Damian Radcliffe

This 2025 edition — the latest in an annual series running since 2012 — takes a new thematic approach, moving away from the platform-by-platform structure of earlier reports to focus on three major forces shaping the region's digital landscape.

In 2024, the Middle East maintained its position as one of the world's most digitally connected regions, with social media adoption exceeding 94% in GCC states.

This report examines social media trends and developments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during 2023, the twelfth annual study in a series that began in 2012.

WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research report reveals an industry that is not in retreat, instead innovating and adapting – all in the face of daunting challenges, both to its journalism and its business.

This is the 35th annual World Press Trends Outlook report, an annual study from WAN-IFRA that offers an in-depth look at the current and future state of the global news media industry. This year’s report reveals that publishers are upbeat about 2025

A practical and provocative set of lessons and experiences for journalists who are new to the community-centered approach and those already practicing it. Damian interviews over a dozen leading thinkers and practitioners about how CCJ is implemented.

After the sobering read seen in our 2022-23 report, this year’s World Press Trends study strikes a more cautiously optimistic note, with more than half of the respondents conveying a positive outlook about their companies’ business prospects.

Community-Centered Journalism doesn’t hold all the solutions, but it can play a role in helping to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the industry today. The future of journalism cannot look like the past. If we fail to do things…

This forward-thinking report makes the case for embracing a more inclusive, community-focused model of journalism, one that prioritizes listening to and collaborating with communities to produce relevant, equitable and impactful news and storytelling

Executive Summary | Introduction | Methodology | What do we mean by media policy? | Challenges in media policy: Eight key issues | Solutions: Eight ways media policy can help local news | Moving Forward | Appendix | Acknowledgements Executive Summary…

This annual report, the eleventh in a series dating back to 2012, provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of social media in the Middle East. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the region's digital landscape.

The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism...

For the first time, this report brings together the most popular accounts originating in MENA on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter. The report was made possible with support from the New Media Academy and data from Emplifi.

This edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research and report reveals an industry that is challenged, but optimistic, about its business. It examines the results of publishers’ business in 2021, and their forecasts for 2022 and beyond.

This is the tenth report in a series of annual studies exploring the latest social media trends across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We dive into the trends - and biggest stories - which shaped MENA’s relationship with social media.

The eCommerce bump witnessed over the last two years looks set to be a revenue trend that will only grow in importance for publishers. According to Group M, by 2024 retail-focused eCommerce will amount to $7 trillion in annual sales activity.

This in-depth study explores some of the most popular tactics being used by news and other media organizations to diversify their revenue streams and generate income through a variety of different means.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a media company in possession of a good fortune (an audience, brand recognition and decent revenues), must (still) be in want of innovation.

Executive Summary | Chapter 1: Introduction | Chapter 2: Methodology | Chapter 3: Profile of Respondents| Chapter 4: Working habits in local newsrooms| Chapter 5: Products and Platforms| Chapter 6: Challenges| Chapter 7: The Impact of the COVID-19…

How are journalism and academia responding to the datafication of their professions, and how can they collaborate more effectively on data-driven work?