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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.

2023 in review and the year ahead

2024-01-30. WAN-IFRA’s work is guided by the conviction that media freedom is firmly rooted in sustainable, economically independent news businesses. We are grateful to our members and partners for their support and what we achieved together in 2023, a milestone year for WAN-IFRA. Celebrating our seventy-fifth anniversary stands out as a key highlight, as does growing the number of global publishers we partner with.

The International Color Quality 2024-2026 contest for print publishing is now open.

2024-01-30. WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum has announced the opening of registrations for the International Color Quality Club (ICQC), the global print quality contest for newspapers and magazines. 

New WAN-IFRA report: How to use audience needs to unlock digital transformation

2024-01-30. The report details how 12 European news publishers adopted a digital- and audiences-first approach that helped them embrace new ways of working, build stronger relationships with readers and transform newsroom operations.