The award, made during the 2022 World News Media Congress currently taking place in Zaragoza, Spain recognises “a news organisation that stands as a beacon of independence and as a bulwark against authoritarianism; a paper of record that demonstrates its […]

Your Majesties, the King and Queen of Spain; Excellencies; Fellow editors and journalists; Ladies and Gentlemen, good afternoon. We live in dangerous times. Times of war and pestilence, of conflict and change. In times like these, it is all the […]

By Warren Fernandez Food and fuel prices have spiralled as a result, portending hunger and hardship, not least for vulnerable communities far flung from the conflict. Rising tensions in East Asia, amid the rivalry between the United States and China, […]

As journalists around the globe unite on this World News Day to proclaim publicly that journalism makes a difference we must not turn away from the discouraging fact – as stated in the 2022 Reuters Institute, Digital News Report – […]

This is clear when examining nearly all the major issues facing the world today.  For instance, the rise of the Internet and digital technologies brought the promise of greater democratization by providing an unprecedented ability to share information. Today’s reality, […]

By Dame Frances Cairncross You may well still look at the news on your phone, perhaps checking the “snippets” that Google News offers you for free. You may watch the news on television or listen to the radio. But you […]

Those moments when a news editor picks up a phone to hear a scared voice say, ‘you are all I have left, I have nowhere else to turn’. The last stand between hope and defeat.  It is a sacred contract, […]

The campaign will see global newsrooms carry print and digital adverts and use their social media channels, newsletters and other platforms to highlight the critical message that journalism matters and is worth supporting, promoting and defending. World News Day is […]

El congreso anual, que reúne a la prensa mundial, está organizado por WAN-IFRA (la Asociación Mundial de Editores de Noticias), cuyo objetivo es proteger los derechos de los periodistas y editores y promover la libertad e independencia de los medios de comunicación. […]

The annual congress, which draws together the world’s press, is organised by WAN-IFRA (the World Association of News Publishers), whose objective is to protect the rights of journalists and publishers around the world to operate independent media.  The King and […]