EU4 Independent Media Production Support Program 2023

2023-06-29. The EU4 Independent Media Investigative Content Production Support Program 2023 is now accepting applications. The EU-funded project EU4 Independent Media launched an investigative journalism support initiative to make it easier to produce engaging and meaningful investigations on hot-button issues.

Stand With Ukrainian Colleagues

2023-06-29. The Board of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress taking place in Taipei, Taiwan 28th-30th June 2023, calls for a renewal of international solidarity and an increase in support for colleagues in Ukraine.

VAT rate for news media, a critical element of post-pandemic recovery for independent media across Europe

2023-06-29. The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress taking place in Taipei, Taiwan from 28-30 June 2023, calls on governments of the European Union Member States to respect the spirit of the decision taken by the EU finance ministers in 2021 on the VAT rate for news media.

Global call on governments to prioritise the safety of journalists

2023-06-29. The Board of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress taking place in Taipei, Taiwan 28th-30th June 2023, calls on governments worldwide to prioritise the safety of journalists and facilitate the role of the independent media, particularly around critical periods such as elections, by strengthening the enabling environment in which the profession operates.

WAN-IFRA calls for the immediate release of Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi and all jailed journalists in Iran

2023-06-29. The Board of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress taking place in Taipei, Taiwan 28th- 30th June 2023, calls for the immediate release of Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, and all jailed journalists in Iran.

WAN-IFRA’s Board calls on the Guatemalan authorities to cease their harassment of El Periódico

2023-06-29. The Board of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting during the 74th World News Media Congress taking place in Taipei, Taiwan 28th-30th June 2023, notes with concern the deteriorating situation for press freedom in Guatemala. It is appalled by the six-year prison sentence recently handed down to veteran journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, and calls on the Guatemalan authorities to cease their harassment of him and the independent news organisation he leads, El Periódico.

Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo opening address at World News Media Congress 2023

2023-06-28. Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, WAN-IFRA President, addresses delegates attending the World News Media Congress 2023 in Taipei.

How Iranian journalists master expression within deadly oppression

2023-06-28. Despite a battered media landscape where journalists are jailed and executed with impunity, authorities cannot erase resistance.

Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been awarded WAN-IFRA’s 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom

2023-06-28. The two Iranian journalists were instrumental in publicising news about Mahsa Amini’s death while in police custody, as well as the nationwide protests that followed. Now, they’re being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison.

A World of Courage: How our Golden Pen laureates continue to inspire

2023-06-28. 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.