Representatives of six Asean newsrooms met last November at the Rappler headquarters to discuss common nagging challenges that have affected operations and revenues in recent years.

Editors wearing multiple hats and managers also in charge of growth marketing, community growth, and digital product development huddled for one day to find common ground and possible solutions for newsrooms that want to survive the onslaught of AI and big tech.

Indonesia’s Tempo, Malaysia’s Malaysiakini, Myanmar’s Mizzima, Cambodia’s Kiripost, Singapore’s Straits Times, and Rappler were present during conversations on the rapidly changing media landscape, newsroom best practices, and possible areas of collaboration.

As a start, editors agreed to...