Russia may be the most dramatic example. When  COVID arrived there, Vladimir Putin hid. He reportedly holed himself up in his secret lakeside mansion, emerging briefly in a yellow hazmat suit to greet doctors on the front lines. Throughout the […]

WAN-IFRA’s latest World Press Trends Outlook report features data collected on specific incidents of media freedom violations. In this extract from the full report, adapted for World Press Freedom Day, we see a broad split, echoed in our data, between […]

WAN-IFRA: When did you begin working in the industry? Thomas Sandström: My first contact with the newspaper business was as a seller. I used to deliver newspapers. Later, I met two newspaper printers in the city (Umeå, Sweden), which led […]

Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom draws on global research carried out by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University in 2022, combined with contributions from 37 media freedom experts and the first-hand experience of nearly 500 […]

From modest beginnings as a Facebook page in 2012, LADbible has grown to reach a global audience approaching a billion, won multiple Cannes Lions awards, and has taken a dominant slice of the highly coveted youth demographic, claiming to reach […]

Nicolás Ríos was working towards his Masters degree in digital media innovation when he was partnered with Documented, an independent non-profit, news site devoted to New York’s immigrant communities. His research on the Latino community led him to WhatsApp – […]

Since the explosive rise of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, more and more news publishers have started to wonder about the possible impact that the new generation of AI could have on their companies and on the […]

From informative dashboards to stigma-breaking podcasts and top-of-the-line UX and engagement strategies, each of these entries showcases the importance and impact of understanding and addressing the needs and habits of audiences and the broad range of tools to do so. […]

Each of these projects is exceptional in its creativity and execution and shows an impressive dedication to delivering the very best for their audiences, from remarkable cases of engagement strategies to inventive and comprehensive displays of complex data. We sincerely […]

20 journalists from four Zimbabwean media houses came together in Harare for training on physical safety, digital security, and psychosocial wellbeing, including discussions on key concerns ahead of reporting the upcoming election process in the country. For many, this was […]