2021-04-26. Don’t underestimate the power of email, which is 2.5 times more effective in acquiring subscribers than users going directly to site (and don’t be afraid to ask readers to pay!), says Piano. The humble email is proving to be an important marketing tool for news publishers. Figures disclosed by Piano during WAN-IFRA’s recent Asian […]
68 percent of news website readers are first-time visitors: Piano Read More »
World News Day will take place on 28 September 2021 and we want you to join the global campaign that shows why journalism matters. Last year, 150 newsrooms took part in the World News Day campaign, presented by the World Editors Forum and Canadian Journalism Foundation. It is part of a global drive to build
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Emmanuel Mbombog Mbog Matip, a journalist who has been imprisoned without trial in Cameroon since last August and who is being held in an entirely illegal manner. The editor of the newspaper Climat Social and president of the National League for the Defence of the Rights
Cameroonian reporter jailed since August, abandoned by justice system Read More »
The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), its constituents and affiliated organizations met with the Minister of Mass Media, Hon. Keheliya Rambukwella on Monday, 15th of March to submit an outline of the proposal for a single Authority to monitor the Media, including print, radio, television and digital based on self-regulatory principles that will ensure freedom
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Despite measures supposedly designed to limit arbitrary arrests of journalists, at least ten were arrested during demonstrations across Russia on 21 April in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since 31 March. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to order the police to let journalists do their
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How “the twenty-six words that created the Internet” are impacting on the news media business. It all started from the Wolf of Wall Street. Section 230 is the only rule surviving from the “Communications Decency Act” of 1996, it shields platforms (and publishers) from legal responsibility for the content users post on their websites, it
What exactly is section 230, and the position of News Media Read More »
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of three Vietnamese journalists who were arrested this week after denouncing abuses by two senior officials, and urges the authorities to stop hounding journalists trying to provide their fellow-citizens with independent reporting. Nguyen Thanh Nha, Doan Kien Giang and Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao are facing possible
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Nilupuli Nayanathara Jayathilaka Digital story can be identified as an action that is done by any person who owns a smartphone or a digital camera in their own social media account. Life experiences, opinions, impressions special incidents and any incident that we do not think of seriously can be looked at in a different way
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The News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code became law in Australia on 2 March. Was there a winner? The News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code became law in Australia on 2 March. Was there a winner? Two days before the code was passed in the parliament, on 23 February, the government
Australia’s code: who won in the end? Read More »
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the Hong Kong court decision to convict investigative journalist Bao Choy of making alleged “false statements” whilst working on an award winning documentary for public media group Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). On 22nd April, Bao Choy (real name Choy Yuk Ling) was convicted for making false statements
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