The Scent of the Human: Staying authentic in the Age of AI
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08 August 2025

The scent of the human: Mario García on staying authentic in the Age of AI

Why the future belongs to the creatively human, not the Artificially Intelligent: academic and news product designer Mario García writes that to remain indispensable, we must embrace our role as superhumans, infusing our creations with personal essence.
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World News Day: Unite to champion facts, truth and journalism

With facts increasingly challenged by disinformation and artificial intelligence, World News Day on 28 September offers the global news media community an opportunity to demonstrate why trustworthy reporting is essential.
This is your invitation to join us now.
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The City, New York: A case study in hyperlocal, hybrid digital engagement
This extract from our World News Media Congress Playbook, 7 priorities where publishers must excel, outlines how New York-based non-profit news outlet The City combines hi-tech tools with old-school marketing and distribution efforts to engage communities with hyperlocal service journalism.
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Opinion | No crawling without consent, credit and compensation
For generations, news publishers monetised their fact-based, fact-checked journalistic content by selling advertising and subscriptions against it. While generative artificial intelligence has enormous potential for good, left unchecked it will eviscerate the economics of the publishing business, writes Paul Deegan, President and Chief Executive Officer News Media Canada | Médias d’Info Canada.
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What makes a great media leader in 2025?
What defines the most effective media leaders today? Our new World News Media Congress Playbook distills key insights, proven strategies, and even hard-learned lessons from over 120 top news executives who spoke at our Congress in Krakow.