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Swedish Publisher Re-Elected President of WAN-IFRA

2015-06-02 Tomas Brunegård, former Chairman and CEO of the Stampen Media Group in Sweden, has been re-elected President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) for a two-year term. Read more ...

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty

2015-06-01 The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been dedicated in 2015 to all Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty. Read more ...

World Press Trends: Newspaper Revenues Shift To New Sources

2015-06-01 A profound shift in the newspaper business model, evolving for years, is finally here. Read more ...

A Day of Memorial, a Day of Renewing the Commitment to Freedom

2015-06-01 Safety and the dangers facing journalists worldwide were the dominant themes on the opening day of the 67th World News Media Congress, currently underway in Washington D.C. Read more ...

World’s Press Calls for Greater Protections for Journalists

2015-05-31 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has called on governments, international institutions and the media industry itself to prioritise journalists’ safety and has denounced the state of impunity that surrounds the murder of journalists in many parts of the world. Read more ...

Safety of Journalists To Be Highlighted at World News Media Congress in Washington

2015-05-26 In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the growing number of journalists under threat world-wide, the opening of the World News Media Congress in Washington, D.C., on Monday will have a strong focus on the safety of journalists and how such attacks impact their ability to carry out their essential role. Read more ...

Workshop Offered on Smart Watches, Wearables, News & Information

2015-05-25 Exploring smart watches and other wearable technologies for news media is clearly a hot topic, so the heavy demand for places comes as no surprise for the WAN-IFRA ‘Wearables Workshop’ planned for Sunday, 31 May, ahead of the opening of the World News Media Congress, set to take place in Washington D.C., from 1 to 3 June. Read more ...

Latin American Media Shows Their Strength

2015-05-22 A delegation of nearly 100 Latin American media executives will be joining the upcoming World News Media Congress in Washington, D.C., reflecting the region's growing influence among the world's newspapers and news publishers. Read more ...

World News Media Congress Draws Experts for Small and Mid-Sized Publishers

2015-05-11 Are small and mid-sized publishers punching above their weight when it comes to the digital transformation of the news media industry? Experts attending the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Washington coming up in June certainly think so. Read more ...

Bloomberg Talks Digital at World News Media Congress

2015-05-06 Two of America's leading political journalists -- John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics -- will bring their expertise to a breakfast meeting on June 1st from 8 to 9:30 a.m. entitled "Cracking the Digital Code" at the World News Media Congress in Washington, D.C. Read more ...