“It has been a great growth story for the BBC in India. We [India] have become the biggest global market for the BBC,” Rupa Jha, Head of India, BBC News told participants at our Digital Media India conference in New […]

By Cecilia Campbell, WAN-IFRA’s Innovate Local Maike Schiller, Head of the Editorial Culture Team, tells the story of how the culture desk at Hamburger Abendblatt decided to think outside the box in how they reach audiences and, as a result, […]

The Digital Media Awards Asia was first launched in 2009 to recognise news media organisations that are leaders and innovators in the adoption of digital media strategies as news consumption trends shifted from print to online. One hundred and thirty-six […]

As a special item for our Reader Revenue newsletter, we would like to take this opportunity to highlight those who won in our “Digital Subscription / Reader Revenue Project” category for each of those regions. Please note that in some […]

Over the course of her 25-year career in media, 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 […]

On 27 May, when the global media fraternity gathers in Copenhagen for the World News Media Congress, WAN-IFRA will award the 2024 Golden Pen of Freedom.  This award is made each year to a person or group who has sacrificed […]

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, […]

Each of this year’s winning initiatives displays outstanding innovation, from AI-use cases that increase value for audiences and better efficiencies for staff, to community focused data projects that represent local journalism at its best. We are grateful to all the […]

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 […]

The winning projects of this year’s competition showcased outstanding innovation, ranging from tools that track inflation to new travel tours. These initiatives placed their audiences at the centre of their work, resulting in increased engagement and positive feedback from readers. […]