World Press Trends Outlook: Publishers brace for a period marked by uncertainty

2023-03-10. The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism, as revenue diversification progresses and publishers double down on new revenue sources and editorial products.

Maria Ressa: Quality journalism cannot survive on social media

2023-03-09. The Nobel Prize winner talks about her ever-present threat of imprisonment, social media and elections, and the rising menace of Chat GPT. This interview with World Editors Forum Board Member, Fernando Belzunce, was first published in Spanish newspapers El Correo and ABC.

UGC contributors critical to driving subscriptions, revenue and retention

2023-03-07. Most publishers today understand that driving their unknown readers to an authenticated registered state is vital to optimise on-site personalisation and collect relevant first-party data. An authenticated user is also more likely to move down the funnel to a Subscribed state.

Tension and anxiety in Georgia as NGOs, press face ‘foreign agent’ label

2023-02-03. A bill set to mark NGOs and media organisations in Georgia that receive funding from abroad as ‘agents of foreign influence’ is gaining momentum in parliament, sparking fears of an authoritarian clampdown.

How The Gender Beat aims to advance gender issues by taking cues from climate journalism

2023-03-02. Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, we are flagging The Gender Beat, a new global collective of journalists working to raise the profile of gender journalism, and the people who make it happen.

Meet Martha Ramos, the new President of the World Editors Forum

2023-03-02. Respected newsroom leader from Mexico, one of the world’s most hostile environments for journalists, will lead WAN-IFRA’s global community of editors for the next two years.

Mexican and Canadian editors to lead WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum

2023-03-01. The Board of the World Editors Forum (WEF) has elected Martha Ramos, the editorial director of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM), Mexico, as President, with David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail, Canada, serving as Deputy President.

World Printers Forum Outlook 2022-2023 survey

We are asking printing executives from across the world to share their insights on how their business has been developing and how they expect it to evolve in the coming year. The survey is available in English, German and Spanish.

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Aftenposten’s Audun Solberg: ‘Distribution cost is the biggest concern’

2023-02-28. In an interview with WAN-IFRA, Audun Solberg, Editor for Newspaper and Publishing House at Norway’s Aftenposten, talks about distribution challenges, growth potential, business opportunities and more.

Want to reach younger audiences? Help is likely already working in your newsroom

2023-02-23. Ask a major news publisher which new readers they’d most like to reach, and odds are their first response will be “younger audiences.”