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DMI2024 key message: Explore usability of AI and adapt it early for the right reasons

2024-03-18. The annual edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India (DMI) was held in New Delhi on 13 and 14 March. It also hosted the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2023 presentation, with HT Labs (Hindustan Media Ventures Limited) bagging the Champion Publisher Award.

Upcoming World Printers Forum webinar to explore ESG and non-financial reporting strategies

2024-03-06. Starting this year, all companies within the scope of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in Europe will be required to disclose details on sustainability and its environmental impacts. Dr. Michael Has, a consultant and university lecturer based in Germany, will explain how to navigate this process in a webinar on Tuesday, 26 March at 15:00 CET.

WAN-IFRA Unveils ‘AI Unlocked’ Programme to Drive Media Innovation, Creativity and Sustainability.

2024-02-21. WAN-IFRA announced the launch of “AI Unlocked.” The programme and forum is tailored for all news media publishers interested in Artificial Intelligence and its impact on their organisation. Through AI Unlocked, media professionals will learn, discuss, experiment with, and define ways to use AI in their business. The initiative is open to news publishers around the globe.

Tributes pour in for ‘Dean of Sudanese press’ and Golden Pen Laureate Mahjoub Mohammed Saleh

2024-02-15. The African media fraternity is mourning the passing of award-winning, veteran Sudanese journalist and 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom recipient Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh, who died in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, aged 96.

WEXFO: The Global Free Speech Recession – and How to Fight It?

2024-02-08. High-profile speakers have joined the programme of the World Expression Forum (WEXFO) in Lillehammer, a city renowned for its links to literature and writers at risk

Extended Deadline for Digital Media Awards Americas 2024 Entries.

2024-02-06. The Digital Media Awards Americas are returning in 2024, with North, Central and South American projects competing for top honors. The awards will continue to recognize and reward small media outlets and larger media groups, providing an equal opportunity for all participants to compete.

2023 en perspectiva y lo que queda por delante

2024-02-05. El trabajo de WAN-IFRA se guía por la convicción de que la libertad de prensa está firmemente arraigada en negocios de noticias sostenibles y económicamente independientes. Agradecemos a nuestros miembros y socios su apoyo y lo que logramos juntos en 2023, un año histórico para WAN-IFRA. La celebración de nuestro 75 aniversario se destaca como un momento clave, a medida que crece el número de editoriales globales con las que nos asociamos.

World’s press condemns threats and legal harassment of cartoonist Carlín and La República in Peru

2024-02-02. WAN-IFRA has denounced efforts by government and police in Peru to undermine freedom of expression after the publication of a cartoon drawing attention to recent public scandals.

New Reader Revenue report highlights 10 best practice case studies

2024-02-02. We continually report on how news publishers, both large and small, in countries worldwide are successfully developing and fine-tuning their reader revenue initiatives to build their subscriber base and reduce churn. Our latest report highlights 10 of the most interesting cases we have encountered in the past 12 months.

WAN-IFRA Unveils Innovate Local Programme to Drive Media Innovation and Sustainability.

2024-01-31. WAN-IFRA announces the launch of Innovate Local, the first global forum for local media. Through the Innovate Local programme, media professionals will be able to exchange actionable and scalable ideas with a focus on opportunities and problems unique to the business of local journalism. The initiative addresses small and midsized local media and local entities of bigger media groups.