Highlights for the quarter on a comparable 13-week basis(1) include the following:
Press freedom is Europe is facing a widespread and growing threat by “soft” censorship that includes governments’ use of financial power to pressure news media, punish critical reporting and reward favourable coverage. While Europe’s press is not generally threatened by the jailing of journalists or the closure of media outlets, “soft” censorship is a more subtle but significant new danger, according to new reports released Tuesday by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Newspaper Color Quality Club implements technology to help newspapers maintain competitive edge.
40 journalists have reportedly been assaulted in the latest wave of anti-government protests to sweep the capital, Kiev. WAN-IFRA and ENPA have written to President Viktor Yanukovych to urge thorough investigations into the brutal assault on journalist Tatiana Chornovol on 25 December.
Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger who is serving an 18-year jail sentence under anti-terror legislation, has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
The World Newspaper Congress in June and the World Publishing Expo in October lead a stellar array of international, regional and local conferences and events in 2014 organised for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the global organisation for news media in a transformative age.
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) have called for an immediate and thorough investigation into an armed attack on the home of Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández.
