Nahar Khan, Executive Editor at the country’s leading news agency, United News of Bangladesh (UNB), has been invited to speak at Digital Media Asia (DMA), the Asia-Pacific’s largest and foremost regional news media industry event on digital trends, revenue, and technology.
DMA 2026, hosted by the World Association of News Publishers, will be held in the culturally vibrant and bustling city of Manila.
The capital of the Philippines is well known for its traditional markets and modern buildings, as well as its colonial Spanish architecture and heritage.
This is the first time Digital Media Asia will be held in the Philippines on April 28-29.
Nahar, also the founder of Marana Media, a media advisory and content strategy firm, will speak at a session titled “How Gen Z is Using Tech for Change.”
From the Philippines to Indonesia, Nepal to Bangladesh, and Madagascar to Peru, Gen Z-led protests are erupting with a striking sense of familiarity.
Despite vast cultural and political differences, these movements share a common language shaped by the ubiquity of online youth culture and spread through social media platforms, said the organizers.
This session delves into how young people use social media to frame their narratives, build identity, promote their movements, and amplify their messages - all at unprecedented speed.
Nahar Khan also serves as a Board Representative at AsiaNet, a regional consortium of leading newswire and PR agencies across the Asia-Pacific.
A newsroom and communications leader with experience across emerging and global markets, Nahar has led initiatives in digital-first reporting, crisis newsroom coordination, AI integration, and editorial governance.
Her work focuses on strengthening credibility, operational resilience, and long-term newsroom strategy as media organisations navigate rapid technological change and complex information ecosystems.
DMA has been at the forefront of transformation in the news media industry since its inception in Singapore in 2009.
It attracts hundreds of top-level publishers, editors, and digital executives who share best practices, business models, case studies, solutions, and experiences in the news media business.
The conference is organised into two tracks - the Revenue Summit and the Technology Summit.
Speakers from renowned news media organisations around the world present case studies and share how they have successfully transformed their organisations and created sustainable digital revenue models.
Ideas and solutions for those invested in building sustainable news organisations will be presented at the conference.