The World News Media Congress is the annual meeting of news publishers, editors and owners worldwide. It is hosted in a different city each year. The 2022 Congress in Zaragoza drew more than 1,200 people from over 75 countries for three days of conferences, executive meetings, networking, and social events.
The Congress is a global showcase for press freedom, with the presentation of the prestigious Golden Pen of Freedom Award. The Congress has two main conference tracks – World Media Leaders Summit, where the CEOs and key decision makers discuss business models, strategy and the future of news media and the World Editors Summit where the Chief Editors and journalism practitioners discuss the evolving media landscape, the critical need for trusted news in the society and how newsrooms can adapt to the changes. The Congress promotes DEI in the news media industry and encourages gender balance through its ‘Women in News’ dialogue sessions at the Congress. The World Digital Media Awards, also presented at the annual Congress, recognize the best practices in the industry.
FIEJ, AMJ, WAN, WAN-IFRA ANNUAL CONGRESS 1948-2023
2023 TAIPEI
Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) at the World News Media Congress, June 27, 2023.
2022 ZARAGOZA
King Felipe VI of Spain addresses the delegates at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Zaragoza on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
2021 virtual
2019 GLASGOW
2018 LISBON, ESTORIL
2017 DURBAN
Tomas Brunegard, President of WAN-IFRA, welcomes Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia at the World News Media Congress, Cartagena de las Indias, June 2016.
2015 WASHINGTON DC
2014 TORINO
2013 BANGKOK
2012 KIEV
2011 VIENNA
2010 HAMBURG
2009 HYDERABAD
2008 GOTHENBURG
2007 CAPE TOWN
2006 MOSCOW
2005 SEOUL
2004 ISTANBUL
2003 DUBLIN
2002 BRUGES
2001 HONG KONG
2000 RIO DE JANEIRO
1999 ZÜRICH
1998 KOBE
1997 AMSTERDAM
1996 WASHINGTON DC
1995 PARIS
1994 VIENNA
1993 BERLIN
Berlin, 1993
1992 PRAGUE
1991 ATHENS
1990 COPENHAGEN
1989 NEW ORLEANS
1988 ROME
1987 HELSINKI
1986 LISBON
1985 TOKYO
1984 PARIS
1983 LONDON
1982 OSLO
1981 MADRID
1980 TEL AVIV
1979 LAS VEGAS
1978 DEN HAAG
FIEJ Congress The Hague, 1978
1977 TOKYO
1976 BOLOGNE
1975 HAMBURG
1974 COPENHAGEN
1973 VIENNA
1972 BRUSSELS
1971 ZURICH
1970 WASHINGTON DC
Mr Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States, at the opening of the FIEJ Annual Meeting in Washington DC, 1970
1969 ISTANBUL
1968 KYOTO
1967 TEL AVIV
1966 STOCKHOLM
Board reception at Stockholm City Hall, 1966
1965 MÜNICH
1964 MONTECATINI
Gabriel Makoto, Democratic Republic of the Congo, receives the Golden Pen of Freedom 1964 from Claude Bellanger in Montecatini.
1963 LONDON
1962 PARIS
1961 ELSENEUR
1960 NEW YORK
1959 MILAN
1958 TOKYO
1957 NAPLES-VENICE
1956 BERLIN
1955 ZÜRICH
1954 STOCKHOLM
1953 PARIS
1952 BRUSSELS
1951 LONDON
1950 ROME
1949 AMSTERDAM
1948 PARIS
The delegates of the First FIEJ Congress are received at the Elysée Palace in Paris in 1948