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World News Day 2025 will take place on 28 September (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

World News Day 2025: Journalism makes a difference

7 Jul 2025

Daily Maverick has won Best Digital Product. Source: Daily Maverick.

Media

Daily Maverick wins most Innovative Digital Product at Wan-Ifra's Digital Media Awards

7 May 2025

Source: © UNESCO
This year, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media

Media Freedom

World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media and press freedom

2 May 2025

May the 4th be with you!

TV

May the 4th be with you!

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 2 May 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Wan-Ifra and OpenAI collaborate on $1.5M fund to integrate AI in newsrooms

29 Apr 2025

Daily Maverick triumphs at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2025

Online Media

Daily Maverick triumphs at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2025

Issued by Daily Maverick 10 Apr 2025

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Agriculture

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Ivor Price, Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 9 Apr 2025

Daily Maverick won three categories in the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025, the most from South Africa and also the most of all the entries (Image supplied)

Media

SA leads Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 winners list

7 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 finalists have been announced, with SA and Daily Maverick dominating the list

Publishing

SA and Daily Maverick dominate Wan-Ifra Digital Awards Africa 2025 finalists

2 Apr 2025

Publishing

WAN-IFRA appoints Kim Svendsen as membership director

10 Feb 2025

Ezra Eeman. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

Ezra Eeman joins Wan-Ifra to steer AI initiatives in the media industry

29 Nov 2024

Media

World News Media Congress 2025 set for Krakow

28 Oct 2024

Media24: Leading the way in exceptional journalism and impactful content

Media

Media24: Leading the way in exceptional journalism and impactful content

Issued by Media24 14 Aug 2024

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

12 Aug 2024

Source: © CPJ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has convicted Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen of disseminating "fake" information about the Russian military

Media Freedom

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen convicted of disseminating "fake" information

19 Jul 2024

Artificial Intelligence

What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)

4 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Media Freedom

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Wan-Ifra and OpenAI launch accelerator to boost AI adoption in newsrooms

30 May 2024

Image supplied. Wan-Ifra announced the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide winners with SA’s Food For Mzansi Group, wining the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide Best Podcast category

Online Media

SA's Food For Mzansi Group wins Wan-Ifra 2024 Digital Media Awards Podcast category

28 May 2024

Ladina Heimgartner elected new President of WAN-IFRA on May 27. Source: Supplied.

Media

Ladina Heimgartner elected president at World News Media Congress in Copenhagen

28 May 2024

Saudi Arabia is making moves in the global telecoms industry

Telecoms & Networks

CompCom approves Saudi telecom deal to acquire CMC Networks

Lindsey Schutters 21 May 2024

Publishing

DSAC Publishing Hub for 2024/25 open for manuscripts and publishers

22 May 2024

3 new local films and more at cinemas this May

Film

3 new local films and more at cinemas this May

Daniel Dercksen 29 Apr 2024

Daily Maverick sweeps WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2024 with 4 top honours

Media

Daily Maverick sweeps WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2024 with 4 top honours

Issued by Daily Maverick 17 Apr 2024

Source: © The Food for Mzansi Group won three Wan-Ifra Digital Media Africa 2024 Awards

Media

South African digital publishers make clean sweep of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2024

16 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Media

Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists

9 Apr 2024

Media

Global news leaders sign open letter in support of journalists in Gaza

6 Mar 2024

Source: © Anne Spratt Agecny Scope 2023 has found that the trend of in-house marketing operations is starting to wan, as marketers start to respond to the post-Covid world

Marketing & Media

Scopen 2023 trend: In-house agency heading for the out house?

21 Feb 2024

Media

Publishers remain resilient despite rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty

29 Jan 2024

Image supplied.
The One Club for Creativity’s Global Creative Rankings 2023 have been announced with ? and us Dubai named the Regional Agency for the Middle East and Africa.

The One Club for Creativity

‿ and us Dubai named One Club's top Middle East and Africa agency

5 Jan 2024

Image supplied. The Wan-ifra's Best Practice in Innovation report features best practice case studies from Nigeria and South Africa

Media

Wan-Ifra's Best practice in digital innovation report includes Nigeria and SA case studies

28 Dec 2023

Publishing

Wan-Ifra reveals 18 publishers for Table Stakes Europe Programme's fifth edition

29 Dec 2023

Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

Media

Artist honours journalists and media workers killed in Hamas-Israeli conflict

28 Nov 2023

WACS cable incident highlights need for increased network resilience

Internet

WACS cable incident highlights need for increased network resilience

Bertrandt Delport 18 Sep 2023

Source: © Adeniji Aabdullah Podcasting can reinvigorate newsrooms, and it is doing just that in Africa

Online Media

Podcasting reinvigorating newsrooms in Africa

13 Sep 2023

Building the ideal tech stack for your digital transformation logistics environment

Logistics & Transport

Building the ideal tech stack for your digital transformation logistics environment

Liam Connors 13 Dec 2023

Media

Wan-Ifra and Reporters Without Borders form committee to develop AI Media Charter

28 Jul 2023

The panel was revealed in Taiwan. Source: Supplied.

Media

Wan-Ifra launches expert panel to guide the news industry

30 Jun 2023

Source: John Schnobrich This year’s Wan-Ifra’s Digital Media Awards Africa 2023 is lead by the South African press.

Digital

SA media takes 7 out of 8 at the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2023

13 Apr 2023

Source: © Pixabay The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Media

SA dominates Wan-Ifra 2023 Africa Digital Media Awards

6 Apr 2023

Media

Wan-Ifra appoints new heads to lead World Editors Forum

2 Mar 2023

Digital

Entries now open for the Digital Media Awards Africa 2023

10 Jan 2023

Film

All the films to look forward to in the new year!

Daniel Dercksen 3 Jan 2023

The 5 things that must be taken into account when connecting SA public sector agencies

Technology

The 5 things that must be taken into account when connecting SA public sector agencies

Sina Mvoko 20 Dec 2022

Media

Taipei will host Wan-Ifra's 2023 World News Media Congress

3 Nov 2022

Media

Daily Maverick wins 2 of 6 Wan-Ifra's 2022 Digital Media Awards Worldwide categories

30 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. From left is Regina Reyes, Faith Zaba and Diana Mokalled.

Publishing

Wan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

Image supplied: Mark Haze

Music

#MusicExchange: Mark Haze and the cool factor we all want

Martin Myers 27 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Publishing

World News Day to be commemorated across the world

26 Sep 2022