Civil society and media organisations call on the G7 to protect and evacuate journalists and media workers in Afghanistan

WAN-IFRA has joined 50 organisations from around the world to urge G7 countries – meeting tomorrow, 24th August – to prioritise journalists in their deliberations about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

WAN-IFRA condemns attacks against La Prensa in Nicaragua, demands release of Juan Lorenzo Holmann

2021-08-23. WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum denounce the latest attempts by the regime of Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, to stifle freedom of the press in the country. 

Singapore Press Holdings sweeps Digital Media Awards Asia 2021 with six wins

2021-08-22. Singapore Press Holdings emerged the biggest winner at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Asia 2021, with a haul of two Golds and four Silvers. Coconuts Media clinches six awards to top small/ medium category.

Future Media Hubs: building a media innovation network in the heart of Europe

2021–08–17. An international network of sandboxes, innovation labs and accelerators allows its media organisation members to exchange learnings from their innovation projects and make connections with the startup ecosystem.

South China Morning Post launches group subscriptions aimed at corporates

2021-08-16. The South China Morning Post has launched a group subscription product aimed at publishers and corporate organisations.

Global Press stands with South Korean media in fight against “fake news” law

2021-08-12. WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have called on the South Korean authorities to retract hastily proposed law changes, designed to curb disinformation, which instead risk silencing critical journalism and harming South Korea’s democratic traditions.

WAN-IFRA condemns threats against media outlets in Mexico by criminal groups

2021-08-10. A journalist and several national media outlets were threatened in a video posted on social media by self-styled members of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation criminal group, following the journalists’ coverage in Michoacán, Mexico.

How Kenya’s Standard Group transformed their business during COVID-19

2021-08-09. When COVID-19 began spreading around the world, Standard Group made a strategic decision to invest when everyone else was holding back to see how long the pandemic would last. The leadership fast-tracked their digital business transformation by converting their newsroom into a fully digital-first operation.

Lessons from Gazeta Wyborcza’s 250K strong subscription business

2021-08-06. In a country where news is mostly consumed free and online, with no use of home delivery of newspapers, Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza has set an example with its 250,000 strong digital-only subscription business.

STAT’s plans for a post-COVID era after a crazy year of growth

2021-08-05. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. By then, STAT, The Boston Globe owned health and life sciences news website, had already published 49 stories about the new virus.