Chris Janz has worked in the industry for 25 years, with roles spanning mature and growth businesses and advertising and subscription-funded products. His LinkedIn profile says, “I love building and transforming businesses, applying my experience to organisations of increasing size, […]

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the 155-year-old Star Tribune is the third largest metro daily newspaper in the United States, and the fourth largest on Sundays. The company implemented a paywall in 2011 and today has about 100,000 paid digital subscribers. […]

By Fernando Belzunce, Editor in Chief, Vocento, Spain It’s quite difficult to see him working in another business. Northern Irishman David Walmsley, 52, is a well-known and respected journalist on the international circuit. A member of various global organisations, such […]

Former IFRA Nordic Board Chairman Örn Jóhannsson passed away in December. Johannsson was previously the managing director of Morgunbladid newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland. He served on then-IFRA’s Nordic board from 1996-2006, both as a member and chairman. He was also […]

For years, supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was defeated at the polls on October 30, have been fed conspiracy theories, falsifications of reality or simple superstitions. From the supposedly miraculous effects of drugs against Covid-19 to the accusation […]

I am abroad. As I leave my hotel, my editor messages me: “I need to talk to you ASAP.” I am about to go to on a museum tour and see the works of Francisco Goya,  a  painter I love […]

By Peter Noorlander Letters threatening a lawsuit are usually phrased in harsh terms and are marked “private and confidential,” seemingly prohibiting journalists from publishing them. They are designed to intimidate. Calling the lawyers’ bluff and publishing the letter alongside reasons […]

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The emergence of bad-faith actors who actively spread false information has fundamentally changed the way people consume news online. As a result, journalists face a new set of challenges as they work to debunk false stories as well as reporting […]

Authored by Alexander Held, Data Scientist, Der Spiegel, Germany. Alexander Held will be the featured guest at one of the next monthly meet-ups of the WAN-IFRA Data Science Expert Group on 22 February 2023. Register here if you want to […]