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SPH Media Take Centre Stage with Most Wins at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Asia 2025

2025-04-23. WAN-IFRA announced the winners of the Digital Media Awards Asia 2025. Asia’s leading media organisation, SPH Media, was the biggest winner at this year’s prestigious Digital Media Awards Asia, bagging a total of nine prizes.

How newsrooms are countering news avoidance by offering uplifting content to break negative news cycles

2025-04-16. Disproving the adage that no news is good news, newsrooms around the world are changing their editorial mix in response to audience needs — reinvigorating tired old beats and offering inspiring content in all formats, on all platforms. Canada’s Globe and Mail and South Africa’s News24 show how you can do it too.

World Printers Forum names Andreas Gierth as new Board chair

2025-04-16. The World Printers Forum has announced the election of Andreas Gierth as its new Board chair, alongside the election of two Vice Chairpersons: Gundula Ullah from Funke Medien and Marcel Binder from Ferag.

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Insights

News and insights to support innovation and business development.

Newsroom Policy Guide to Fight Online Harassment

2025-04-04. As journalism increasingly shifts to digital platforms, online harassment has become one of the most pressing threats to journalists worldwide. The impact extends beyond individual reporters – it threatens press freedom, diversity in media, and the public’s right to information.

Who is Setting the News Agenda? New report shows some progress in gender equality – but barriers remain

2025-03-04. A new report from WAN-IFRA WIN highlights ongoing disparities in gender representation in media leadership roles across major global regions, as men continue to dominate business and editorial leadership roles. WIN responds with a decisive all to action.

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.

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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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