Ahead of presidential elections scheduled for May 2026, Colombia hosts the UNESCO Media Literacy Week against a backdrop of political polarization and press freedom concerns

UNESCO will discuss in Cartagena how MIL can empower individuals to be able to critically assess content in the age of AI. Meanwhile AMI, the country’s most relevant media association, has voiced concern about the state of press freedom in the country.

Join UNESCO and WAN-IFRA to celebrate Media and Information Literacy Week

2025-10-12. A Global Conference in Colombia will discuss how MIL is crucial to empower individuals in the face of AI; WAN-IFRA will develop training for news executives and publishers are encouraged to join up the campaign.

Three Indian printing plants receive WAN-IFRA Carbon Footprint Verification Certificate

2025-10-10. ABP Kolkata and The Times of India’s Ahmedabad and Delhi-Sahibabad plants receive Carbon Footprint Verification Certificate

Winners of the 2025 Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards announced at World Printers Summit

2025-10-09. WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum has announced the winners of this year’s Sustainability and Print Innovation Awards, honouring excellence in media innovation, reader engagement and sustainability in publishing. Publishers from Bangladesh, Singapore, and Ireland bag top honours for innovation in print and sustainability.

Strength in Unity: #WND2025 shows journalism won’t back down

2025-10-03. From Tonga to Afghanistan, Canada to Venezuela and Korea to Estonia, the global campaign brought together more than 1 000 newsbrands in 111 countries in a record-breaking show of solidarity.

WAN-IFRA welcomes 12 pioneering publishers to the Advanced Newsroom AI Catalyst cohort

2025-10-02. Twelve selected news organisations met in London on 1-2 October to address shared challenges, as part of WAN-IFRA’s efforts to foster members’ AI expertise.

US News/Media Alliance’s campaign to protect journalism from Big Tech

2025-09-30. The News/Media Alliance, the largest nonprofit trade association in the United States representing news, magazine, and digital media organisations, is launching a new ad campaign challenging Big Tech’s use of their content.

Media companies and start-ups join WAN-IFRA Finnish innovation programme

2025-09-29. WAN-IFRA has announced a groundbreaking new media innovation programme teaming Finnish media companies and start-ups. It will officially kick off on 29-30 September in Helsinki, in partnership with Finnmedia, the Finnish Media Federation, and the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland.

The light we cannot lose

On this World News Day, for too many people, the future is getting too dark to see. This moment is best described as living in a state of perpetual flux, of global uncertainty and deep, unsettling insecurity, writes Brank Brkic.

Your right to know: Why journalism and access to information matter more than ever

2025-09-28. Independent journalism and access to public information are mutually reinforcing: societies cannot remain informed or resilient if either is undermined, write David Walmsley and Tawfik Jelassi, who stress that defending the right to know is not optional.