The Congress will also present the 2025 Golden Pen of Freedom, recognizing individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to press freedom. Past recipients include Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Jimmy Lai & Apple Daily (Hong Kong), Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi Arabia), and Maria Ressa (Philippines).
The 3-year, NOK70,000,000 (6 Million Euros) media support programme will work with up to 75 regional and local media throughout Ukraine, a group that collectively reaches 24.5 million people and covers nearly 80% of Ukraines total population.
GAMI Incubator #Finland, a programme initiated by WAN-IFRAs Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI), will enhance partnerships between media organisations and technology companies, driving positive change in the Finnish industry and supporting the future of professional journalism.
The print circulation and advertising revenues decline underscores a major shift in the industry, as publishers increasingly tap into digital and alternative revenue streams to stabilise their businesses in a rapidly changing media landscape.
Topic experts and fellow publishers from various parts of the world contribute to the programme, offering guidance to the teams. The official kick-off of the second European catalyst took place in Lisbon on 1415 of January 2025.
WAN-IFRA, working with a consortium of partners, announced that the gaming tool NewsArcade, a new authoring tool combining gaming insights with news values to rebuild Gen Z trust in news is set for global launch and offered to newsrooms for a free, six-month trial run.
WAN-IFRA announced the sixteen publishers participating in the first edition of the Newsroom AI Catalyst programme. The first catalyst kicks off in Europe and initiates a global programme of eight catalysts in four regions.
