WAN-IFRA urges Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to release immediately Mr. Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, owner, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Jang Media Group and Geo TV

2020-04-02. The World Association of News Publishers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries, have expressed deep concern at the arrest of Editor-in-Chief of the Jang/Geo Media Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and called for his immediate release.

COVID-19: How publishers are engaging children and teens

Answer their tough questions without scaring them to death, let them participate and lighten up, suggests Aralynn Abare McMane.

Covid-19, Mexico: Covering the best and worst in people

Journalists, now on one of the wildest journeys of their careers, need to cover it all, writes Javier Garza from Mexico City.

Driving revenue during a crisis? The Dallas Morning News thinks you can

“In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity…” Right? The Dallas Morning News in the US is taking that to heart with the COVID-19 pandemic. “This may be the best chance we’ve ever had to articulate our value proposition,” said DMN’s Chief Product Officer Mike Orren.

Covid-19, Nigeria: Faced with an empty newsroom

Toyosi Ogunseye, who heads up the BBC’s West Africa language services and is also Deputy President of the World Editors Forum, shares the tension in keeping people informed and making sure staff stay safe.

WAN-IFRA President: Quality journalism in troubled times

Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, President of the Spanish media house Henneo and the President of WAN-IFRA, contributed this article about the fundamental role of a free press in an uncertain world, which has been widely published by newspapers in Spain.

COVID-19, Portugal: The only way out of this virus is humanity

We are only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, but if we are to overcome it, we need to continue to uphold our values of solidarity and empathy, writes Catarina Carvalho, Executive Editor at Diário de Notícias in Portugal.

Webinar takeaways: Newsprint and COVID-19

There is good news for news publishers: Contrary to rumor, it is extremely unlikely that readers will catch the coronavirus from printed newspapers, and the newsprint supply chain remains in good shape. Those were the two main points emerging from last Wednesday’s WAN-IFRA Webinar with Dr. Rick Stunt, Group Paper Director at dmg-Media in London.

Quality journalism in troubled times. An open letter by Fernando de Yarza, President WAN-IFRA

2020-03-28. In the span of just a few weeks, the entire world has been plunged into an inconceivable ordeal. A global pandemic has led to an unprecedented collective psychosis. The fear caused by uncertainty about the present and the future amplifies the turmoil. People get sick, and others unfortunately die. Memories of meetings with friends and family remain distant. Confinement multiplies anxiety. The situation seems to be dragging on.

WAN-IFRA Denounces Death Threats Against Slovenian Journalist in Relation to Covid-19 Reporting

Investigative journalist Blaž Zgaga has been targeted by a hate campaign fuelled by the Slovenian government on social networks and in the media since sending an official Freedom of Information Request on the COVID-19 pandemic to the authorities in Ljubljana.