THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS PUBLISHERS
At the beginning of 2015 I completed a three-month internship with WAN-IFRA in Paris, writing stories on issues of concern to journalists and editors, including issues concerning press freedom. Alongside this I live-blogged media conferences, maintained the organisation's social media spaces, and helped with interviewing and research for the UNESCO-commissioned Sources Study.
Welcome to your automated news future
‘Robots are not going to take your job’ will always be a welcome and reassuring phrase to hear, but unfortunately it's not entirely true.
While automated reporting isn't the end times for journalists, it will occupy seats in the newsroom - especially at entry-level positions - and this impact on employment will grow as it develops.
However, it might also be a boon to journalism, as Jake Evans reports.
New information could disqualify World Press Photo winner
World Press Photo are reopening their investigation of the controversial prize winning story ‘Dark Heart of Europe’.
An investigation by some concerned journalists found that one of the photos was shot in Brussels, 50km from Charleroi, the town the story depicts.
Jake Evans reports.
Greste says social media is pushing us into 'silos' - the truth is more complicated
Peter Greste, in one of his first media appearances since his release from prison in Egypt, has said he believes social media may be pushing people into ‘silos’, and it is the role of the press to bridge these social divides.
But that’s not quite true, writes Jake Evans.
20 Mar 2015
Millennials discover news through Facebook, not the homepage of a legacy newspaper, and they don't care much about government spying, as the American Press Institute's (APi) study on 'How millennials get news' reported.
APi's Executive Director Tom Rosenstiel tells the World Editors Forum what he takes away from the study, and how the trends of the first digital generation are likely to impact journalism.
26 Feb 2015
The recent arrest of three Al Jazeera journalists for allegedly flying a drone without authorisation in Paris is unlikely to affect legal progress for drone journalism - but it is a reminder to consider its ethics, reports Jake Evans.
6 Feb 2015
The newly launched Reuters TV app is part of an evolving strategy from news agency Reuters to bring its global, but sometimes unrecognised, brand out from behind the scenes and into the hands of its own customer base, writes Jake Evans.
17 Feb 2015
A team of Swedish journalists are hoping to launch an investigative journalism project which will uncover the untold stories around the world in authentic and immersive ways, by using a business model more familiar to charities than news publishers.
Jake Evans spoke with Martin Schibbye, who is leading the project, and has become a champion for investigative reporting since being imprisoned in Ethiopia while investigating a Swedish oil company's activities in the Ogaden province in 2011.
24 Mar 2015
Today's #MediasDemain conference (Towards the media of tomorrow) in Paris, organised by Google-IPWA's Fund for Digital Innovation of the Press (FINP) and WAN-IFRA, was a chance for news media to gather before a showcase of innovative projects driving change in the industry.
Here are the highlights curated by Jake Evans and Julie Posetti.