World Editors Forum and Temasek Foundation launch new Young Media Leaders Fellowship Programme to groom future media industry leaders

The World Editors Forum, WAN-IFRA’s global network for editors news organisations, and Temasek Foundation launch new Young Media Leaders Fellowship Programme to groom future media industry leaders. The new Young Media Leaders (YML) Fellowship Programme, an initiative of the World Editors Mehr

Asian news media enterprises embark on a five-month transformation programme.

Amid a Covid-19 pandemic that has crippled global economies and is threatening the future of the media industry, 10 news media companies from six Asian cities are embarking on WAN-IFRA’s inaugural Newsroom and Business Transformation 2020 programme. This first-of-its-kind programme Mehr

WAN-IFRA joins the Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination (INERC) to coordinate help during the pandemic.

The Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination (INERC) is an effort to help assist funders willing and able to provide significant financial support for independent news media. INERC’s ambition is to guide the emergency funding to those independent news media around the world Mehr

Proposed Media Bill is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Ukraine

WAN-IFRA has written to Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, to express concern over a new bill before parliament that would criminalise the dissemination of misinformation and potentially target legitimate news sources.  The bill was unveiled by Culture Minister Volodymyr Borodyanskyi Mehr