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Reimagining news through the eyes of Gen Z: in conversation with Agnes Stenbom. In this episode of Newsroom Robots, Nikita Roy spoke with Agnes Stenbom, Sweden’s AI Person of the Year and head of Schibsted Media’s inclusion lab, IN/LAB, and Trust Initiatives. She is leading a radical initiative to co-create the future of news with “news outsiders”
Media Confidential: reporting on a burning planet. Hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent. The extreme forecasts that were predicted a few decades ago are starting to happen, and climate change is an existential crisis for us all. So how do you tell the biggest story in the world?
Dear America. Advice from areas of the world where press freedom is under attack
Meet the anonymous woman journalist reporting inside Taliban-run Afghanistan. The winner of this year’s Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award
What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries. A new RISJ report whose purpose is to analyse the role of digital platforms in contemporary media environments, including public perception of the benefits and problems they bring, especially when it comes to news and information about politics
Rana Sabbagh accepts ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award. Sabbagh has spent more than four decades building a vibrant investigative reporting culture in the Middle East and North Africa – one of the most dangerous regions of the world for journalists to expose official wrongdoing. Sabbagh, who is the winner of the ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award, delivered the following remarks on 14 November at the ICFJ Tribute to Journalists
Your personal operating model defines the way you get work done and ultimately determines your impact. McKinsey’s Arne Gast and Suchita Prasad explain why in a new article.
Poland must seize opportunity to be a model of reform and media freedoms. The Media Freedom Rapid Response has published its report ‘Depoliticizing Poland’s Media Landscape: Assessing the Progress of Media Reform in 2024’. The report is based on the media freedom mission to Poland on 16-17 September where MFRR members met with a range of government and media stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing media and the challenge of media reform since the 2023 elections
Fact or fake? Brasil, UN, and UNESCO launch Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change. A joint initiative launched on the last day of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brasil aims to strengthen research and communication actions to tackle disinformation. Fake news and rumors contribute to delays and hinder mitigation actions against climate change
CPJ calls on Israel to lift government boycott of Haaretz newspaper. On Sunday 24 November, Israel’s government unanimously approved a proposal by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi to cease all government advertising and communications with Israel’s oldest print newspaper
How data journalism is changing the face of Africa. “We’re not just telling stories; we’re creating evidence that can be used to demand accountability from those in power”
Empowering media sustainability: the investor’s role in strengthening independent journalism. Lot Carlier, Executive Director at V-Ventures, the investment arm of the Netherlands-based Veronica Foundation, emphasises the critical importance of fostering financial independence for media outlets to maintain editorial freedom
Journalists under fire: US media report daily threats, harassment and attacks at home. In February 2024, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) set out on an ambitious national initiative to provide safety training to as many local journalists as possible ahead of the 2024 US presidential elections. We collected in-depth information from training participants, surveying 610 journalists who attended 26 IWMF safety trainings across 11 states. This data revealed a shocking number of threats to American journalists’ safety and well-being
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