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#IPIWoCo recap: Global lessons for local news

  Earlier this year, IPI published a report that found local news is the most disrupted sector of the media, but is also the sector with the greatest potential to form the bedrock for a new media ecosystem. The IPI World Congress session “Strategies: Think globally, report locally” brought industry veterans and emerging talent together […]

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#IPIWoCo recap: Reader-funded models help beat back repression

  You’re under attack from the government, but the business has to go on. How does that work? At the 2021 #IPIWoCo, four editors from Turkey, Hungary, India, and Nigeria discussed modelling the business under repression. Running a critical and well-functioning news outlet costs money, but installing and maintaining a successful business model can be […]

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#IPIWoCo recap: Innovations to grab audiences’ attention

  How do we as media grab the attention of our audience and, most importantly, keep it? That was the central question of the IPI World Congress panel on Product Thinking, in which four journalists specializing in innovative journalism shared their views. The panel’s key takeaway: “We need to acknowledge that user needs have changed […]

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#IPIWoCo recap: How to fund the journalism we need

  During the closing discussion at IPI’s World Congress on Friday, September 17, panelists agreed that in today’s world, newsrooms need to seek innovative ways to fund their work. The session “How fund the journalism we need” was organized in partnership with Vienna’s Presseclub Concordia. Anita Zielina, director of news innovation and leadership at the […]

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