News

2018 Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Maria Ressa of the Philippines

The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Maria Ressa, Co-founder, CEO and Executive Editor of online news site, Rappler.

We owe to Claude Bellanger what brings us together in 2018

Looking back on Claude Bellanger’s legacy, WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyrègne explores how the founder’s motivations are still the driving force behind WAN-IFRA’s efforts to champion sustainable model for news in the digital age, freedom of expression and the rights of journalists around the world.

Working With Whistleblowers In The Digital Age: New Guidelines

From Watergate to the Panama Papers, investigative journalism that relies on confidential sources and whistleblowers has proven essential to the maintenance of democracies and open societies internationally, writes journalist and researcher Julie Posetti.

On World Press Freedom Day, the Argentinian media defends the importance of professional journalism in tech platforms

Argentinian print, digital and television media made symbolic actions to defend the value of professional journalism in technology platforms for 3 May, on the World Press Freedom Day.

How a Turkish newspaper celebrates World Press Freedom Day

The Turkish President Erdoğan’s habit of confiscating cigarettes and eliciting a promise from the owners to give up famously involved the Bulgarian Foreign Minister in 2016, and inspired the Cumhuriyet columnist Kadri Gürsel’s comment ‘Erdoğan Wants to Become the New Father to Turks’. Last week, Gürsel was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for his comments that included, ‘Turkey only needs a rebellious child like Muhammad Buazizi, who provided the spark that toppled the Tunisian dictator.’

‘Forbidden Stories’ aims to keep the investigations of threatened journalists alive

Amid the growing threat to journalists’ safety in many parts of the world, a collaborative project called Forbidden Stories is working towards combating this unsettling trend by pursuing the stories of journalists who can no longer continue their work because they have been threatened, imprisoned or killed.

The Backstory S1E2: Show me the money – Censorship + financial independence

How do you run an independent media organisation in a country where the government imposes censorship rules? How do you support a successful media company without folding to pressure from your funders or your sponsors?

News as a commodity – How newspapers can survive the digital age

As readers around the world increasingly get their news online, the media industry has struggled to balance making readers pay for their news and keeping information accessible. Should readers have to pay for their digital news and if not, how do news organizations stay afloat in the digital age?

WAN-IFRA media freedom podcast debuts

Welcome to The Backstory, a new podcast series from WAN-IFRA exploring media freedom issues from around the globe.

Killing of journalists. safety press freedom

On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for violence against journalists (2 November 2017), we, as media and publishers, journalists and media professionals and other members of the media community feel it is time to raise our voice and start speaking up about the violence against our profession.