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WAN-IFRA celebrates the champions of the “International Color Quality Club” 2024-2026

2024-08-27. WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club (ICQC) announced 39 new members for 2024-2026, recognising their exceptional and consistent colour printing quality. This prestigious membership highlights the achievements of publications that have adhered to international printing standards over an extended period. 

ICQC judging underway; winners to be announced soon

2024-07-24. A panel of experts and technical professionals is evaluating newspaper and magazine samples for the 16th edition of the ICQC contest based on rigorous ISO standards and visual appeal from the readers’ perspective. The results will be announced by 31 July and the Star Club members will be announced thereafter.

Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards 2024 Open for Entries

2024-06-26. WAN-IFRA is inviting entries for its annual Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards. The World Printers Forum’s competition celebrates the most innovative newspaper and magazine publishers’ print products worldwide. The awards will be presented in Vienna at the World Printers Summit in October 2024.

Dima Khatib: ‘Freedom of the press starts with the right to life and safety for all’

2024-05-31. Dima Khatib, Managing Director, AJ+, was awarded the WAN-IFRA’s Women in News Editorial Leadership prize at the World News Media Congress in Copenhagen on 29 May 2024. In her acceptance speech, Khatib paid tribute to journalists killed in Palestine in an unprecedented time in terms of the threat to journalists.

ICQC contest samples under evaluation as submission deadline approaches

2024-05-29. The 16th edition of the ICQC contest is now under way and the evaluation of entries is in progress. The last date for receiving entries at the Chennai and Frankfurt offices is 31 May.

WAN-IFRA Announced Winners of the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide.

2024-05-27. The winners of WAN-IFRA’s prestigious annual Digital Media Awards Worldwide, recognising outstanding achievements in digital media by the news industry, were announced in Copenhagen on the 27th May during a ceremony at the 75th World News Media Congress.

Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Chamorro

2024-05-27. The 2024 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial, currently in exile in Costa Rica.

‘Only the quality of our journalism can defend us.’ Carlos Chamorro and the fight for press freedom in Nicaragua

2024-05-27. In this special episode of The Backstory, WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom laureate Carlos Chamorro speaks to Mexican journalist Javier Garza about his journey from political activist to the top of Latin American journalism.

Martha Ramos: 2024 Golden Pen of Freedom introductory speech

204-05-27. “We gather once again to celebrate outstanding achievement, an unwavering commitment to journalism: to award the Golden Pen – a symbol of struggle and the necessary courage to fight on in the name of press freedom.”

Profile: Carlos Fernando Chamorro

2024-05-27. For Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios, independence as a journalist is above everything. It has led to an extraordinary career in the news media, but also to a painful exile for him and his family.