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Amedia grants 400,000 young people free access to its newspapers

2025-05-21. All Norwegians aged 15 to 20 will be given free digital access to over 100 newspapers through Amedia’s new national initiative.

WAN-IFRA launches Media Literacy Policy and project with support from UNESCO

2025-05-21. The project involves several actions including: the integration of Media Literacy in the WAN-IFRA Policies, a campaign to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week, and the development of trainings for news executives to incorporate literacy in their work.

Latin America: Press Freedom Struggles Under Increasing Authoritarianism and Financial Pressures

2025-05-20. Increasing Authoritarianism and Financial Pressures represent the dual threat that now defines journalism’s reality across the Americas. These are not parallel challenges; they are deeply interconnected. Political hostility and economic precarity are converging, weakening the role of the press as a pillar of democracy

U.S. Policy Landscape for the News Media Industry

2025-05-02. “Keeping the news media industry financially sustainable and free from government interference is what it’s all about,” said Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, at a recent WAN-IFRA Policy Briefing. “If we keep the core of our industry strong, we can handle anything else that comes at us.”

Raising awareness at WIPO on AI implications for publishers

2025-04-11. WAN-IFRA organised at the World Intellectual Property Organisation an international panel with speakers from Latin America, South Africa and Europe, who illustrated to the many representatives of Governments in attendance the implications of Artificial Intelligence for the future of the News Publishing Business.

It is time to double down on what we do best – reliable, fact-based, great journalism

2025-01-09. A statement from WAN-IFRA in response to the announcement made on 7 January 2025 by Meta that it will end fact-checking on its US platforms and revise prohibited content restrictions.

Press play: WAN-IFRA completes launch of seriously fun solution to multiple newsroom challenges

2024-10-21. New Authoring Tool – free for six months – combines gaming insights with news values to rebuild Gen Z trust in news, counter mis- and disinformation and boost media literacy.

Colombian news media denounces chilling risks for freedom of the press in the country

2024-10-04. The Colombian Association of News Media (AMI) issued an urgent call to Colombians, in reaction to chilling risks for freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to information, and consequently limiting democracy in Colombia.

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.