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우승호 선배요? 서울경제에 AI 나무를 심은 사람이죠. 3년 가까이 미래전략부에서 한솥밥을 먹는 강도원 기자의 말이다. 인공지능(AI) 불모지였던 서울경제신문에 우 기자가 심은 어린나무는 6월2일…

WAN-IFRA denounces spurious claims of ‘unjust vexation’ targeting colleague Marchel Espina and calls for all charges against the journalist to be dropped.

WAN-IFRA just published its World News Media Congress 2026 Report, which distills the key takeaways from our event in Marseille, focusing heavily on industry resilience, AI’s growing impact on news, the need for collaboration, and reshaping the value exchange between publishers and tech platforms.

Journalism’s top thinkers on newsroom innovation unpack what sets journalism apart in a corrupted information ecosystem.

Collapsing USAID, mobilisation pressure, and sheer exhaustion made 2025 the toughest year on record for Ukraine’s regional media, the Media Development Foundation’s latest study found. But the crisis also pushed a donor-dependent sector to finally test what sustainability without grants might look like.

Twelve states led by California had obtained temporary restraining order blocking merger from closing for 28 daysParamount ⁠Skydance ⁠has agreed to ​pause its $110bn acquisition ⁠of ​Warner ‌Bros ‌Discovery until a ‌ruling on several states’ challenge ‌to the deal, or ​until 1 June ⁠2027, according ​to court ​papers ​filed ​on Friday.A group of 12 US states headed by California obtained a temporary restraining order this week that blocked the merger from closing for 28 days, pending the outcome of a motion for a preliminary injunction. Continue reading...

Streaming pioneer that transformed TV faces slowing growth and battle for viewers’ attention from YouTubeWhen Netflix offered viewers the chance to binge on an entire season of House of Cards it revolutionised the TV industry and started on a path to becoming the world’s most popular streaming service.Almost 15 years on, however, the upstart’s strategy of pumping its service with an avalanche of content and an almost-as-rapid penchant for mercilessly cancelling shows has viewers reaching for the remote. Continue reading...

Journalists urge attenders to confront president over media attacks, while Melania Trump and JD Vance to be absentDonald Trump will address a rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association (WCHA) dinner on Friday three months after the original event was abruptly halted after an armed assailant tried to storm it, with the alleged aim of assassinating him.The rearranged dinner has been condemned as “hypocritical” by retired journalists and press freedom groups, who are urging the association to use it to confront Trump over his administration’s intensified attacks on the media. Continue reading...

She paved the way for Bridgerton, lit up Black Mirror’s most joyful episode – and now she stars in a grisly supernatural horror about slavery. The Belle star talks about Possession, partying with Prince and why she loves to shake things upGugu Mbatha-Raw seems blissfully immune to the heat. London is pushing 40C on one of those heatwave mornings when everyone is wearing the weather: damp collars, flushed faces, hair slicked to foreheads. Arriving at the cafe of the central London hotel where we meet, however, the star looks as if she’s stepped in from an altogether different climate. Dressed in a pristine white linen two-piece, makeup free, hair scraped back, she carries herself with a..

If OpenAI loudly proclaims how dangerous AI is, investors will hear how powerful it is. And who benefits from that?On 14 February 2019, OpenAI announced a language model called GPT-2, the precursor to the models that power modern AI chatbots and agents such as ChatGPT and Claude. But OpenAI declared GPT-2 was too risky to release, citing concerns about safety and abuse.I recall being annoyed at the time that OpenAI would make such a useless announcement: the risks seemed overblown, and without access to the model there wasn’t much for a researcher like me to learn about GPT-2. Continue reading...

Sky News Australia is counting down to its momentous change of name to News24. Plus: why Craig Foster missed out on the SBS World Cup squadFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere are only three more sleeps until Sky News Australia disappears. But the shouty TV arm of the Murdoch empire will rise again on Monday with a new name and livery, News24.“It’s a continuation of what we’ve already been doing really,” says host Peter Stefanovic in a promo. “It’s presenting and delivery of the news in a calm, truthful and accurate way.” Continue reading...

This is just one example of an online trend with real-world health consequences.

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from 18 July 2026 to 24 July 2026.

On 23 July, DİSK Basın-İş, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), announced its submission of a draft bill to political parties to protect the rights of freelance journalists. The IFJ welcomes a well-needed initiative, which aims to counter the precarious working conditions and rights violations faced by freelance journalists and media workers.

[UPDATE 24.07.2026] India’s latest crackdown on the press has seen the arrests of a number of regional media workers, including Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in connection with a terrorism case and journalists Sanjay Rana and Jaspal Singh for their comments towards local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politicians. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn the use of harassment and intimidation to silence journalists in India and urge the state and national authorities to respect press freedom.

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