Naver News Strengthens Local Media Article Provision During General Election Period... First Recommendation from News Innovation Forum

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Naver announced on the 27th that it plans to strengthen regional media news on the special general election page scheduled to open next month.

The "Regional Media News," which allows users to view election news by region in chronological order on the general election special page, is the first improvement recommendation that came out of the "News Innovation Forum" meeting held on the 21st. The News Innovation Forum is an independent organization composed of seven external experts established in January to derive comprehensive improvement measures that can enhance the transparency and fairness of Naver's news service.

Regional media news targets more than 110 regional media outlets affiliated with Naver's search service in 16 cities and provinces, including Busan, Daegu, and Incheon, in addition to Seoul. Articles from each region are temporarily provided as those classified under the election section by the respective local media outlets.

Along with this, a detailed search option by regional media will be added to the Naver integrated search area to allow users to easily check articles from regional media based on regional classification. When a specific region is selected under regional media, users can view news search results from a total of about 120 regional media outlets, including up to 12 content-affiliated local newspapers located in that region.

In accordance with the recommendations, Naver will also separate articles by city and province in the "Latest News" section within the general election special page. Through this, it plans to provide election information more closely related to voters in each region and increase diversity.

Choi Sung-jun, chairman of the News Innovation Forum, explained, "Although this is a temporary change centered on the election special page, we expect it to play a role in allowing voters in each region to easily access more diverse election-related information."

Meanwhile, the News Innovation Forum plans to proceed with related discussions to enable the prompt resumption of the News Partnership Evaluation Committee, which is currently in a temporary suspension of activities. The News Innovation Forum will address key agenda items such as ▲participating organizations and committee composition ▲whether to re-evaluate already affiliated media ▲and supplementation of the regional media quota system.

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