World News Media Congress 2025: Mastering Media’s New Playbook

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Master the hottest topic: Artificial Intelligence

Come to our new event Frankfurt AI Forum 31 March/1 April and meet outstanding speakers

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Top Stories

How India’s Amar Ujala used an AI chatbot to boost user experience at Maha Kumbh

2025-03-05. Amar Ujala’s AI chatbot Sarathi, launched during for the Maha Kumbh (a major Hindu pilgrimage in India) to assist pilgrims, shows how AI experiments can create products that address audience needs and enhance engagement.

Poland’s top editor warns: ‘Disinformation is demolishing democracy and civil society’

2025-03-03. No other newspaper, and media house, are as deeply intertwined with Poland’s democratic history as Gazeta Wyborcza and its parent Agora. As part of the buildup to the World News Media Congress in Kraków this May, we spoke with the Gazeta Wyborca’s top editor, Roman Imielski, about the state of journalism in Poland and the challenges facing his newsroom.

How Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet used AI to boost subscriptions by 35%

2025-02-28. JP/Politikens, one of the largest media groups in Denmark, began experimenting with AI in late 2019, well ahead of the current boom. The publisher established a project in October 2020 with a 17-person team around its AI efforts at Ekstra Bladet, one of its three national legacy news brands.

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Insights

News and insights to support innovation and business development.

Field Trip Report: AI Study Tour to San Francisco and Silicon Valley

2025-02-08. From 27 to 31 January, WAN-IFRA hosted some fifteen international media executives on an exclusive field trip to meet and learn from California’s generative AI pioneers. This mission report sets out the main lessons learnt at the nerve centre of world-class artificial intelligence.

Navigating sustained newsroom transformation – Report on the latest round of Table Stakes Europe

2025-01-30. Our new report draws on the experiences of European news publishers who made significant headway with their digital- and audiences-first initiatives and built stronger relationships with their readers, while at the same time creating momentum for long-term change.

World Press Trends Outlook 2024-2025

2025-01-21. This is the 35th annual World Press Trends Outlook report, an annual study from WAN-IFRA that offers an in-depth look at the current and future state of the global news media industry. This year’s report reveals that publishers are upbeat about 2025 and beyond, despite print revenue plummeting.

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Events

Essential networking events for publishers across the globe

Conferences

Network with other leaders and innovators in publishing

Connect

Connecting industry suppliers to our global community of publishers

Awards

Recognise the groundbreaking innovators in publishing

Study Tours

Visit the hubs of publishing and media development

Communities

Learn more about our expert member communities

Press Freedom

We protect the rights of journalists and publishers to operate a free media

World Editors Forum

Promoting quality journalism,newsroom transformation and a free press for over 25 years

Digital Revenue Network

Tap into our expertise on digital subscriptions, premium advertising and audience focused transformation

Newsroom AI Catalyst

Our accelerator programme for prototypes and a roadmap to scale up artificial intelligence in the newsroom

Research & Innovation

We provide our members with new ideas and applied research by bringing the outside in, looking beyond what is already known

World Printers Forum

The central point for the international news media print community

Public Affairs and Media Policy

We build a common understanding of the news media policy challenges around the world

Women in News

WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) aims to increase women’s leadership and voices in the news

Press Freedom

WAN-IFRA oversees initiatives to ensure that the press' essential role in society is understood and respected.

Keep journalism alive – support free, independent media worldwide

From a coup d’état in Myanmar to the crisis in Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, over the last 12 months our members have been incredibly generous in their offers of support to WAN-IFRA Media Freedom. Many ask us how best they can assist – one way is to donate to our dedicated fund to support media in crisis.

Press Freedom Advocacy Campaigns

WAN-IFRA  speaks out in defence of press freedom to reduce censorship and champion the editorial and economic independence of media. Our advocacy campaigns in support of colleagues from around the globe are endorsed and promoted by members, local Media Freedom Committees, professional colleagues and peers from the global human rights and freedom of expression community.

Women in News Digital ABC

The essential guide for media managers and journalists to confront the disrupted traditional outputs of the media industry and to build and operationalise strategies to manage a successful digital transition.

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