The winning projects of this year’s competition showcased outstanding innovation, ranging from tools that track inflation to new travel tours. These initiatives placed their audiences at the centre of their work, resulting in increased engagement and positive feedback from readers. These projects provide a winning strategy for any initiative. We are grateful to all the publishers who submitted their projects this year. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our expert jury members (see the complete list below) for volunteering their valuable time and expertise. The winners of each ca ..read more

Each of this year’s winning initiatives displays outstanding innovation, from AI-use cases that increase value for audiences and better efficiencies for staff, to community focused data projects that represent local journalism at its best. We are grateful to all the publishers who submitted projects this year, and once again extend our sincerest thanks to our expert jury members (see the complete list below). The winners of each category will now be automatically entered into our 2024 Digital Media World Awards, where they will compete with the top projects from other regions around the globe ..read more

This year, new categories were added to the contest that addresses the latest needs of audiences and the industry: Best Fact-Checking Project, Best Innovative Digital Product, Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Newsroom and Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy, without leaving behind the most beloved categories such as Best Digital Journalism Project, Best Newsletter and Best Podcast. WAN-IFRA appreciates the efforts of all participating media and hopes to have them in the next edition of the Digital Media Americas Awards. WINNERS Best News Website LN X, a new lanacion.com, LA NACION, Ar ..read more

WAN-IFRA’s annual Digital Media Awards celebrate publishers with exceptional creativity and innovation in digital media. With an emphasis on cutting-edge tools and formats, advanced technology, and driving innovation, these awards recognize outstanding projects from digital subscription approaches to impactful digital storytelling or native advertising initiatives. The awards provide an essential benchmark for the industry, both locally and globally. The 2024 Edition features new categories that showcase the various applications of artificial intelligence in media. This Year’s Open Categories ..read more

The 16th International Color Quality Club contest for newspapers and magazines (ICQC) primarily aims to enhance the overall quality of reproduction and printing. This is achieved by acknowledging publishers consistently maintaining a high standard in their printed products. Additionally, the contest aims to foster healthy competition among participants, inspire and motivate the workforce, and promote awareness and understanding of technical standards such as ISO 12647-3 and ISO 2846-2. By doing so, the ICQC strives to contribute towards continuous improvement in the field of color quality with ..read more

The Quint bagged the coveted ‘Best News Website’ award, while HT Labs, The Hindu, Prothom Alo and BBC News emerged as the other top prizewinners. This prestigious award recognises outstanding digital media projects delivered by news publishers from across the region, covering 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023. An eminent panel of international judges evaluated the entries. The 2023 edition featured news publishers competing in 12 Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards categories. Trophies will be presented to the winners at the upcoming Digital Media India 2024 conference, scheduled for March 13-14 ..read more

Do you want to include your publication title into the club of BEST NEWSPAPER PRINTERS in the world? Are you a newspaper or magazine publisher continuously looking to thrive and improve print reproduction? Do you want to increase your competitiveness and motivate your personnel in the organisation? Then, the International Colour Quality Club (ICQC) contest,organised by World Printers Forum (WPF), is the right pick to showcase and demonstrate, how a well produced high quality newspaper of ISO 12647-3 quality standard stands out of the crowd. The 16th International Colour Qu ..read more

The participants from around 25 countries met in the “Literaturhaus Frankfurt” (“House of Literature Frankfurt”) under the guiding theme of the WPS 2023: “Business Partnerships in a Sustainable World”. Some media participants at the WPS 2023. About 25 speakers and moderators discussed with the audience topics as: Future of the printed newspaper Financial sustainability of the printed newspaper Rising energy costs Newsprint prices and volumes Mineral oil free inks Carbon neutrality The following 2 speakers thematised the Carbon neutrality: While many news publishers and printing p ..read more

The awards acknowledge excellence and groundbreaking digital innovation across a range of categories that recognise the changing way people receive and engage with news. The nine categories are best news site, best subscription and trust initiatives, best use of video, best podcast, best data visualisation, best e-paper concept, best audience engagement and best newsletter. The awards are the news media industry’s only truly global digital media competition. To qualify, finalists had to first win their category at the regional Digital Media Awards, held this past year in Africa, Asia, Europe ..read more

Since 1961, WAN-IFRA has presented the Golden Pen of Freedom – an award that recognises outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, group or institution in the cause of press freedom.  The inaugural award went to Turkish journalist, author and professor Ahmet Emin Yalman, who faced banning, exile, attempted murder and imprisonment. Born in 1888, Yalman was the founding editor of the influential Turkish nationalist newspaper Vatan. He was also co-founder of the Liberal International in 1947 and the International Press Institute in 1950. He was released after a military coup i ..read more