore up their revenue strategies – from the largest international audiences down to the local publishers – they are each grappling with the constantly changing issues of tech and data.

Print readership in India still strong and growing, South Asian publishers say

“There’s a popular perception being created that newspapers are dying, but national brands are still being created on printed newspapers,” said Varghese Chandy, Vice President of Marketing and Ad Sales, Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd.

WAN-IFRA Print Innovation Awards 2019 Winners Announced

2019-09-16. The World Printers Forum, the print community of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), announces the winners of the Print Innovation Awards 2019. The prize for innovations of newspapers and magazines will be presented on the first exhibition day of the IFRA World Publishing Expo, 8 October 2019, in Berlin.

Google algorithm change prioritises original reporting

The tech giant made changes to its search engine algorithms in a bid to elevate original news reporting.

Innovations shine at African Digital Media Awards 2019

The big hitters at this year’s WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Awards set themselves apart from the rest through a bold, innovative and creative approaches. They managed this feat at an interesting time in the media industry: The search for sustainable revenue streams has never been more frantic, audiences are less trusting and harder to please and the public’s demands for facts grow louder by the day.

Podcast – The war online: Abuse and harassment, and what journalists are doing about it

Journalists are increasingly the target of insults or threats from individuals or groups online, which can have physical impacts and should no longer be seen as separate from the offline world. The goal of the harassment? Censorship. And women bear the brunt of the abuse, which is usually gendered and sexualised.