Frankfurt AI Forum

13–14 April 2026

The must-attend forum connecting the people driving the AI agenda

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Data Science Day 2026

28 - 29 April 2026 | Frankfurt, Germany

Growth Tactics and Organisational Readiness for data science in a fast-moving AI ecosystem

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77th World News Media Congress

01 - 03 June 2026 | Marseille, France

Rising Voices. Emerging Risks. Inspiring Futures.

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New report: World Press Trends Outlook 2025-2026

Taking the temperature of the industry

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Top Stories

Stronger Together: A strong start to 2026

The first quarter of 2026 has marked an important transition from foundation-building to deeper implementation across the Stronger Together programme.

When a global story happens in your local community: Steering The Minnesota Star Tribune through unprecedented times

The new year saw Minneapolis catapulted into international spotlight, with 3,000 ICE agents carrying out brutal raids and fatally shooting two people in the street. Steve Grove, CEO and Publisher of The Minnesota Star Tribune, shares how his newsroom navigated the fast-moving, potentially dangerous and often chaotic story of the winter of 2026.

The AI content market is taking shape: Four imperatives news publishers must tackle now

After years of “Wild West” scraping and opaque pricing, a structured and functional marketplace for AI content is beginning to take shape. Insights from a recent WAN-IFRA study tour to San Francisco reveal that by focusing on bot management, data structuring, and collective industry action, publishers can secure their value and influence within the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.

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Insights

News and insights to support innovation and business development.

World Press Trends Outlook 2025-2026

WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research report reveals an industry that is not in retreat, instead innovating and adapting – all in the face of daunting challenges, both to its journalism and its business.

Digital Media Awards Worldwide Report 2025

2025-12-22. This report features the winners of WAN-IFRA’s 2025 Digital Media Awards Worldwide competition. The finalists were selected from the prestigious regional awards that WAN-IFRA holds throughout the year. Ultimately it boils down to 12 winners, all judged by a global panel of news media executives and experts.

Where publishers are seeing AI’s real value – so far

2025-09-05. With all the investment in AI in the last few years, publishers are still struggling with measuring the technology’s true value – and its ROI. While much of the industry discourse has focused on understanding the technology itself, the harder question of measuring real impact and financial returns has remained largely unexplored. This report addresses that critical gap.

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Events

Essential networking events for publishers across the globe

Conferences

Network with other leaders and innovators in publishing

Connect

Connecting industry suppliers to our global community of publishers

Awards

Recognise the groundbreaking innovators in publishing

Study Tours

Visit the hubs of publishing and media development

Communities

Learn more about our expert member communities

Press Freedom

We protect the rights of journalists and publishers to operate a free media

World Editors Forum

Promoting quality journalism,newsroom transformation and a free press for over 25 years

Digital Revenue Network

Tap into our expertise on digital subscriptions, premium advertising and audience focused transformation

Newsroom AI Catalyst

Our accelerator programme for prototypes and a roadmap to scale up artificial intelligence in the newsroom

Research & Innovation

We provide our members with new ideas and applied research by bringing the outside in, looking beyond what is already known

World Printers Forum

The central point for the international news media print community

Public Affairs and Media Policy

We build a common understanding of the news media policy challenges around the world

Women in News

WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) aims to increase women’s leadership and voices in the news

Press Freedom

WAN-IFRA oversees initiatives to ensure that the press' essential role in society is understood and respected.

Keep journalism alive – support free, independent media worldwide

From a coup d’état in Myanmar to the crisis in Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, over the last 12 months our members have been incredibly generous in their offers of support to WAN-IFRA Media Freedom. Many ask us how best they can assist – one way is to donate to our dedicated fund to support media in crisis.

Press Freedom Advocacy Campaigns

WAN-IFRA  speaks out in defence of press freedom to reduce censorship and champion the editorial and economic independence of media. Our advocacy campaigns in support of colleagues from around the globe are endorsed and promoted by members, local Media Freedom Committees, professional colleagues and peers from the global human rights and freedom of expression community.

Women in News Digital ABC

The essential guide for media managers and journalists to confront the disrupted traditional outputs of the media industry and to build and operationalise strategies to manage a successful digital transition.

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