From fear to optimism: survey confirms need for more solutions approach to climate journalism

2023-11-17. What can media take out from the new Edelman special report on Trust and Climate Change? Climate change is becoming more personal and for communicators, optimism and solutions are key to action.

‘The more you read, the less you churn,’ and other lessons from Norway’s Amedia

2023-11-16. Amedia publishes more than 80 regional newspapers across Norway, but for nearly four years now, digital has been their biggest subscription product.

Why you should come to Copenhagen for World News Media Congress

2023-11-16. We will meet in Copenhagen at a defining time. During this period of war and global unrest, the need for reliable journalism has never been more critical. And the responsibility of news publishers to provide the public with trustful information has never been greater, writes Stig Ørskov CEO, JP/Politiken Media Group and Vice-President of local host, the Danish Media Association.
 

Faces of tragedy: the journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war

2023-11-22 Gaza’s journalists are risking death every hour of every day to do whatever they can to get news to the outside world. Over the past five weeks, a staggering number have lost their lives doing so, as well as colleagues from Israel and Lebanon. The killing must stop.

Charter for AI and Journalism: tech standards must be the responsibility of publishers

2023-11-10. WAN-IFRA welcomes the initiative taken by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to produce ethical guidelines and procedures around AI and Journalism but has elected not to endorse the “Paris Charter” because of specific concerns from news publishers.

AI and robot writer ‘Klara’ key to Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Medien’s tech future as it switches off its presses

2023-11-10. German regional news publisher owned by DuMont has pivoted to being a media and tech company and is using AI and Natural Language Processing tools for newsroom tasks, including content generation, with significant early results.

DC Thomson: New focus on communities brings big gains in paying digital subscribers

2023-11-08. Four years ago, Scottish publisher DC Thomson had fewer than 1,000 paying digital-only subscribers. Today, they have more than 30,000. This is the story of how they did it.

MDIF Ventures calls for digital media applications for $1m investment fund

2023-11-07. The Media Development Investment Fund Ventures is inviting applications from digital media for its $1m investment fund. Successful applicants will receive equity financing and strategic advice to help them take their business to the next level. Deadline: 10 December.

Pervasive Unauthorized Use of Publisher Content Powers Generative AI – a News/Media Alliance Study

2023-11-03. “The research and analysis we’ve conducted shows that AI companies and developers are not only engaging in unauthorized copying of our members’ content to train their products, but they are using it pervasively and to a greater extent than other sources,” stated Alliance President & CEO Danielle Coffey.

Listen up: Podcasts becoming increasingly important for Politiken

2023-11-02. “We see that people who listen to our podcasts actually stay longer on the articles as well, so this is an area we want to focus more on,” says Amalie Kestler, Managing Editor-in-Chief of Politiken, Denmark’s largest newspaper.