Colombia under pressure: 2024 Annual Report highlights a hostile environment for independent journalism

2025-05-19. Colombia has been identified as the second deadliest country in Latin America for journalists, according to the newly released 2024 Annual Report, which warns of a persistent climate of violence, censorship, and intimidation against the independent press.

‘War/life balance’: Lessons in modern war reporting from Ukraine

2025-05-16. Ceasefire or no, Ukraine’s journalists – most of them women – have had to adapt to the realities of an invasion on all fronts. A war correspondent shares lessons learned for journalists worldwide.

From call centres to newsroom tools: How Reuters and Rheinische Post are making AI work

2025-05-15. Two publishers with different scopes but similar priorities are finding common ground in how they approach AI. Their strategies offer practical lessons for newsrooms navigating the risks, opportunities, and everyday realities of adopting the technology.

Ukraine’s Women in Media: Networking against a war on all fronts

2025-05-14. ‘Online violence against female journalists most often escalates after they publish investigative reports on socially significant topics such as war, corruption, and human rights.’ – Liza Kuzmenko, on escalating threats while war rages on.

From Norway to India: How AI is reshaping global fact-checking efforts

2025-05-13. “We know how fake news spreads, and it spreads rather quickly,” said Shashank Chouhan, Output Editor for BBC Indian Languages, Collective Newsroom, underlining the urgent need for fact-checking in today’s information landscape.

Global independent media needs support

2025-05-11. In developing democracies everywhere, the local media is vulnerable. If the US government no longer cares, NGOs should step up. Armenia is a case in point.

WAN-IFRA Supports Global News Gaps Project to Understand and Strengthen Emerging News Providers

2025-05-09. The field and influence of news creators – from journalists on social media to digital-first startups – is growing rapidly. How the broader news and tech industry should assess and engage with this new generation of storytellers and distributors is a pressing question, which Google and WAN-IFRA hope to answer.

Voicing Change: How the next news interface sets a generational challenge – and opportunity – for newsrooms

2025-05-08. ‘Information is no longer a broadcast – it is now a dialogue.’ Nikita Roy illustrates how the next wave of conversational, voice-first AI is already upon us – boosted by Gen Alpha and GenZ’s active participation, with deep implications for the future of news.

New leadership, new lessons: What drives today’s news media leaders

2025-05-07. At WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Krakow, newly appointed media executives from Svenska Dagbladet, Ringier Media International, and Kleine Zeitung shared insights on leadership, culture, and the challenges of leading a media company.

WAN-IFRA Expands Capacity of its Newsroom AI Catalyst with OpenAI

2025-05-07. WAN-IFRA has announced today the expansion of its successful accelerator program, “Newsroom AI Catalyst,” in partnership with OpenAI. The Newsroom AI Catalyst is an accelerator programme to help news publishers fast-track their AI adoption and implementation.