2021-05-17. Dr. Wolfgang Kummer, a pioneer of desktop publishing in the 1980s, passed away on 10 May 2021, his 94th birthday. He was Managing Director of Linotype Germany and later the CEO of the worldwide Linotype Group for almost 30 years.
In 2009, WAN and IFRA merged to create WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. What are the roots of the newly formed global association? WAN-IFRA (then FIEJ) was founded in 1948. At the end of the Second World War, the newspaper industries of the belligerent nations lay, in some cases, in ruins, […]
El Fondo Internacional para Medios de Interés Público anunció el lanzamiento de una nueva convocatoria abierta global para propuestas de financiación. “La audiencia primero: invertir en estrategias para servir mejor al público”, la convocatoria abierta proporcionará a las organizaciones de medios de países de ingresos bajos y medianos el financiamiento necesario para ejecutar planes para […]
2024-06-14. Will Lewis, CEO of the Washington Post, told staff recently he is to create a third newsroom, because: “Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff.” News avoidance is a global newsroom challenge. So what can be done about it?
2024-06-05. Relevo, a Spanish sports news site targeting Gen Z and Millennials, developed the “slick” metric (swipes + clicks) to measure engagement, using AI to create tools for analysing headline lengths, which boosted engagement significantly.
2024-05-27. The winners of WAN-IFRA’s prestigious annual Digital Media Awards Worldwide, recognising outstanding achievements in digital media by the news industry, were announced in Copenhagen on the 27th May during a ceremony at the 75th World News Media Congress.
2024-05-27. The 2024 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial, currently in exile in Costa Rica.
“La Pluma de Oro de la Libertad es un premio a la prensa nicaragüense en el exilio y a todos los periodistas encarcelados, perseguidos, y amenazados.”
204-05-27. “We gather once again to celebrate outstanding achievement, an unwavering commitment to journalism: to award the Golden Pen – a symbol of struggle and the necessary courage to fight on in the name of press freedom.”
Para Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios, la independencia como periodista está por encima de todo. Ha llevado a tener una carrera extraordinaria en los medios de comunicación, pero también a un exilio doloroso para él y su familia.
2024-05-27. For Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios, independence as a journalist is above everything. It has led to an extraordinary career in the news media, but also to a painful exile for him and his family.
2024-05-27. “Journalism done from exile remains the last reserve of all our freedoms.” Carlos Fernando Chamorro received the Golden Pen of Freedom during the 75th WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress – read his acceptance speech.