Wrap-up video 2019
World News Media Congress 2019: Have a look at the event with this video and check our event coverage. #WNMC19 was three days of ideas, strategies and inspiration – with deep insights on news media transformation. You can also find all the photos here.
WNMC.19 at a glance
Everyting you need to know about the upcoming WNMC.19: download our information brochure here.
8 reasons why you should attend:
• celebrate. women in news. tomorrow’s leaders, digital trailblazers
• salute. press freedom champions
• gather. strategic business intelligence and emerging trends
• focus. on the future
• build. grow a network of peers, market leaders
and experts
• contribute. add your voice to critical industry debates
• protect. quality journalism
• take-home. practical ideas to emulate
Reader Revenue Study Tour (3-5 June)
Following an energising World News Media Congress, take the opportunity to go deeper and visit the top publishing houses in the UK and discuss with the decision-makers their blueprints for growing audiences through the logged-in economy. Unfortunately, our Reader Revenue Study tour is booked out, thank you for all the registrants! Discover more of our Study Tours here.
Congress Blog: What's Trending?
Harnessing the passion that powers the membership model
The membership model has "revolutionary" potential for the future of media, says Sebastian Esser, publisher of Krautreporter and co-founder of a membership platform called Steady. The key is passion – the main reason people pay to join membership-based businesses, he says. Read more ...
Lessons from the BBC’s R&D team on connecting with young audiences
The BBC’s Research and Development team put the focus of some of its research and storytelling innovations on reaching and engaging with young audiences. Read more ...
A proactive approach to digital transformation at Aller Media Finland
The publisher of some of Finland's most successful magazines started changing its culture and transforming digitally well before circumstances dictated those shifts, as Director of Media Business Elina Schüller describes in this interview. Read more ...
Why Glasgow?
Glasgow is a significant center for journalism: it is Scotland’s most important location for broadcasting, media, digital and the creative industries, and is home to the headquarters of BBC Scotland, STV and major press titles including The Herald, The Daily Record, The Scottish Sun and Scottish Daily Mail.
Scottish Newspaper Society director and former Scotsman Publications editor-in-chief John McLellan said: "We are thrilled to be able to stage the 2019 World News Media Congress and are confident delegates will find Glasgow and Scotland an appropriately stunning and stimulating host.
"Scotland is steeped in the finest traditions of freedom of expression but also of media innovation -- after all, television and the telephone were both invented by Scots -- and is home to one world’s most competitive and vibrant news markets.”
Wrap-up video from 2018
World News Media Congress 2018: Have a look at the event with this video and check our event coverage. #WNC18 was three days of ideas, strategies and inspiration – with deep insights on news media transformation. You can also find all the photos here.