2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom acceptance speech

“When journalists are killed, when they are labelled enemies, when they are shut out — it is not just the journalists who suffer. It is everyone who depends on the truth.”

2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom award speech

“We award the Golden Pen of Freedom to an amalgam of journalists who against all the odds, including the killing of colleagues and family members, have persevered in the most grotesque circumstances – to honour the memories of those killed and to ensure the world can never say – we didn’t know.”

With trust on the line, Prisa Media prioritises diligent AI governance over speedy rollouts

When the likes of Prisa Media, the world’s largest Spanish-language media group, deliberately puts the brakes on rolling out its AI development programme, it’s worth knowing why. Olalla Novoa Ojea, Head of AI at Prisa, explained why building governance into the system took priority over speed of rollout; all in the name of trust.

(More) lessons learned from WAN-IFRA’s AI Catalyst accelerator programme

Sceptical of AI evangelists in love with the shiny thing for its own sake? You’re not alone. The good news is that learnings from WAN-IFRA’s Newsroom AI Catalyst accelerator programme make it clear; AI only succeeds when it solves real newsroom problems, and it can only do that when working in partnership with people.

Les Echos grows YouTube audience through consistency, specialisation and storytelling

Les Echos is growing its YouTube audience through a clear editorial focus, a disciplined publishing rhythm, and storytelling designed for retention. The newsroom is building recognition by staying consistent and shaping tightly crafted narratives around its areas of expertise.

New board members take office at WAN-IFRA’s annual meeting in Marseille

WAN-IFRA has announced the re-election of Ladina Heimgartner as President for a second two-year mandate and the election of new members to its Supervisory Board and Executive Board, following the General Assembly of Members held during the 77th World News Media Congress in Marseille today.

WAN-IFRA’s new C-Day creates a global forum for media leadership and future-focused dialogue

Although WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress officially starts today in Marseille at the Palais du Pharo, yesterday a select group of global media leaders met for WAN-IFRA’s first C-Day just a few kilometers down the coast, fittingly at the CMA CGM TANGRAM Excellence Center.

CEO Insider: The human in the loop – the human above it

This seventh and final lesson from CEO Ladina Heimgartner about what she and Ringier have learned in their AI journey is a call to action: we know that journalism is a very human endeavour, where trust, judgment, personality and presence cannot be replaced by machines. But now is the time to work together, with AI, to put humans above the loop.

Print, paper and environmental myths: A conversation with Jonathan Tame of Two Sides

Ahead of the World Printers Summit in Rotterdam, we spoke with the Managing Director of UK-based Two Sides about some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding print and paper sustainability, the relevance of print in a digital-first world, and why the industry needs to do more to communicate its environmental progress.

2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom to be awarded to the professional photo and video journalists of Gaza

The award, due to be made on 1st June during the opening day of the 2026 World News Media Congress taking place in Marseille, France acknowledges the sacrifice and endurance of local Palestinian media professionals living and working in a war zone. It also recognises colleagues injured and killed in the course of doing their job.