At Zapaday, we treasure our interns for keeping Zapaday’s eyes on the future. In return, we offer a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the world of news scoops, gain a broader and deeper knowledge of global affairs and work in a challenging and dynamic environment.

Now we’re looking for a new addition to our team.  As part of our international, multi-disciplinary staff in the heart of Amsterdam, you will track evolving stories, compile news calendars and write about upcoming events in the international arena.

Are you or do you know someone who has native English writing skills and has a background in journalism, political science, international relations, English or history? Apply to become our next editor at eva@zapaday.com.

This week, Zapaday was a guest at the famous Amsterdam debating centre De Balie. Top professionals from the main newspapers and media outlets in The Netherlands gathered to discuss the future of news(papers), the onset of digital media and its effects on news consumption. Representing the future as a panel member was Zapaday founder and CEO Stefan Hoevenaar (second from the left). He says;

” The internet makes traditional news old news almost instantly. Most printed dailies already focus on background, interpretation and opinion. But do these necessarily need a printed daily? No! They can also thrive online, with live comments and dialogues or, at a slower pace, in a weekly paper. Online news media, meanwhile, feed their hungry readers – suffering from update sickness – with live coverage, micro-scoops and rush transcripts. Live coverage and micro-scoops do not blend well with paper.

Many, if not most, daily print editions lack relevance for their readers and will lack the ad dollars to pay for them. So we’ll see more dailies cutting back to one or three editions per week and we’ll see The Rise of the Weeklies. Weeklies, with an online presence, will become the cornerstone of journalism. We’ll also see major online news organizations launching printed weeklies and monthly’s.

News media will become more specialized and technology will perfect the practice of serving readers content that matches their personal interests. Specialized online news media, like Politico, Mashable, The Verge and Mediaite, have flourished and personalized news readers, like Google News, Pulse, Flipboard, News.me, Zite are starting a battle to offer the best user experience and the best ‘discovery engine’. “

What will future news look like according to you? Share your thoughts and comments with us through feedback or our facebook page.

We just took away your last excuse to stay home if you suffer from update sickness. Today we launched our mobile site, so you can stay ahead of future news on your smartphone or tablet wherever, whenever. So browse through our future news on Zapaday.com on your Android, iPhone or iPad and stay updated. Feeling better already? Share your recovery stories (and feedback) with us!

Today we released the first part of our Zapaday redesign. The event page now has less clutter, we have a new top bar, and a new feature: ‘Most viewed on Zapaday’.

We got inspired by all your feedback and tips so do keep them coming!

Think of breaking news, and you’ll probably hear: tweet! Which is why our Breaking Future News feature is now also available on twitter. For those who aren’t doing so yet, follow us and stay ahead of the newest news, real-time.

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We won’t make a habit out of offering you yesterday’s news, but surely you’ll forgive us just this once.

Barely a day old, Breaking Future News was picked up by The Next Web, one of the world’s largest online publications. And within a few hours, the story of our launch made it to the site’s Top Stories.

Read it, like it, tell us what you think.

At Zapaday the future is literally always in the making. Today we launched Breaking Future News so that you can track the future with us and stay on top of news every hour of every day. Our editors and bots detect and publish future news headlines the moment they emerge. We aim to always be the first, or second, to spot future headlines, 24/7.

Found a future headline before we did? Beat us to the punch and let us know!

It’s about time! Users across the globe asked us to improve our date and time settings as they differ per country. You can now select your time zone, let your week start on Saturday, Sunday or Monday and decide if you prefer 6:00pm or 18:00. In the end, it doesn’t matter if it’s Sunday or Monday, every day on Zapaday is filled with fresh new events. Zap.

Only a day of future news headlines at a time, is sooo yesterday!

Zapaday now has a ‘Week Ahead’ page that shows you seven days of future headlines at a glance, starting any date you like. Zap.

As a journalist, planner or marketer you can now look beyond the fad of the day and capture the mood of next week (or month), with highlights, low points, competing news stories and things to look out for. All on one page.

We can’t wait to hear what you think!

What better place to hold our celebratory team lunch than the Amsterdam Engelbewaarder, the literary cafe that starred in John Irving’s Widow for a Year as a “dark place with a farting dog”?

We were joined by four new editor interns Anne (Dutch), Gerry (Bulgarian), Maja (Slovakian) and Yafit (Israeli) and a developer intern Fawad (Afghan). With their different backgrounds they all add to the great mix of nationalities we already have here at the office including Greek, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Indonesian.

Despite Irving’s dislike towards the cafe, we had lots of fun and enjoyed the premiere of a photo exhibit. Not a dog in sight.