The second edition of WIN Latam – Women in News – brings together 30 professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean.

2023-11-01. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), together with the Google News Initiative, announced the launch of the second edition of WIN, Women in News Latam, an intensive four-month programme that combines training and personal career and leadership guidance for media professionals.

WAN-IFRA condemns the Chilean president’s attacks on the press and recalls that freedom of expression is a fundamental right.

2023-10-27. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, strongly condemns threats and political pressure on journalists after Gabriel Boric’s harsh criticism of Chilean media.

Fight back against normalisation of attacks on journalists – Martha Ramos

2023-10-27. The disturbing number of journalists killed, harmed or jailed while doing their job keeps rising – amid continued failure to get justice for most of these crimes. Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Martha Ramos, President of the World Editors Forum, calls for a more forceful response from newsrooms.

Editors condemn prison sentences for Iranian journalists

2023-10-27. Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, recipients of WAN-IFRA’s 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom Award, were sentenced this week to 12 and 13 years in prison, drawing widespread condemnation and renewed calls for their release.

An orderly governance and a powerful diversification strategy are formulas for success for any communications company.

2023-10-26. Henneo and WAN-IFRA President Fernando de Yarza participated in the annual LATAM Media Leaders Summit 2023, which brought together industry leaders in Colombia.

Focus on audiences, revenue and AI – WAN-IFRA and Google News Initiative launch new round of Table Stakes Europe

2023-10-24. 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.

WAN-IFRA’s renewed partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strengthens links between Norwegian and international editors.

2023-10-24. 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.

Circular Economy: Implications of changing to Mineral Oil Free (MOF) web offset inks.

2023-10-23. WAN-IFRA and CITEO, with the participation of AGRAPA and UBA, released a new report on the reduction of mineral oils of web offset inks in the circular economy. The report was presented at the World Printers Summit held in Frankfurt on October 11-13.

How The Conversation is boosting engagement with an aim of driving donations

2023-10-20. “Our content is why people come to us. Anything we can do to make more valuable content will lead to more engagement and retention, and for us, donations as well,” says Khalil Cassimally, Head of Audience Insights for The Conversation.

‘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.