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The Copenhagen Criteria: Gen Z identify and update 7 news values that matter

2023-05-31. A Global Youth News Lab, run to coincide with WAN-IFRA’s 75th World News Media Congress in Denmark, produced an updated guide to help identify what is considered newsworthy by Gen Z.

World News Media Congress introduces NewsArcade Author

2024-05-24. WAN-IFRA’s 75th World News Media Congress introduces NewsArcade Author: a one-of-a-kind interactive tool that counters false narratives and strengthens trust in news, and boosts media literacy.

United Kingdom: Section 40 Repeal Cannot Come Soon Enough

2024-05-21. WAN-IFRA joins global press freedom campaigning organisations in signing a statement welcoming the repeal of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act.

Youth News Lab: defining what values will draw NextGen audiences

2024-05-03. Using “engagement criteria” as a tool, more than 100 young, global, news media users aim to set a new standard – with guidelines – for news outlets, in a collaborative workshop with editors attending the World News Media Congress.

How can David stand up to Goliath? Anti-SLAPPs conference in Poland

2024-04-14. From April 25th to 26th, Warsaw will host an international conference addressing SLAPPs, organised by Agora, ARTICLE 19 Europe, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Prague Civil Society Center, and Watchdog Poland. The objective is  to devise strategies to combat legal harassment against public watchdogs who champion public interests.

Global news leaders affirm support for journalists in Gaza

2024-03-07. Leaders of more than 100 news organisations from across the world, including the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Reuters, have joined an open letter affirming their solidarity with journalists reporting in Gaza.

Disinformation and AI: the industrial revolution?

2024-02-22. NewsGuard research shows that tech improvements will shortly allow AI to foster “fake news” at an unprecedented scale, in unbelievable volumes and seizing advertising revenues from news media while plagiarising their content.

Spanish media group sues META for unfair competition and claims over 550 million euros

2023-12-05. The Asociación de Medios de Información (AMI) has filed a lawsuit against META, on behalf of 83 Spanish media outlets, for its “systematic and massive breach of European data protection regulations” from 25 May 2018 to 31 July 2023.

Paying for News: Google and Meta Owe US Publishers $11.9-$13.9 Billion each year

2023-11-17. $11.9 to $13.9 Billion each year is the amount that a recent working paper estimates Google and Meta would owe US publishers if the proposed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act were to be passed in the US.

AI takes centre stage at Korea Press Foundation conference

2023-11-17. At the Korea Press Foundation Journalism Conference 2023 on “AI and the Transformation of the News Industry,” speakers and attendants agreed on the collaboration among media organisations as a crucial component of the strategy that publishers should adopt on the face of the rapid development of AI technology.