Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic rocked the news industry – as it did most industries worldwide – as print and production operations came under pressure. The virus and subsequent lockdowns had a major impact on production, as managers had to adapt their print operations across most processes to produce, print and distribute their products.

WAN-IFRA conducted a survey, powered by data market research specialist Syno International, among 50 print executives, who are members of the World Printers Forum and part of the Global Media Trends Panel, to better understand how print operations have been affected and how they adapted to the new reality.