Newsrooms of the future

One of the most compelling sessions at the recent World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Asian Leaders Summit in Singapore came from Dr. Mario Garcia, the Cuban-American design titan whose fingerprints are on some of the world’s most influential newsrooms.

- REY ROBES ILAGAN

As CEO of Garcia Media, he has shaped the visual language of titles like The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, South China Morning Post, and The Straits Times—and continues to guide the next generation as a senior adviser at Columbia Journalism School.

Dr. Garcia spoke on a topic that many traditional newsrooms still struggle to fully grasp: mobile storytelling. In an era when the phone has become our primary news gateway, it’s no longer enough to simply shrink print layouts onto a smaller screen. Consumption habits have fundamentally changed, and our storytelling must evolve with them.