‘Leadership is all about inspiring someone to bring out their full potential’: Newsroom leaders share advice for implementing diversity

2023-10-18. Three news executives discuss how newsrooms can become more diverse by fostering a culture of inclusion, tackling unconscious bias, and setting up diversity goals and metrics to track progress.

ClimateXchange global journalism initiative launched to empower, inspire and engage

2023-10-18. ClimateXchange, a groundbreaking global journalism initiative committed to changing the way information about the climate reaches its audiences, has launched its platform with the announcement of WAN-IFRA as its first major news industry partner.

180+ delegates take part in World Printers Summit in Frankfurt

2023-10-18. More than 180 print experts – printers, publishers, suppliers and further print specialists – from all parts of the world came together to meet and discuss at WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Summit 2023 in Frankfurt am Main from 11 to 13 October.

Palestinian journalists facing deadly impact of Gaza conflict.

2021-10-17. A deadly week for journalists has seen 15 colleagues killed across the region and numerous injuries, arrests, and threats reported as targeting of the press intensifies.

World Press Trends preview: ‘Cautious optimism’ revealed in survey

2023-10-17. Despite the numerous challenges and uncertainties facing the news media industry, more than half of news executives surveyed in our annual World Press Trends Outlook research said they are upbeat about their companies’ business prospects for the foreseeable future.

Free training, checklists, guides and tools to promote safe reporting as journalists’ deaths rise

2023-10-13. WAN-IFRA has condemned the mounting killings of journalists in the Israel-Hamas conflict and has urged governments and news organisations to do everything possible to allow them to do their work safely. For those heading to danger zones, or covering the story online, here is a list of resources from media support organisations.

CEO of Austria’s news agency: “The media are under pressure, as is democracy”

2023-10-13. An independent media is at the heart of a democratic society. But in more and more countries, the media are under pressure. And so is democracy, says Clemens Pig, CEO of APA. In his new book “Democracy Dies in Darkness” he describes the key role of news agencies in the fight for independent media and democracy.

Safe coverage in the Israel-Gaza conflict

2023-10-12. One element that underpins all reporting of the Israel-Gaza crisis, and applies universally to every news organisation, is how safe their journalists are and whether lessons learned from previous conflicts are being effectively applied.

WAN-IFRA joins an international alliance to build a trusted European media data space.

2023-10-12. WAN-IFRA (The World Association of News Publishers) announced its partnership with TEMS, a consortium of forty-three organisations representing hundreds of stakeholders from fourteen countries in the European cultural and creative sectors. The TEMS consortium presents the biggest European initiative to create a data space ecosystem in the media sector.

WAN-IFRA condemns killing of journalists in Israel-Hamas conflict

2023-10-11. WAN-IFRA calls on both sides to respect international humanitarian law and to do everything conceivable to ensure journalists can safely do their work. This follows news reports that six Palestinian journalists were among hundreds of civilian casualties across Israel and Gaza in the last 72 hours.