Swedish journalist Pia Rehnquist has held various roles, including that of editor-in-chief at Sydsvenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s biggest morning newspapers, where she first started her career as a journalist, in 2000. She joined Bonnier News Local in 2020, as Editorial Director. In December, she was promoted as Business Area Manager, and oversees about 50 Swedish regional and local newspapers. Rehnquist also makes up part of the management team of Bonnier News – one of the largest media groups in the Nordic region, comprising more than 200 titles and brands. Bonnier News boasts over 2.2 mil ..read more

Established in 1945, and online since 1995, VG is one of the country’s most popular news sources. “In 2024, we are in a very strong position in Norway. Our traffic comes directly rather than from social media platforms,” Jari Bakken, Newsroom Engineer, VG, told participants at our Digital Media India conference in New Delhi. See also: Mastering frontpage engagement: Norway’s VG aligns strategy and analytics ‘ChatGPT changed the way we use AI’ ChatGPT has opened up the space for developers to use AI in new ways, Bakken said. For example, today, developers are exploring different language models ..read more

Daily Maverick is recognised worldwide for its innovative and successful membership programme, Maverick Insider. But in a shock tactic, the online publication has shut down for 24 hours  to highlight the market failure in journalism, where the economics no longer work to support its production. It says most of the public and business community still don’t appreciate the full extent of the news media crisis, or its urgency.   “We have failed to communicate the severity of the crisis and the impact it will have on key institutions and our economic prospects. Today’s shutdown aims to h ..read more

From April 25th to 26th, Warsaw will host an international conference addressing SLAPPs, organised by Agora, ARTICLE 19 Europe, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Prague Civil Society Center, and Watchdog Poland. The objective is  to devise strategies to combat legal harassment against public watchdogs who champion public interests.   The surge in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) against journalists and activists exposing corruption and abuses of power is alarming. Politicians, powerful businessmen, and corporations increasingly use legal threats to silen ..read more

‘The approach for the 2024 elections has been clear for us for the past year or more: to double down on our efforts to fight misinformation and disinformation, to promote media literacy, and to educate voters about the electoral processes so they can make informed choices.’ – Shelly Walia, Quint Media The choices voters make this year in over 64 countries who have elections will be defining – creating real pressure for journalists who are dealing with extreme polarisation, censorship and an unprecedented deluge of mis- and disinformation, much of it created and driven by AI. To assess the scal ..read more

Adriaan Basson is a multiple award-winning investigative journalist who has authored four books on corruption and current affairs, including Zuma Exposed (2012) and Blessed by Bosasa (2019). A newsroom veteran, his career started at Afrikaans daily Beeld in 2003. He tackled investigations at The Mail & Guardian, was a founding member of award-winning investigative unit amaBhungane, and was assistant editor at City Press, before returning to Beeld as editor in 2013.  Basson was named CNN African Journalist of the Year for news and is a recipient of the Taco Kuiper Award. He was appoint ..read more

As independent media globally face unprecedented threats, the ACOS Alliance and WAN-IFRA have joined forces to launch the Editor Safety Hub, a free-to-access training platform for news editors and managers. The Editor Safety Hub launches with The Fundamentals of Safe Commissioning, a self-paced training course that equips editors with the skills they need to safely commission journalistic work, support the safety of freelancers they work with, and embed a culture of safety within their everyday practice. The course’s content has been created with Aegis Safety Alliance and in consultation ..read more

This article was originally published on the TSE Best Practice Showcase, WAN-IFRA’s resource centre that features case studies from Table Stakes Europe on how to accelerate the transition from print to digital, reach new audiences and better engage your local communities. All case studies included in the TSE Best Practice Showcase are available in English, French, German and Spanish. By Hannes Vollmuth, Senior Editor for Digital Strategy and Innovation, Süddeutsche Zeitung We had barely started when the anomaly emerged. The SZ Table Stakes team – four editors, two designers, one analyst ..read more

“AI will be to digital what digital was to traditional news media,” said  Puneet Jain, CEO – HT Digital. “AI is simply a tool – a means to an end. Our newsroom and business objectives remain the same as they were pre-AI. Now, the focus is on using AI to accelerate these goals,” he added. Jain spoke about harnessing data analytics and AI to build products, scale business, increase engagement and better monetisation models at WAN-IFRA’s recent Digital Media India conference.  Data and AI across digital media verticals At HT, the typical process of content generation is divided into thr ..read more

By Niklas Jonason, WAN-IFRA’s Innovate Local Program Director Replay Innovate Local webinar presented by Presented by Lea Nowack, Project Manager Digital Products at Tamedia, 20th March, 2024. Tamedia is one of the largest Swiss news publishing groups, with 18 regional and national news brands in the country’s German and French-speaking parts. Examples of regional brands are Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung, Thurgauer Zeitung, and Zürichsee-Zeitung, in addition to national brands such as Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund. The company was founded in 1893 and today has over 1,800 employees. Tamedia cl ..read more