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WAN-IFRA Unveils Innovate Local Programme to Drive Media Innovation and Sustainability.
WAN-IFRA announces the launch of Innovate Local, the first global forum for local media. Through the Innovate Local programme, media professionals will be able to exchange actionable and scalable ideas with a focus on opportunities and problems unique to the business of local journalism. The initiative addresses small and midsized local media and local entities of bigger media groups. Innovate Local will deliver two case webinars a month and a website of resources. Moreover, through a dedicated and curated Slack channel, WAN-IFRA is building a community of local publishers exchanging ideas, concepts and experiences. The program is aimed at anyone working in a news media company which operates in its…
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Fifth edition of Table Stakes Europe features 18 teams
The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) announced the 18 publishers participating in the fifth edition of the Table Stakes Europe programme. These publishers are now part of a community of more than 80 organisations from 20 countries, including over 400 individual participants who have taken part in the previous editions and are ambassadors of this transformational methodology. The upcoming iteration of Table Stakes Europe, a collaboration between WAN-IFRA and Google, will once again be spearheaded by Doug Smith, the architect of Table Stakes. Assisting him will be a team of seasoned coaches, including Valérie Arnould, Alexandra Borchardt, Pepe Cerezo, Lyndsey Jones, and Stéphane Mayoux. Additionally, topic experts and fellow publishers from…
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WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Middle East 2023 Winners Announced
The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is proud to announce the winners of the Digital Media Awards Middle East 2023. This annual competition stands as a beacon for digital trends, revenues, and technologies in the media landscape, drawing the top-level publishers, editors, and digital executives who are shaping the future of news media. With the Digital Media Awards, WAN-IFRA recognise news publishers who have delivered unique and original digital media projects. After an intense competition and an extensive evaluation process by a panel of distinguished judges. WAN-IFRA is proud to announce the outstanding winners in each of the nine categories in this year’s Digital Media Awards Middle East. WAN-IFRA extends its…
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Research spotlights obstacles – and considers solutions – for Southeast Asia’s climate reporting.
The inaugural "Global Climate Journalism Insights: Southeast Asia" report, authored by global journalism initiative climateXchange (cXc), was released this week and tells of a journalism landscape fraught with resource challenges, fear of reprisal and audience apathy. These insights come amidst the urgent need for local engagement on climate change, information about its causes, and its impacts, many of which are being felt acutely across the region. The World Bank reported earlier this year that 13 of the 30 countries most susceptible to the effects of climate change lie within East Asia and the Pacific. Impacts include flooding, tropical storms, heatwaves and ocean acidification—and are predicted to lead to 7.5 million people falling into climate-related…
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Focus on audiences, revenue and AI – WAN-IFRA and Google News Initiative launch new round of Tables Stakes Europe.
WAN-IFRA is launching the fifth edition of Table Stakes Europe in partnership with the Google News Initiative. This performance-driven programme, focused on change management, is a collaboration with Table Stakes architect Doug Smith. The programme will welcome 16 European news enterprises participating in 2024. What is the minimum amount needed to stay in the game? In poker "Table Stakes" refers to the amount you need to put on the table in order to play. The term is also symbolic for what media need to put on the table to be successful in the digital game. What are the challenges of the digital market, and what do they need to do to stay in…
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WAN-IFRA’s renewed partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strengthens links between Norwegian and international editors.
On Monday 23 October, editors from across East Central Africa and Southeast Asia and Norway met to share best practices in audience engagement and monetisation strategies to formally re-launch the mentoring programme at the heart of WAN-IFRA’s long-standing partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen independent media. “WAN-IFRA is honoured to approach our 10th year of partnership with the Foreign Ministry”, said Melanie Walker, Executive Director for Media Development & Women in News. “The mentoring exchange initiative between Norwegian editors and our programme media partners recognises the value of peer support from within the industry to tackle shared issues and to learn from each other about how to build financially…
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ClimateXchange launched with WAN-IFRA seeks to „empower, inspire and engage“
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. Kicking off at the 2023 Digital Media Conference in Singapore, the launch accompanies the signing of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) as climateXchange’s regional partner for South East Asia. “WAN-IFRA’s exceptional global network, deep industry expertise and commitment to advancing journalism make it an ideal partner,” says Alis Okonji, Partner Manager for climateXchange. “WAN-IFRA’s reach empowers us to connect with news organisations in South East Asia, facilitating impactful climate reporting that resonates with communities—some of which are already feeling…
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WAN-IFRA joins an international alliance to build a trusted European media data space
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. TEMS (Trusted European Media Data Space) is a joint undertaking of forty-three organisations representing hundreds of stakeholders from fourteen countries in the European cultural and creative sectors. It aims to conceive and implement a common media data space across Europe. The initiative, supported by the European Commission’s Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL), is a core element in implementing the European Data Strategy. With…
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Mega media gathering planned for Copenhagen in May 2024 as WAN-IFRA celebrates the 75th edition of its World News Media Congress.
The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is gearing up for the 75th World News Media Congress, to be held in Copenhagen from 27-29 May, 2024. To celebrate the milestone, it is expanding its flagship event. In addition to the traditional congress Summits for Media Leaders and Editors, WAN-IFRA will add a focused Digital Revenue stream by incorporating the established and highly successful Digital Media Europe conference into the three-day event. Study tours of European news organisations will be offered before and after Congress, and an expanded programme of workshops is planned. An awards ceremony recognising global best practices will occur during the gathering, along with a series of networking events. …
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Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, Jailed in Iran
The 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, currently in jail in Iran. The award, made during the 2023 World News Media Congress currently taking place in Taipei, Taiwan recognises the bravery and determination “of two courageous young women whose journalism kept sight of truth as the Iranian regime attempted to rewrite history.” The death in custody in September 2022 of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa “Jhina” Amini after being detained by Iran’s Morality Police following an attempt to enforce strict hijab rules, sparked a violent response by security forces as a wave of…
