Op-Ed: Why your shares are killing your favourite creators
We have a problem. As a writer for Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) News, I spend my days connecting the dots within the complex relationship between journalism and technology. While investigating how algorithms silence voices, I noticed a subtler threat: our own digital habits. For years,…
Shadow banned: When algorithms quietly silence journalism
Imagine publishing your most vital investigation—a story of global consequence—only to watch it silently sink into obscurity. You haven’t been banned, your account isn’t suspended, and you have received no violation notifications. Yet, your reach has plummeted to zero. You have entered the “communicative limbo”…
Scroll, Click, Trust: How newsrooms must adapt to social media
During a webinar organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Academy, Birkan Koç, Brand Marketing Specialist at TRT Türkiye, argued that news has continually evolved alongside technology: moving from newspapers to radio, TV, and now the internet. In each era, “news is shaped not…
News industry braces for AI-driven change
The significant reliance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is affecting consumers’ reading and viewing habits. Rather than searching for information via search engines, there is a growing trend of people “prompting” for information directly through their personal AI platforms. Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute…
Op-Ed: In the age of social media, professional judgement has lost its pause
There was a time when professional dissatisfaction required effort. Criticism meant writing a letter. It involved drafting, revising, sealing an envelope, and waiting. Somewhere in that process, emotions often cooled. Many letters were never sent. That pause mattered, particularly in professions built on judgment. Today,…
Newsroom leaders urged to adopt journalism students
“When you return to your countries, please adopt journalism students and institutions,” urged Dr Muhammad Naim Muhamad Ali, a lecturer at the School of Communication and Creative Arts, University of Wollongong (UOW) Malaysia. At the 2026 Asiavision Coordinators’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, he addressed global…
Telling the Human Story: Why legacy newsrooms still matter in this age
“There’s still a role for more traditional newsrooms. To me, the human stories were really the stories there,” said Mark Tung, the Managing Editor of TVB Hong Kong. In November 2026, at approximately 2:50 p.m. (HKT) in the district of Tai Po, Hong Kong, the…
Global podcast audience surpasses 540 million as video podcasts boom
The podcast industry continues to grow at a remarkable pace, with over 540 million listeners worldwide tuning in regularly. In the United States, nearly 47% of the population aged 12 and older listens to a podcast at least once a month, while Indonesia ranks among…
Legal & ethical responsibilities in news exchange
Legal compliance in news exchange is no longer solely a matter of copyright, but one that increasingly intersects with editorial ethics, professional trust and cross-border accountability, according to Dr Seemantani Sharma, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Legal Manager. During the 2026 Asiavision Coordinators’ Meeting in…
Journalism as modern history: A responsibility to truth
In today’s fast-moving world, journalists are not merely reporting events—they are writing history in real time. Every story filed, every photograph published, and every fact documented becomes part of the permanent public record, shaping how future generations will understand this era. Ahmet Görmez, Deputy Director…
