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2025-11-12. In addition to newsroom efficiencies, the two French outlets are using artificial intelligence to create audience-facing features that enhance their journalism, create stronger reader engagement, and increase the value of the subscription offering. https://wan-ifra.org/2025/11/ai-as-an-engagement-driver-les-echos-and-le-parisien-deepen-reader-connection-with-ai-powered-features/

2025-11-06. A consortium representing news providers worldwide is inviting anyone who values trustworthy journalism and information to join a campaign called FACTS IN : FACTS OUT to demand that AI systems stop distorting fact-based news content. https://wan-ifra.org/2025/11/the-worlds-news-industry-invites-you-to-join-facts-in-facts-out-a-campaign-to-protect-news-integrity-in-the-age-of-ai/

2025-11-06. German regional news publisher Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Medien is considering a major shift in its operations. From customer service to logistics and editorial processes, the company is exploring how AI can transform the way it works and become an AI-driven organisation. https://wan-ifra.org/2025/11/how-germanys-ksta-media-uses-ai-to-streamline-logistics-customer-service/

2025-11-04. iTromsø, a 25-reporter newsroom in northern Norway, is showing how a small local publisher can produce original, locally relevant data stories using self-developed AI tools. Its owner, Polaris Media, has built a structure that lets successful, bottom-up innovations scale across the organisation. https://wan-ifra.org/2025/11/a-small-norwegian-newsroom-punches-above-its-weight-with-a-data-driven-human-centred-ai-strategy/

2025-10-30. At WAN-IFRA’s Paris AI Forum this week, optimism defined the conversations. Rather than yielding to disruption, news executives and technologists spoke of agency, collaboration and a human-centered vision for the future of journalism. https://wan-ifra.org/2025/10/masters-of-our-own-fate-media-leaders-embrace-an-ai-future-on-their-own-terms/

2025-10-16. Marie Bering recently became Stibo DX’s Director of Product Management. Originally a journalist working in Denmark across both publishing and broadcast, she has a combined 20 years of experience in journalism, IT and product development. WAN-IFRA interviewed Bering as part of its recent report, “Where publishers are seeing AI’s real value – so far,” to get her perspective on how publishers are working with AI. | Sponsored Content https://wan-ifra.org/2025/10/stibo