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WAN-IFRA honours the world’s top digital media projects

2023-06-28. The winners of WAN-IFRA’s prestigious annual Digital Media Awards Worldwide, recognising outstanding achievements in digital media by the news industry, were announced in Taiwan on 28 June during a ceremony at the World News Media Congress 2023.

A World of Courage: How our Golden Pen laureates continue to inspire

2023-06-28. Since naming its very first recipient 62 years ago, the Golden Pen of Freedom has been turning the spotlight on repressive governments, and the journalists and news publishers who fight them, the world over.

2023 Golden Pen of Freedom Award Speech – Martha Ramos

2023-06-28. “Let us once again raise our voices as one, loud and clear, so they hear us all the way in Tehran: release Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, and all jailed journalists. Let the press live free in Iran, once and for all.”

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, Jailed in Iran

2023-06-28. The 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, currently in jail in Iran.

Exceptional Editors from Botswana, Jordan and the Philippines receive the 2023 WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award

2023-06-27. Emang Mutapati, editor-in-chief of The Voice in Botswana, has been named 2023 Laureate for Africa; Lina Ejeilat, co-founder and editor-in-chief of 7iber in Jordan, has been named 2023 Laureate for the Arab Region; and Glenda Gloria, the executive editor and co-founder of Rappler in The Philippines, has been named 2023 Laureate for Southeast Asia.

President of Republic of China (Taiwan) to Address World News Media Congress

2023-06-13. Tsai Ing-wen, the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), will address the 74th World News Media Congress in Taiwan on 28th June.

EU4Independent Media launches online self-paced courses for journalists and media managers

2023-05-26. The EU-funded EU4Independent Media project has launched a series of online courses for journalists and media managers. All courses are designed to be self-paced, so you can take them whenever it suits you.

New survey finds half of newsrooms use Generative AI tools; only 20% have guidelines in place

2023-05-25. A new WAN-IFRA survey, conducted in collaboration with SCHICKLER Consulting, sets a barometer of where news publishers stand so far on using Generative AI.

Winners of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Americas announced

2023-05-17. Congratulations to the 81 participating companies with more than 150 projects that have made the first combined edition of the Digital Media Awards LATAM & North America the most competitive in the history of WAN-IFRA Americas. Learn a little more about the winning projects below.

Copenhagen to host WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in 2024

The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has announced that the 75th World News Media Congress will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 27 to 29 May 2024, in partnership with Danske Medier, the Danish Media Association.