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Annual Report 2023
Our work is guided by the conviction that media freedom is firmly rooted in sustainable, economically independent news businesses.
Cover: WAN-IFRA's Golden Pen of Freedom 2023 laureates, NNiloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who have been in jail in Iran for the past 17 months following the death of Mahsa Amini, were released on bail on 14 January 2024, pending an appeal of their sentences. Photo credit dpa Picture-Alliance.
message from the president
highlights 2023
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THE YEAR AHEAD
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
FERNANDO DE YARZA
PRESIDENT WAN-IFRA
PRESIDENT HENNEO MEDIA
Message from
the President
In over 120 nations, WAN-IFRA takes up the mantle of empowering, mobilizing, and engaging media to confront the industry's challenges. Our roots and purpose drive us to cultivate sustainable and independent media in emerging and transitional markets, wielding our expertise, networks, and knowledge to champion the fundamental rights and freedoms that underscore a free and independent press.
We collaborate with media entities in 26 transitional markets across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eurasia. Unfortunately, these regions are grappling with significant challenges that demand urgent attention. Our involvement takes the form of advanced training schemes, capacity-building initiatives, and financial grants, thanks to the generous support of our global members and funding from public and private sources. Our mission permeates every facet of our organization and remains at the core of our pursuits.
For over seven decades, we have held that media freedom is rooted in sustainable, economically independent news businesses. This conviction guides our programs, partnerships, and strategies.
I express my heartfelt gratitude to our international donors, members, and partners for making our programsmes possible worldwide. With WAN-IFRA by your side, we hope you can seize the coming year and grasp the direction of the global industry and how news publishers tackle issues that arise at an ever-accelerating pace. In these times, collective intelligence and action are the most potent tools at our disposal.
The fate of half of humanity is at stake in 2024
VINCENT PEYRÈGNE
CEO WAN-IFRA
In 2024, half of humanity will be called upon to vote for its new rulers. This is unprecedented. In such a decisive year, it is more important than ever to unite and strengthen the role of a free, trustworthy news media through international collaboration to enhance the economic and technological sovereignty and financial sustainability of the press, the ultimate safeguard of its entrepreneurial autonomy and freedom of expression.
For news media, the challenges that lie ahead, whether technological, economic or societal, are all intertwined. In 2024, this interaction will be further accentuated by the rise of large-scale algorithmic models, which adds to the cratering social media referral traffic, the stalled programmatic ad yields, the rise of misinformation campaigns, the pitfalls of news avoidance and declining trust in news, and most dreadfully, increasing threats and crimes against journalists.
The tension between news publishers' business viability and freedom of expression is the essence of what drives WAN-IFRA. The real sense of our mission in our work comes from seeing how the services we deliver to members are connected to a more significant set of outcomes. This is the foundation of our value to members, as this can only be achieved with the profession's collective resolute stance.
I want to thank our members and partners for their support and what we achieved together in 2023, a milestone year for WAN-IFRA. Celebrating our seventy-fifth anniversary stands out as a key highlight, as does growing the number of global publishers we partner with. In 2023, we've driven international collaboration and growth through increased business and media development programmes. Last year, registration for our events and training programmes reached 11,500 news media professionals, including 950 delegates attending the World News Media Congress in Taipei. Eighty new members joined WAN-IFRA. We launched a panel of fourteen expert professionals to guide the news media industry's most pressing priorities. We brought brilliant new capabilities to the market, including WIZONE, our new online media-tech marketplace, delivering even more for members. Read about some of our other publisher services team highlights below and what's on our radar in 2024.
Our mission is to protect the rights of journalists and publishers worldwide to operate independent media.
We provide our members with expertise and services to innovate and prosper in a digital world and perform their crucial role in society.
Eight decades
in the service of innovation in the news
1948
The Founding Year
Publishers representing 12 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, US, France, UK, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland) join forces to revive the defunct FIADEJ. They founded FIEJ at its inaugural Congress in Paris in June 1948. Johan van de Kieft is elected the first FIEJ President. Claude Bellanger is appointed Secretary-General.
1961
INCA is behind IFRA
IFRA (then INCA) was established in 1961 by Dr Walter M. Matuschke (Axel Springer) and 17 other international publishers to uphold newspaper print technology at its high level and promote commercial developments through the mutual exchange of experience and joint research projects.
Today
We are 75 years young
In 2023, WAN-IFRA is the leading global trade organisation representing thousands of news publishers and media tech companies, and the umbrella body for dozens of national publishers association. The continued commitment of its members demonstrates that WAN-IFRA remains more essential than ever to the global publishing community.
Our Members
WAN-IFRA is the global umbrella organisation of the news publishing branch with 3.000 member companies and national associations representing 18.000 publications in 120 countries.
We reach news media professionals
across the globe
In 2023, WAN-IFRA enjoyed wide-ranging participation of 11,400 news media professionals participants in nearly 300 professional meetings on five continents.
Who We Serve
We are membership focused. Five intertwined business communities guide us and shape our priorities.
WAN-IFRA is a
Community
Centric
Organisation
Highlights 2023
2023
Expanding our horizon
In 2023, WAN-IFRA has driven international collaboration and growth through increased business and media development programmes. Registration for our events and training programmes reached 11,500 news media professionals, including 950 delegates attending the World News Media Congress in Taipei. 80 new members joined WAN-IFRA. We launched a panel of fourteen expert professionals to guide the news media industry's most pressing priorities. We brought brilliant new capabilities to the market, including WiZone, our new online media-tech marketplace, delivering even more for members
Highlights 2023
key figures
timeline 2023
notable projects
business best practices
press freedom
Highlights 2023
Key Figures
2023
37%
Media Development organic growth
In 2023, Media development recorded the most vigorous growth of all our areas of activity, representing 37% of our activity in 2023*.
*Financial Forecast 05.12.2023
11.500
professionals
Attending nearly 300 events, workshops and training sessions through our business, editorial, and media development programmes.
Increase in membership
With 82 new corporate and individual members, WAN-IFRA is expanding internationally and will maintain a positive membership churn rate in 2023.
Highlights 2023
Key Figures
2023
10% more content
In 2023, we published more than 270 articles on our blogs, a 10%. YoY growth. Thirteen thematic reports have been downloaded by 18,000 users, + 20% vs. 2022.
38%
open rate
WAN-IFRA’s array of newsletters attracts about 32,000 subscribers and enjoys an average open rate of 38%.
130,000 users on our blogs
258,000 users log on to the wan-ifra.org website, including 130,000 on our news blogs, for a total of 207,000 views.
Highlights 2023
Membership
Development
2023
Since 2019, despite the sector’s tough economic times, particularly those of the industry's major traditional suppliers, and the cyclical ups and downs linked to the health crisis, WAN-IFRA has recorded steady growth in members.
Its churn rate has been positive for the last three years, giving us reason to be optimistic about the future growth of our community.
Highlights 2023
Welcome to our New Members 2023
2023
NMA Venture Capital GmbH, Germany.
Jeremy Clifford, United Kingdom.
Daily Rozan, Pakistan.
ADAC e.V., Germany.
Europa Press Medios, S.A., Spain.
The Norwegian Media Authority, Norway.
Trans Euro Media, France.
Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, Germany.
C21 Media Ltd, United Kingdom.
Wendy & Co, Côte d'Ivoire.
A Data Pro Ltd., Bulgaria.
Cofina Media, S.A., Portugal.
Anadolu Ajansı T.A.Ş, Turkey.
NLA Media Access Limited, United Kingdom.
AJU News Corporation, Korea (Republic).
The Asia Business Daily, Korea (Republic).
Dong-A Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
Hankook Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
The Daegu Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
Hankyoreh Media Company, Korea.
Media Today, Korea (Republic).
Chosun Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
Dummy, Germany.
The Kukmin Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
Maekyung Media Group, Korea (Republic).
The Segye Times, Korea (Republic).
Jeonbuk Ilbo, Korea (Republic).
Miso.ai, USA.
CoinsPaid Media, Estonia.
Hearst Corporation, USA.
Garoo Creation Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Miso.ai, USA.
Garoo Creation Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Cable Newspaper Limited, Nigeria.
Internews Network, USA.
Quintype Technologies India Ltd, India.
Auteur Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Kilkaya AS, Norway.
Taboola México, Mexico.
Adsmovil, Mexico.
Groupe Jeune Afrique, France.
Condé Nast, Mexico.
Harns Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India.
El Economista Grupo Editorial, Mexico.
Oraki, Israel.
Pressedruck Potsdam Gmbh, Germany.
The Daily Ledger.xyz, Germany.
Phathiswa Tshangana-Magopeni, South Africa.
Thomson Reuters Ltd, United Kingdom.
Labrador CMS, Norway.
iConcept Pty Ltd, Australia.
The Daily Prothom Alo, Bangladesh.
Allied Newspapers Ltd, Malta.
Eje Central, Mexico.
CMI Media, France.
Neuwo Oy, Finland.
AMIC, Spain.
Commonwealth Magazine Co Ltd, Taiwan.
Living Media India Limited, India.
Grupa Interia.pl, Poland.
Oxygene Marketing communication, Kenya.
Simple Networking Solutions, Uzbekistan.
The Voice of America, USA.
O Phileleftheros Ltd, Cyprus.
Federico Joly y Cía, S.L., Spain.
wallner.media, Germany.
El Nacional, Spain.
Editorial La Pagina s.a., Argentina.
Will Media, Italy.
Maxauer Papierfabrik GmbH, Germany.
GMA Network Inc., Philippines.
Groupe La Dépêche du Midi SA, France.
DDigital News Publishers Association, India.
La Provence SA, France.
Daraj.com, Lebanon.
Domena.com d.o.o., Croatia.
Gremi Media S.A., Poland.
ACT News, Israel.
L'Equipe SNC, France.
Punch Nigeria Limited, Nigeria.
Media Institute of the Caribbean Ltd., Jamaica.
The Japan Times, Japan.
Highlights 2023
Timeline 2023
In 2023, WAN-IFRA helped its members outperform benchmarks in rugged market conditions in all major markets.
This non-exhaustive selection illustrates the range and diversity of services offered to WAN-IFRA members around the world.
QUARTER I, 2023
- New Report: Reader Revenue Review 2022.
- Table Stakes Europe 4 Kick-off with 24 European news organisations.
- WAN-IFRA joins an international consortium to submit a bid (TEMS) in response to the EU tender Data Space for Media.
- Media Development: 5-year funding agreement with IREX.
- Well attended Media Labs Day #6 in Hamburg.
- Web3 Media Pilot white paper published by Cogency.
- New Report: Building and engaging specific audiences – Report on the latest round of Table Stakes Europe.
- New Guide: Journalism in the Age of Pandemics 2.0.
- WAN-IFRA at the Saudi Media Forum, Riyadh.
- APAC: online Roche masterclass on women health, Temasek Foundation webinars for science in newsroom programs.
- Closing session of Women in News LatAm.
- WAN-IFRA Media Freedom Roadmap 2023-2026.
- Africa launch of Digital ABC in-house with five partners and 100 participants.
- UNESCO conference Internet For Trust, on the production of guidelines aimed at regulating digital platforms globally.
- New Report: WAN-IFRA Technology Guide.
- Digital Media India 2023 in Delhi.
- The WAN-IFRA Presidency meets DistriPress Executive Board in Paris - start of our discussions on a merger project.
- Martha Ramos, the editorial director of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM), Mexico, is elected President of the World Editors Forum, with David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail, Canada, serving as Deputy President.
- Zimbabwe safety activities: safety training, newsroom visits; WIN Alumni day, professional practice and mental well-being day.
- Launch of Digital ABC Ukraine in partnership with AIRPPU as part of EU4IM (EU for Independent Media)
- Advanced Leadership Accelerator in Sub-Saharan Africa.
QUARTER II, 2023
- New Report: World Press Trends Outlook 2022-2023.
- 3-year funding commitment from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allowing Women in News to continue our good work in Myanmar, Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda along the themes of safety, GEDI and financial health.
- Digital Media Awards Europe and Africa. Fifty-seven projects applied in Europe and 42 in Africa.
- Best in Print Awards 2023 started.
- Monthly newsletter for South Asia launched.
- Zimbabwe Journalist Safety Training.
- 28-30 June: World News Media Congress, Taipei. 950 delegates and 85 speakers from 58 countries.
- Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were awarded WAN-IFRA’s 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom.
Highlights 2023
Timeline 2023
QUARTER III, 2023
- New Reports: Generative AI in Newsrooms, Data Champions in the Newsroom.
- Consulting: International “Strategic Mapping” project for Ouest-France presented on July 6.
- Indian Media Leaders eSummit 2023 on 18-20 July with 280 delegates.
- Soft launch of WiZone, WAN-IFRA’s new online marketplace, in August. 250 products on-boarded
- The successful “AI in Video” workshop was conducted over five weeks in June and July.
- In-house training on Infographics for The Times of India and The Hindu.
- Consulting: Newsroom Transformation Project for The Hindu.
- Best in Print Asia Awards 2023 evaluation and results announced to winners.
- Special report on MOF inks, authored by Nigel Wells.
- Amalie Kesler, Managing Editor-in-Chief, Politiken, was appointed to the World Editors Forum Board.
- International campaign for the release of Jose Ruben Zamora in Guatemala.
- Voice & Accent Training for The Hindu. SEO training in APAC.
- Advanced Digital Security sessions organised for SaferMedia partner media - IT infrastructure and digital asset safeguarding.
QUARTER IV, 2023
- Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence.
- The LatAm Reader Revenue Lab kicked off on September 11.
- Indian Printers Summit 2023 on 14-15 September in Kochi, followed by an Advertising Study Tour. 304 delegates, and NPS of 72.
- 14 September: Official launch of WiZone online marketplace.
- The Digital Media Africa online conference was held on 14/15 of September with over 400 registered delegates.
- Fifteen Latin American publishers start the Reader Revenue Lab programme on September 14.
- 18-19 September: workshop with Russian exile Media (START) in Hamburg.
- Company training on AI, Voice and accent, and Data journalism, organised for India Today, The Hindu, and The Times of India.
- In-house training for Mediacorp on interactive infographic in Singapore.
- Women in News Latam 2023 launched on September 27.
- Media support mentoring exchange programme resumes with Norwegian editors.
- Latam Media Leaders Summit 2023 in Bogotá, Colombia, October 9 -10.
- 189 delegates and 21 suppliers participated in the World Printers Summit held in Frankfurt on October 11-13.
- Circular Economy: Mineral Oil free inks joint report by WAN-IFRA and Citeo.
- 18 October: ClimateXchange global journalism initiative launched to empower, inspire and engage.
- With over 150 participants, the Newsroom Summit hosted by VG in Oslo and the Study Tour exceeded expectations.
- Digital Media Asia (Oct 19-20) attracted 272 participants from about 90 organisations and 25 countries.
- The final Table Stakes Europe 2023 session was held in Warsaw. Table Stakes Europe 2024 will feature 18 teams.
- SaferMedia event in Kenya (20-30 November) with 44 participants on an eight-day training.
Busines Insights Highlights 2023
Peer-to-peer best practices knowledge sharing.
Highlights 2023
WiZone digital marketplace
In 2023, WAN-IFRA launched WiZone, a groundbreaking online marketplace poised to lift connections between suppliers, service providers and news publishers on a global scale. The official launch occurred at the Indian Printers Summit 2023 in Kochi, marking a transformative leap forward for the industry.
WiZone boasts an extensive portfolio of over 250 featured products and solutions, with an array of additional suppliers expected to join the marketplace shortly
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Expert Panel
Innovation and Strategic Workshops ・Benchmarking ・CEO/ Editor Advisory ・Research and Best Practice ・Study Tours ・ Custom Advisory Packages ・ Strategic Advisory
The WAN-IFRA Expert Panel is a network of proven experts providing independent guidance on a broad spectrum of strategic digital business and organisational topics.
The Panel offers valuable, impartial, and practical guidance for news media businesses looking to increase their digital audiences and revenues as well as master all transformation processes in the industry. WAN-IFRA has carefully selected the team to ensure high-quality standards.
HOW WE HELP
WAN-IFRA assists its members with various services, including quick assessment calls, on-site strategic workshops, and study tours for your managers and teams. We can even help with full-scale transformation projects that involve benchmarking and implementation. Our experts serve as independent board members and strategic advisors to CEOs and as coaches for senior management teams.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Table Stakes Europe Empowers your Change Management Capabilities
In 2023, the fourth edition of Table Stakes Europe featured 24 teams. They join a community of more than 55 alumni publishers that have taken part in the previous editions of the performance-driven change initiative in Europe.
Table Stakes Europe, a programme by WAN-IFRA and Google, was be led once again by Table Stakes architect Doug Smith, alongside a team of expert coaches including Valérie Arnould, Alexandra Borchardt, Pepe Cerezo, Martin Fröhlich, Lyndsey Jones and Stéphane Mayoux. Topic experts and fellow publishers from around the globe will also join throughout the programme to help guide the teams through their challenges. Each publisher participating has appointed multidisciplinary teams to embark on a 12-month journey, undertaking a specific and crucial change management initiative designed to address a significant, self-identified challenge facing their business in their digital transformation journey. These initiatives range from diversifying revenue streams to embracing new digital platforms and expanding and better engaging the audiences they serve.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Business Headlines and Insights
Expert Panel
The newly launched Expert Panel offers valuable, impartial, and practical guidance for news media businesses looking to increase their digital audiences and revenues as well as master all transformation processes in the industry. WAN-IFRA has carefully selected the team to ensure high-quality standards.
Business Headlines & Newsletters
WAN-IFRA provides a lucid, authoritative filter to the overwhelming flood of information about media. We focus on the quick delivery of insights via digital channels with our Blogs, social networks, and segmented newsletters. WAN-IFRA arrays of newsletters attract about 32,000 subscribers and enjoy a steady average open rate of more than 40% .
Monthly Reports & Practical Guides
In 2023, WAN-IFRA published a dozen reports, case studies, trend reports and practical guides. In addition to its monthly reports, WAN-IFRA helps you in your daily market watch by curating the essential coverage about applied Artificial Intelligence use cases and trends in the news media in one place. with 18,000 downloads in 2023, WAN-IFRA reports are meeting with growing interest from our members (+3,000 vs. 2022)
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Insights
reports 2023
nine cases of best practice in innovation
How JP Politikens leverages its distribution business
Global Climate Journalism Insights: Southeast Asia report
Circular Economy: Changing to Mineral Oil Free Inks
Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence
Data champions in the newsroom
Knowing Audiences Better
Innovation in News Media World Report 2023-24
Gauging Generative AI’s Impact in Newsrooms
WAN-IFRA Technology Directory 2023
World Press Trends Outlook 2022-2023
Journalism in the Age of Pandemics 2.0
Report on the latest round of Table Stakes Europe
Reader Revenue Review of 2022
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Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Data Science in the Newsroom
Monthly meet-ups and annual Data Science Day
Members are invited to monthly meetups to explore operational challenges around practical business cases. Members are invited to an annual in-person meeting, the Data Science Day. The Day is a unique peer-to-peer platform to have immersive conversations that count, learn from successes and failures, share new tools, link and connect ideas and people.
The International Community of Practice for Data Experts in the news
The Data Science Expert Group is an international network of professionals with expertise or professional interest in audience analytics in digital news. The group members are data analysts, scientists, engineers, and chief data officers. The group has over 350 active individual members from 30 countries in Europe, Latin and North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Our goal is to arm practitioners with insights, feedback, and tools built around the priorities of our newsrooms to grow audiences, deepen user engagement, and optimise reader revenues. We share case studies, ideas, resources and connections that help spread good practices.
Data Science Online Forum
We’ve set up a unique online forum to build a community that endures beyond our regular meetings and ignites collaborations and discussions between members. Besides our regular meetups, Slack is our primary communication channel with group members. To get the most out of your participation in the group, it is essential that you actively and openly participate in our Slack forum, whether it is to ask questions, respond to requests or share resources.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
WAN-IFRA celebrates best-in-class talents in the news.
DIGITAL MEDIA
AWARDS
WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards is the news media industry’s truly global digital media competition. With this award, we recognise news publishers who have delivered unique and original digital media projects. The winners of our regional digital media awards in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia and Middle East will determine the 2024 World winners. Independent juries evaluate regional awards. The winners from each region compete against each other for the World Awards, where a different set of juries will evaluate the projects. The most outstanding projects are awarded as winners of the Digital Media Awards Worldwide. The winners will be announced at the World News Media Congress 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
WOMEN IN NEWS LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Exceptional Editors from Botswana, Jordan and the Philippines receive the 2023 WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award. Emang Mutapati, editor-in-chief of The Voice in Botswana, has been named 2023 Laureate for Africa; Lina Ejeilat, co-founder and editor-in-chief of 7iber in Jordan, has been named 2023 Laureate for the Arab Region; and Glenda Gloria, the executive editor and co-founder of Rappler in The Philippines, has been named 2023 Laureate for Southeast Asia.The 9th annual WIN Editorial Leadership Awards recognise the exemplary contribution of an editor to her newsroom, and under her leadership, her media organisation’s contribution to society. The 2023 Laureates were honoured on WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress opening day in Taipei, Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (2016-2024),
addressing the World News Media Congress in Taipei, Taiwan. June 2023.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
World News Media Congress, Taipei 2023
The World News Media Congress 2023 took place in Taipei on June 28-30, bringing together 950+ industry leaders, journalists, and media professionals worldwide. Maria Ressa, CEO of trailblazing Philippines digital news site Rappler, who was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her fearless work on safeguarding freedom of expression, set the tone with a bracing opening address entitled “The Battle for Facts” which set out the threat of misinformation fuelled by the growth of AI. The conference also saw the WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, who have been jailed in Iran.
EVENT “best-sellers” 2023
World News Media Congress, Taipei (06.23)
Media Leaders Summit Middle East 2023 (05.23)
Digital Media Africa (09.23)
Indian Printers Summit (09.23)
Digital Media Asia (10.23)
Digital Media Latam (02.23)
Digital Media Europe (04.23)
950 participants
450 participants
320 participants
278 participants
268 participants
236 participants
233 participants
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
180+ delegates take part in the World Printers Summit in Frankfurt.
More than 180 print experts – printers, publishers, suppliers and further print specialists – from all parts of the world came together to meet and discuss at WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Summit 2023 in Frankfurt am Main from 11 to 13 October 2023.
The participants from around 25 countries met in the “Literaturhaus Frankfurt” under the guiding theme of the WPS 2023: “Business Partnerships in a Sustainable World”. During the event, WAN-IFRA presented in an awarding ceremony the winners of the Print Innovation Awards 2023. Between sessions, participants met with suppliers and discussed the latest developments and interesting innovations. Twenty supplier companies presented their products and systems.
WAN-IFRA and CITEO, with the participation of AGRAPA and UBA, released a new report on the reduction of mineral oils of web offset inks in the circular economy. The report was presented at the World Printers Summit.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Focus Latin America
WAN-IFRA operates through its two international headquarters in Paris and Frankfurt. Its global mission is made possible by the many programmes carried out by its regional teams based in India, Singapore and Latin America, the last of WAN-IFRA's regional branches.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Focus Latin America
EVENTS
Digital Media LATAM
May 16-17 - Mérida-México
In this edition of DML, we focused on leveraging technology to optimise processes, capabilities, and products to build resilient news organisations.
From CEO winning strategies to product thinking and product development, premium advertising and publisher alliances, Generative AI and how to harness its power, Innovative audio strategies and formats to engage GenZs and Retail Media.
LATAM Media Leaders Summit
Bogotá, Colombia, on Oct 9-10
The fourth edition of the LATAM Media Leaders Summit returned to face-to-face. 2023 marked a turning point as the business world witnessed unprecedented changes. Media leaders had to understand these forces and harness them to drive innovation and growth in their businesses. More than ever, these challenging times demanded agility, foresight and the audacity to disrupt before being disrupted. That is why the program of the fourth edition of the LatAm Media Leaders Summit 2023 (Bogota, October 9-10) was carefully designed to respond to some of the major issues that concern today's media leaders: innovation, business transformation, leveraging technology and alternative revenue models as levers for growth and guarantors of sustainability.
WOMEN IN NEWS LATAM 2022/2023
Latin American media professionals from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico with executive roles in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru participated in a transformational program for women leaders with the support of Google News Initiative. The programme is based on the experience and knowledge acquired in the worldwide WAN-IFRA Women in News Program. During four months, they were accompanied and trained by experts. They created a roadmap to discover and develop their leadership skills, generate new opportunities, and make personal decisions that will enable them to evolve professionally. The second edition of Women in News LatAm was launched in September 2023 with 30 participants and features an intensive four-month programme that combines training and personal career and leadership guidance for media professionals. Read More.
Highlights 2023 Business Insights
Focus Latin America
AWARDS
Digital Media Americas Awards 2023
Mérida, Mexico 16 May Total entries: 153 from 81 media companies and 12 countries, evaluated by 12 jurors (36 finalists). 19 winners competed in the Global Awards. 4 winners from the Americas. Clarín was awarded ‘Best Digital Subscription Initiative’ in this year’s edition.
LATAM DIGITAL BOOTCAMP
The Audience Growth Bootcamp created by WAN-IFRA, with the support of Google News Initiative, generated a learning space for ten media outlets in the region. During this programme, personalized training and mentoring sessions were conducted, and mentoring was aimed at accompanying media in Latin America and the Caribbean. The programme provides ten news publishers in Latin America during 2022 and the first months of 2023 with training, consultation and support in implementing suggestions to optimize and improve their user acquisition and loyalty strategies.
READER REVENUE LAB
Launched in September 2023, The Latin America Reader Revenue
Lab is a collaborative initiative to introduce digital subscription best practices and methodologies operated by publishers worldwide to fifteen Latin American news organizations. During four months, WAN-IFRA, with the support of the Google News Initiative and the international consulting firm Blue Engine Collaborative, developed a personalized training and advisory program for media outlets to implement concrete improvements in their strategy for reader revenue.
Press Freedom Highlights 2023
Promoting a Free Press Worldwide.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
World Press Trends data shows media freedom is challenged worldwide
Threats against media are increasing, with methods designed to silence and intimidate the press targeting individual journalists, pressuring editorial independence, and undermining the business operations of news organisations worldwide.
WAN-IFRA’s annual World Press Trends Outlook report features data collected on specific incidents of media freedom violations. We see a broad split, echoed in our data, between developed and developing markets and between online and offline attacks.
At least 66 journalists were killed in 2022, at least 40 of them for reasons directly linked to their work, while estimates suggest a record number – 363 – are currently in jail (a 20% increase over 2021).
Physical intimidation remains an effective means to silence the press, particularly in countries where public institutions are weak or under threat and the rule of law is challenged.
Globally, the rate of physical attacks and murders has risen this year compared to 2021 figures, with the conflict in Ukraine contributing additional casualties – due, in part, to the heightened risks and dangers of war reporting, but also the deliberate targeting of journalists by invading Russian forces. Early PPE shortages, a lack of safety training, and the relative inexperience of many journalists covering the conflict highlight the need for continued investment in this area, and for media organisations to better prepare staff for dangerous assignments.
Impunity around attacks and killings also continues to fuel the rising numbers, with lacklustre investigations and low prosecution rates for those who commit crimes against journalists in hotspot areas ultimately providing scant deterrence. Globally, approximately 80% of attacks against journalists, including murders, remain unsolved. Systemic failings within national justice systems coupled with general financial and resource mobilisation issues across many fragile states and emerging democracies contribute to a weak legal environment.
PRESS FREEDOM HIGHLIGHTS 2023
Golden Pen of Freedom
Since naming its very first recipient 62 years ago, the Golden Pen of Freedom has been turning the spotlight on repressive governments and the journalists and news publishers who fight them the world over. The 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi while in jail in Iran.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
Our global approach to media safety
With press freedom challenged around the world, WAN-IFRA Members can be proud of the contribution their Association makes to improving media safety and advocating on behalf of journalists and newsrooms worldwide. Through direct engagements with local media partners and solid alliances internationally, we aim to raise standards and embed a culture of safety in every newsroom.
Creating a culture of safety.
With press freedom challenged worldwide, WAN-IFRA Members can be proud of their Association's contribution to improving media safety and advocating on behalf of journalists and newsrooms worldwide. Through direct engagements with local media partners and solid international alliances, we aim to raise standards and embed a safety culture in every newsroom.
We invite media to open themselves up to a comprehensive deep dive across all strands of the safety conversation. Led by expert security and advisory teams with deep local knowledge as well as global security experience, internal resources and skills are first identified before we move on to shaping a more responsive and meaningful engagement that tackles the threats media are facing.
We engage senior newsroom and corporate staff in these conversations, in our training, and through our online seminars and e-learning platforms, recognising that buy-in from decision-makers is critical to instilling new operating procedures and setting the tone for a change in working habits.
We work with several recognised partners with a huge range of expertise, but we are particularly grateful to actively engage in the ACOS (A Culture of Safety) Alliance. ACOS is a unique umbrella organisation that brings together journalists, editors, news organisations, safety experts, trainers, NGOs, funders, innovators, and more to contribute to making that culture a reality in newsrooms across the globe.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
“we, the media”, solidarity with the Ukraininan press.
Generosity in recent years in support of a free press, wherever threatened, is unprecedented; this industry's solidarity remains deeply humbling. WAN-IFRA’s support to Ukrainian colleagues via our ‘We, the Media’ appeal has seen €300,000 of direct assistance reach local and regional media to ensure a free press continues functioning. As this war grinds on, we need to maintain support.
In 2023, WAN-IFRA again appealed to its members’ generosity and sense of solidarity. We invite WAN-IFRA members to consider two initiatives led by AIRPPU that support colleagues in the regional press across Ukraine.
➽ Anti-corruption reporting project: donation will support the media in reporting on and exposing corruption at the regional and local levels. The belief is simple: Local press should be the watchdogs of the actions of local authorities for the benefit of local people.
➽ Small grants initiative for regional media for socially impactful content production: The media selected by AIRPPU, our local member association, to receive support for their content production, committed to producing at least four social interest stories per month.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
EU4 Independent Media Production Support Program 2023
The project EU4IndependentMedia aims to foster resilience and financial sustainability of the independent media sector in Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Surviving independent media in the Eastern Partnership struggle with unfair competition practices, starving outlets of revenue, with political interference and a general lack of management skills. To contribute to democratisation and empower citizens in the Eastern Partnership, the project aims to raise the abundance of quality journalism in the independent media sector from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. EU4IM encourages fact-based, gender-inclusive and reliable public interest journalism, exerting its watchdog role. It contributes to boosting the resilience of the media by strengthening its financial sustainability. Our approach is to see if independent media journalists can produce high-quality, engaging content. They will be more competitive in the media market, leading to bigger consumption of reliable information and, by extension, greater societal resilience and government accountability. The programme’s activities include online and face-to-face training, on-the-job and individual mentoring to improve editorial content or enhance management and marketing skills, develop new revenue streams, an increased understanding of audiences, and support necessary technological investments. Furthermore, content production, emergency support, and peer-to-peer networking are also offered, together with access to research studies and reports on media development activities relevant to the region’s stakeholders.
In 2023, The EU-funded project launched an investigative journalism support initiative to make producing engaging and meaningful investigations on hot-button issues easier. Among its other programmes this year, EU4 Independent Media project has launched a series of online courses for journalists and media managers.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
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WAN-IFRA’s renewed partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Highlights 2023 Press Freedom
Strengthening Media Freedom and the Role of Media in Society across
Sub-Saharan Africa.
2021-2023
The three-year ‘Strengthening Media Freedom and the Role of Media in Society Across Sub-Saharan Africa 2021-2023’ programme concluded in December 2023. Results far exceed this initiative's stated aims and desired impacts, as initially outlined in our partnership with Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have worked with over 2000 media professionals from 400 media companies during the 2021-2023 grant period, offering approximately 900 hours of training and professional development opportunities.
This grant has been critical to completing WAN-IFRA’s portfolio of support to media operating in particularly challenging environments, further complicated by the lasting effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Results demonstrate that, via this intervention, participating media managers and journalists are more resilient to internal and external challenges and have updated skills, while media organisations are better able to withstand pressures and fulfil their public interest role.
Overall, we are confident that our partner-led approach of providing complimentary and unique editorial capacity building, safety skills development, and empowered local advocacy initiatives allows WAN-IFRA to support African media partners in a holistic and highy relevant way.
As we bring to a close the current iteration of the Strengthening African Media programme, we look forward to the opportunity to build on our work in partnership with the Ministry and its global objectives, to continue supporting independent African media, encourage greater press freedom, and the consolidation of healthy democracies across the continent.
Highlights 2023 AI and Journalism
Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence
A first of their kind, these pioneering Global Principles provide guidance for the development, deployment, and regulation of AI systems and applications to ensure business opportunities and innovation can thrive within an ethical and accountable framework. The Global Principles for AI aim to provide publishers’ continued ability to create and disseminate quality content while facilitating innovation and the responsible development of trustworthy AI systems.
Addressing critical dimensions relating to intellectual property, transparency, accountability, quality and integrity, fairness, safety, design, and sustainable development, the Global Principles on AI mark an unprecedented collaboration that safeguards the interests of content creators, publishers, and consumers alike.
Paris Charter for AI and Journalism
The “Paris Charter” is a ten-point framework to guide the use of AI in journalism and media by media outlets and media professionals across the globe. After participating and contributing to the working group convened by RSF to draw up an ethical charter to guide the use of AI in Journalism, WAN-IFRA has elected not to endorse the final version of the Charter READ WHY.
Meet our Board Members
Incoming
Board Members 2023
Members of the Supervisory Board
WAN-IFRA Corporate Governance
Incoming Board Members
Supervisory Board
Leadership: WAN-IFRA takes its governance transformation one step further.
Eleven new members, including eight female executives, were elected to serve on WAN-IFRA’s Supervisory Board of Directors at its General Assembly of Members on 29 June 2023. During the same meeting, Fernando de Yarza (Henneo Media) was re-elected President of WAN-IFRA. Meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress in Taipei, the Board of the World Association of News Publishers issued five press freedom resolutions highlighting issues of significant concern for the news media global community.
WAN-IFRA offices around the World
Registered offices and local presence.
Paris
WAN-IFRA HQ
Frankfurt
WAN-IFRA HQ
London
World Editors
Forum
Toronto
Media Development
Women in News
Chennai
WAN-IFRA
South Asia
Madrid
Iberoamérica
Beirut
Women in News
Bogotá
WAN-IFRA Iberoamérica
Chaing Mai
Women in News
Nairobi
Women in News
Harare
Women in News
Cape Town
Membership
Singapore
WAN-IFRA
Asia Paciific
New Hires 2023
Welcome to the team
Istighfarrany Sugiyarto
Project Manager Global Sales, Frankfurt
Germany
Marc Wolfart
IT Manager,
Frankfurt
Germany
Krishnamurthy Pushparaj
Product Marketing Lead
e-marketplace, Chennai
India
Mechthild Schimpf Director Middle East, WAN-IFRA
Celebrating 34 years with WAN-IFRA
In 2024, Mechthild Schimpf leaves WAN-IFRA after thirty-four fulfilling years. She started at Ifra in 1989 as "Head of EDP", overseeing two new editorial systems, global marketing, a new corporate identity, the conversion of the Darmstadt building, and the development of Newsplex Europe. Mechthild was also the first woman in IFRA's management. As Director Marketing and Membership, she then got to know the international network and gradually familiarised herself with the Middle East, where she became Director in charge during her last years with WAN-IFRA.
"I was fascinated and impressed by the region from the very first minute, and that has remained the case till today", said Mechthild in her farewell note to the team in late December 2023. With the guidance of a new Middle East regional Committee chaired by the much regretted Saleh Alhumaidan, a very active member of our Board at the time. With an increasing number of regional sponsors, dynamic marketing and the committee's support, the initially relatively Middle East insignificant conference developed into the annual event of the newspaper people in the Middle East.
After many years working alongside WAN-IFRA members in the Middle East, her reputation in the region is well established. It earned her a lot of respect in the Middle East, shown by many voices on the occasion of my retirement. "Interacting with and talking to each other - not just on paper, but on the ground with people and officials" is critical, she stated in her last address. "Change doesn't happen overnight - it's a long road worth travelling". Mechthild Schimpf's endeavour in the region is emblematic of WAN-IFRA's deep roots of dialogue and intercultural exchange. Our journey is possible only through partnerships and open dialogue. She played an exemplary and challenging role in embodying this purpose.
WAN-IFRA wishes her all the best for 2024 and the many great years to come.
On our Radar in 2024
2024
Embracing the transformative power of AI in journalism, balancing innovation and Integrity.
The integration of AI in journalism is currently reshaping how news is generated, disseminated, and consumed. This transformative moment presents a unique opportunity to embrace the power of AI, which can enhance news production efficiency and expand the breadth and depth of news coverage. The result? Engaging storytelling that resonates with an ever-evolving audience. Yet, navigating this evolving landscape requires a delicate balance between technological innovation and journalistic integrity. Emphasizing accuracy, transparency, and ethical considerations ensures that AI complements, rather than compromises, the fundamental principles of journalism. This reinforces the trustworthiness of news sources in an era dominated by automation.
On our Radar in 2024
2024
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Local News
safety of journalists
CULTURE CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Media Sustainability InitiativeS
research & innovation
events calendar 2024
world news media congress 2024
New Programmes 2024
The Year Ahead
2024
Innovate Local
Innovate Local is a global resource centre for knowledge sharing and networking around the future of sustainable local journalism. “Innovation” does NOT mean doing new things. It means successful, sustainable and new - where old can be done in new ways - journalism and business. “Local” implies news and information within meters and km in a region rather than within a nation – things that people care about because they are close and affect their daily lives. Innovate Local is about sustainable survival and viable growth. INNOVATE LOCAL’s mission is to drive positive change in local news publishing by enabling the international exchange of knowledge and best practices.
AI in the News
Globally, news media faces an uncertain future, compounded by general mistrust, big tech challenges, and misinformation and disinformation at scale. The good news is that across the world, editors, publishers and newsroom leaders are mostly up to the challenge. To help its members meet these challenges, WAN-IFRA has joined forces with Fathm to form a partnership to produce a series of webinars and resources on AI aimed at the global journalism community,
New Programmes 2024
Editor Safety Hub
At a moment of unprecedented threat to press freedom and journalist safety, the ACOS Alliance and WAN-IFRA are developing an online safety training course for editors and news managers to learn the fundamentals of safe commissioning.
The course will create an environment in which safety professionals and newsroom leaders feel empowered to adopt practical safety measures and work towards embedding a culture of safety inside their organisations. It will be available in English and aimed at a global audience, running self-paced for three hours. The resource will include video tutorials and interactive elements such as quizzes and case study exercises. Downloadable tip sheets and links to relevant resources will enhance the learning experience. While this course is aimed at all newsroom editors worldwide, both ACOS alliance and WAN-IFRA would also like this course to resonate with under-resourced editors, particularly.
2024
Journalists take shelter during clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police near Altamira Square in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 14, 2017. © Juan Barreto/Getty
KEY OBJECTIVES + OUTCOMES
Provide basic and practical safety measures that can effectively improve journalists' safety on assignments.
Empower editors and news managers to adhere to safety best practices and advocate for these in their newsrooms.
Raise awareness of the importance of pre-emptive safety measures.
New Programmes 2024
Fifth edition of Table Stakes Europe features 18 teams.
2024
Eighteen publishers will participate in the fifth edition of the Table Stakes Europe programme. These publishers are now part of a community of more than 80 organisations, from 20 countries, including over 400 individual participants who have taken part in the previous editions and are ambassadors of this transformational methodology.
In this edition, each participating publisher has assembled a multidisciplinary team for a 10-month programme. These teams will undertake specific change management initiatives aimed at addressing significant, self-identified challenges in their digital transformation journey.
One key focus in 2024 will be on diversifying revenue streams under the topic of Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). Another field of activity will be the use of AI across the company, especially in the newsroom.
ClimateXchange (cXc), a global initiative aimed at increasing the impact, reach and sustainability of climate journalism
ClimateXchange is a global journalism initiative that seeks to revolutionize how climate information is disseminated to the public. The platform, launched in October 2023, is partnering with WAN-IFRA. Syli, a non-profit community interest company, spearheads the initiative. It focuses on three complementary activities:
- contentXchange: A reporting and distribution hub where engaging, high-impact journalism on climate and the just transition can be created or shared for reuse and republication by global news media.
- regionalXchange: A network of regional hubs where climate reporting is commissioned and cross-border and cross-regional collaborations are seeded.
- knowledgeXchange: The place where ecosystem change begins, and sustainability solutions for climate crisis newsrooms are developed and refined.
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2024
New Programmes 2024
2024
Creating the Global Media Sustainability Initiative
SDG
MEDIA
COMPACT
Member states of the United Nations will need to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the target date of 2030. Moreover, increased obstacles and cascading crises of the COVID pandemic, continued extreme weather events relating to unabated climate change, wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the subsequent global impacts of all of these on the global economy, energy, transportation, labour, food, and fertilizer supplies are further impeding the already ambitious goals.
The setbacks caused by the recent crises have compounded the urgency of strengthening a robust multi-stakeholder approach that promotes global solidarity, stronger international cooperation, and partnerships to support national, regional and global efforts for ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth.
The news, media and entertainment industries play a critical role with governments, the multilateral system, and private-sector industries in maintaining stability and pursuing sustainability.
The Global Media Sustainability Initiative, as an extension and an activity of the UN SDG Media Compact, is a demonstration of news, media and entertainment executives to commit their companies, reach, resources, and creative talent to advancing awareness, dialogue and participation in addressing the significant challenges of social and sustainable development goals. Additionally, it is a platform for exchanging ideas and best practices of sustainability in the industry’s standard operations and procedures.
Business must partner for change
In 2024, WAN-IFRA will partner with AIB, the Association for International Broadcasting, to establish the Global Media Sustainability Initiative. Its mission is to leverage the reach and storytelling ability of the world’s print, online, broadcasting, and social media to help engage citizens on sustainability and, in so doing, to accelerate achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to secure the future of the planet.
New Programmes 2024
Research & Innovation
Active EU-funded programmes 2024
CHASE, Combatting online HAte Speech by engaging online mEdia
The overall objective of CHASE is to establish and put into practice in Cyprus, Italy, Greece and France, a comprehensive mechanism for online media to effectively detect and respond to cases of online gender-based hate speech. The main activities of CHASE include: 1) Research on the existing legal framework about online hate speech, the existing detection and response mechanisms for cases of online gender-based hate speech, the identification of all different patterns of online gender-based hate speech; 2) Development of an ICT tool detecting online gender-based hate speech; 3) Design of a comprehensive mechanism for countering online gender-based hate speech and capacity building of online media staff & professionals; 4) Drafting, signature and promotion of Code of Conduct for online media platforms on combating online gender-based violence.
NewsArcade - Seriously, play the news!
NewsArcade is the market's only gamified news story format based on real, evolving news. It is a way for media companies to innovate and explore new ways of delivering news. By creating a scalable format supported by development tools and distribution architecture instead of a simple product, we enable each media provider to adapt the solution to their market and its various targets, sustaining their activity. NewsArcade creates the necessary tools and a new format for gamified news that can tell a comprehensive 360-degree news story. The project aims to improve citizen’s skills in news literacy, build critical thinking skills.
2024
DO-JO Integrated Collaborative Donation Solution for Journalism
Do-Jo main objective is to create a new revenue stream for European public-interest news media and independent journalists through an innovative mechanism to trigger reader donations on a per-article basis, based on collaboration between actors to share revenue, via easy-to-use technological and marketing tools.
New Programmes 2024
Research & Innovation
Active EU-funded programmes in 2024
2024
TEMS
TEMS will set up and deploy a secure and trusted data space to enable Audiovisual and Media organizations to cooperate by sharing and accessing data in a mutually advantageous manner and in full compliance with the data protection legislation.
By providing the means for enhanced data-based collaboration, TEMS will open new data-driven business opportunities for the media sector to innovate, transform and address existing and new challenges of the digital economy and regain competitiveness in the face of online platforms like the ones commercialized by the five FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google).
TEM’s Data Space (DS) will combine a technical infrastructure with governance mechanisms to ensure easy and secure cross-border access to critical datasets in the media sector, facilitating at the same time content co-generation, co-creation and co-distribution as well as transmedia/cross-media narratives. Data interoperability will be a crucial characteristic of the infrastructure to be built in TEMS. The data space deploys trust mechanisms (such as security and privacy by design) and develops data services matching European values, including ethics, equality and diversity.
EVENTS CALENDAR 2024
2024
in-person
Data Science Day
Digital Media India
Digital Media LatAm
Digital Media Asia
Media Labs Day
World News Media Congress
World Digital Media Summit
Indian Printers Summit
Data Science Day
LatAm Media Leaders Summit
World Printers Summit
Newsroom Summit
Asian Media Leaders Summit,
Paris Tech-Forum
21-22 Feb, Prague.
13-14 March, New Delhi.
11-12. April, Panama City.
24-25 April, Kuala Lumpur.
25-26 April, Vienna.
27-29 May, Copenhagen.
28-29 May, Copenhagen.
4-5 Sept, Hyderabad,
September, Amsterdam.
17-18 September, Bogotá.
8-9 October, Vienna.
21-22 October.
6-7 November.
18-19 November
Study Tours
Scandinavian Media Transformation Study Tour (20-25 May, Oslo, Stockholm & Copenhagen)
AI Innovation Study Tour
(29-31 May, Copenhagen).
See events.wan-ifra.org for further updates.
EVENTS CALENDAR 2024
Virtual Workshops and Training
2024
World Printers Forum monthly webinar: Changing to mineral oil-free ink.
Navigating Key Storytelling for the Year Ahead
YouTube Videos & Channel Monetisation
Indian Media Leaders e-summit
Digital Media Africa
Data Science Expert Group Monthly meet-ups
18 January.
29 January - 1st February.
05-09 February (India).
3-5 July.
16-17 September.
for further updates.
World News Media Congress
Copenhagen, 27-29 May 2024
The World News Media Congress is the most important annual gathering of news media leaders and has been so since 1948. 900 to 1200 C-level decision-makers from over 70 countries attend the annual World News Media Congress. Merging our top revenue conference, Digital Media Europe – with the annual Congress – WAN-IFRA is bringing you three world summits, two study tours and extra workshops for more inspiration, more international experts, and more case studies; something for all invested in a better future for news media.
The Congress is a global showcase for press freedom with the presentation of the Golden Pen of Freedom Award. The Congress promotes DEI in the news media through its “Women in News” dialogue sessions.
The World Media Leaders Summit is for CEOs, publishers, owners and strategists to discuss business models, strategy and future of news media. It brings Ideas, models and solutions for all those invested in building sustainable news organisations.
The World Editors Summit provides a platform for editorial leaders and practitioners to discuss the evolving media landscape, the need for trusted news, and how newsrooms can adapt and operate. It offers perspectives and debates to challenge and inspire.
The World Digital Summit focuses on digital revenue and products. The stream covers revenue diversification, transformation, subscriptions, engagement and advertising issues. It will highlight trends and innovation.
New track
for
WNMC24
Workshops at Congress are practical and incisive facilitated sessions for members of our various communities to show, share, educate and inspire. The workshops at Congress will dive deep into hot topics and critical issues.
Two Nordic study tours, scheduled for May 20-25 on transformation and May 29-31 on AI, offer opportunities to visit leading newsrooms in the region and get behind-the-scene access and learn from leaders driving subscriptions, newsrooms, social media, audience development, data and analytics.
“i was very impressed by thE scale and turnout of wan-ifra’s digital media conferences. lots of inquisitive minds and thought-provoking questions”
The Washington Post
Financial
Report
Financial Report 2023
Financials 2023
Total Revenue 2023
K€ 9.702
Revenue breakdown by activity
In 2023, Media Development's activities in solidarity support to the profession grew significantly thanks to renewed support from SIDA, the Swedish International Development Agency, and EU-funded programmes.
38%
23%
19%
18%
2%
Financials 2023
Revenue Development
Revenue breakdown by activity
2020-2023
Financials 2023
Where our resources come from
Breakdown by activity
With more than 65% of the contribution to gross margin, membership and events are the two WAN-IFRA’s main pillars. Training activities and media development support ensure a diversified model that safeguards the association's long-term financial viability. The interplay of these diverse resources enables WAN-IFRA to carry out its mandate in the service of its members.
Thank you!
We would like to thank WAN-IFRA's partners, sponsors and donors who have enabled us to deliver a world-class experience to over 11,000 media professionals throughout 2023.
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ACT News
Adsmovil
Agence France Presse (AFP)
Amply
Anygraaf
Arc XP
Associated Press (AP)
Athens Technology Center (ATC)
Auteur
Baldwin
Caracol
Chartbeat
Conscent.ai
Danish Ministy of Foreign Affairs
DCOS
Domena
Dosunos
ECO3
EFE
Eidosmedia
EL TIEMPO
European Union
Ferag
Four C Plus
Froomle
FT Strategies
Fujifilm
Future
GCI Health
Geozo/SPP Solutions
Gjirafatech
Harns Technologies
Huber Group
IB Mauser
iConcept/NDS
IREX
Kilkaya AS
Kodak
Koenig & Bauer
Krause
Labrador CMS
Layout International
manroland Goss
Manugraph
Marfeel
McKinsey
Medios Masivos SA de CV
Meta
MGID
Mikz Alliance
MWM
N+
Naviga
Naviga Global
Nela
Neuwo
Newstech
Norkon
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
NYT Licensing
OEM
Palm
PEIQ
Perlen Papier
Piano
Poddar
Pongrass
PPI
ppi Media
Project Syndicate
Protecmedia
Publish
QIPC
Quintype
Red Bull
Reuters
Ringier Axel Springer
Roche
S2i
Schuite & Schuite Druckfarben GmbH
Seedtag
SIDA, the Swedish International Development Agency
Sol90
Stibo DX
Syli
Syndication Bureau
Taboola
Tansa Systems
Teads
Techniweb
Tecnavia
Textalk Media
Twipe Mobile
Web 3 Foundation
Wochit
WSJ
Xalok
Youtube
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