A Month of Record-Low Trust, Real Deepfakes, and Widening Funding Gaps June gave Asia-Pacific broadcasters a clear read on where things stand, and the numbers were not kind. Link to June 2026 Dashboard: The Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report…
Why Regional Broadcasters Must Move from Content Suppliers to Standards-Setters A significant shift is underway in the global media industry. In May 2025, thousands of public and private news organizations aligned behind a joint campaign, “News Integrity in the Age…
Broadcast strategy can no longer be separated from AI geopolitics. Recent moves by Washington and Beijing show that AI is no longer just a technology layer; it is now part of the infrastructure contest shaping supply chains, compute access, industrial…
The AI debate in news is no longer centered only on efficiency. It is now a contest over trust, legitimacy, and the right to define what counts as credible information in the public sphere. Recent survey data shows that 76%…
If you are leading a broadcasting or media organisation, I have created a short Media Leadership Risk Radar Score assessment to help you reflect on your organisation’s risk readiness. It is designed as a private self-check. Your score remains on…
AI entered media operations across Asia-Pacific long before most boards noticed. The May 2026 Media Leaders Intelligence Dashboard tracked 20 signals across the region. Eight came in at high urgency. Three require board decisions now. Link to May 2026 Dashboard:…
Link to the app: Media practitioners often struggle with Sustainable Development Goal reporting because SDG language can feel distant from the realities of daily journalism. Newsrooms work under pressure to produce stories that attract attention, hold audiences, and compete…
Journalists are trained to run toward difficult stories. Disasters, violence, road accidents, displacement, harassment, political unrest, and human suffering often become part of their daily professional reality. They arrive at the scene, ask questions, record pain, verify facts, write the…
Before any AI tool goes live inside a broadcast organization, leadership should answer one simple question: Has the organization made institutional decisions about how AI will be used? In many cases, the honest answer is no. AI adoption often starts…
A common mistake is slowing down AI adoption in newsrooms across the world. Leadership often assumes editors resist AI because they do not understand the technology. The usual response is more training, more tool demos, and more excitement from the…
