News

Protecting journalists protects journalism: Why the fight against online harassment matters

2025-04-04. Recognising the need for a structured response to the increasing menace of online harassment, WAN-IFRA WIN launches a practical toolkit aimed at helping newsrooms implement effective policies and protocols.

Protecting journalists in the Digital Age: an inside look into the workings of the world’s first Online Safety Editor

2025-03-21. Four years into a role designed to tackle online abuse, Reach Plc’s Rebecca Whittington puts the spotlight on this ongoing scourge, ahead of the upcoming release of WAN-IFRA WIN’s Newsroom Policy Guide to Fight Online Harassment.

Accelerating Action: why, and how, WAN-IFRA WIN will keep driving inclusivity in global news media

2025-03-07. We mark International Women’s Day 2025 by dedicating to its theme, with just that: Action. WAN-IFRA’s equality champion Melanie Walker outlines the real need for urgent change – and how we intend to bring it.

‘Just keep swimming’ – KBR’s Citra Prastuti on leading from the front in challenging times

2025-03-06. The Editor-in-Chief of Indonesia’s first independent national radio news agency shares the power of collaboration, building an artisanal platform for podcasters in a young, fast-growing digitally literate environment and why she’s campaigning for Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the industry – in just 5 Questions.

Who is Setting the News Agenda? New report shows some progress in gender equality – but barriers remain

2025-03-04. A new report from WAN-IFRA WIN highlights ongoing disparities in gender representation in media leadership roles across major global regions, as men continue to dominate business and editorial leadership roles. WIN responds with a decisive all to action.

New initiative to shift the needle on women’s leadership in the media

2025-02-21. WIN Guild, WAN-IFRA’s pioneering community of Top Women Editors and Publishers, launches inaugural summit with a bold declaration of intent to drive meaningful and measurable change in the industry.

WAN-IFRA WIN: Celebrating 15 years of impact and transformation

2025-01-24. As we step into 2025, we mark a special milestone as the WAN-IFRA WIN family: 15 years in the pursuit of greater equality and inclusion in media.

Ringier’s Ladina Heimgartner on leadership, AI, and the future of journalism

2024-12-03. After an extensive Q&A at WAN-IFRA’s Newsroom Summit in late October, Ladina Heimgartner, Head of Media at Ringier AG and CEO of Ringier Media in Switzerland, was asked the following question from a journalist based in Jordan: “What’s your best advice for a woman working in a leadership position in a newsroom?”

Towards a global network of women media leaders: WAN-IFRA’s WIN Leadership Accelerator expands reach

2024-08-22. WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) is expanding its flagship training and mentorship Leadership Accelerator programme with the launch of the Global Leadership Accelerator. This takes the programme’s reach beyond its traditional 18 markets to offer a transformative opportunity to women who are mid-level newsroom managers in emerging, transitional and fragile states.

Dima Khatib: ‘Freedom of the press starts with the right to life and safety for all’

2024-05-31. Dima Khatib, Managing Director, AJ+, was awarded the WAN-IFRA’s Women in News Editorial Leadership prize at the World News Media Congress in Copenhagen on 29 May 2024. In her acceptance speech, Khatib paid tribute to journalists killed in Palestine in an unprecedented time in terms of the threat to journalists.