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Unite for journalism: Ideas to help ignite World News Day

28 September, World News Day, is a moment to highlight and explain your most consequential journalism to the public – and show how and why you do it. Here are some ideas for you to take this year’s campaign to the next level. 

World’s press condemns arrest of Philippine journalist Marchel Espina

WAN-IFRA denounces spurious claims of ‘unjust vexation’ targeting colleague Marchel Espina and calls for all charges against the journalist to be dropped.

From visibility to viability: Lessons from the Samir Kassir Foundation’s approach to media sustainability

One year after the launch of BRAVE Media to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of independent journalism worldwide, the initiative’s peer-learning webinars, organised by WAN-IFRA, have highlighted practical solutions to today’s media challenges. A recent webinar featured the Samir Kassir Foundation’s innovative approaches to helping independent media diversify revenue and build long-term sustainability.

Vestiges of press freedom in Uganda finally disappear down the drain

On 28th June, 2026, Ugandans woke up to a barrage of social media posts on General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s X handle, most of them alluding to Uganda’s media and press freedom – his unbelief in it – and the closure of the biggest independent media house, Nation Media Group (NMG).

World’s press condemns media shutdowns in Uganda

In the face of a military crackdown targeting independent media, WAN-IFRA has called on the government of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, to honour constitutional guarantees and international standards protecting media freedom and the safety of journalists.

2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom acceptance speech

“When journalists are killed, when they are labelled enemies, when they are shut out — it is not just the journalists who suffer. It is everyone who depends on the truth.”

2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom award speech

“We award the Golden Pen of Freedom to an amalgam of journalists who against all the odds, including the killing of colleagues and family members, have persevered in the most grotesque circumstances – to honour the memories of those killed and to ensure the world can never say – we didn’t know.”

2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom to be awarded to the professional photo and video journalists of Gaza

The award, due to be made on 1st June during the opening day of the 2026 World News Media Congress taking place in Marseille, France acknowledges the sacrifice and endurance of local Palestinian media professionals living and working in a war zone. It also recognises colleagues injured and killed in the course of doing their job. 

Stig Ørskov to EU Speakers of Parliaments: Let’s live up to our shared responsibility

“Citizens must feel confident that the press is holding you and your colleagues in the European parliaments accountable – on their behalf. And they will only feel that confidence if the press is truly free from influence from the politicians it must scrutinise.”

World’s press condemns killing of Amal Khalil, demands justice

World Editors Forum President, David Walmsley, has written to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to demand an inquiry into the death of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Read his full letter here.