The Diplomat
The next World Journalism Congress, organised by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), will be held in Zaragoza from 28 to 30 September and is expected to be attended by some 1,500 media leaders from more than 80 countries.
During the meeting, which has been held since 1948, editors, journalists and educators will give their views on how journalism is being rethought and on new ways to grow and stay relevant.
Other issues of interest will also be debated, such as what are the priorities of journalism and news to increase audience, how to promote quality with limited resources, the editor of the future, how to prepare for future crises or what the arrival of new tools such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse will be like, among others.
In addition, this year’s conference coincides with World News Day, a global campaign on 28 September to highlight the importance of journalism in enabling people to make informed decisions, according to the Association of News Media (AMI).
The organisers of World News Day, the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum (WEF), expect more than 500 news organisations to endorse the value of fact-based journalism.
Last year, 500 news organisations participated in the development of this campaign, from the Financial Times and The Guardian to the Fiji Sun and The Sacramento Bee. As a result, the campaign generated more than 200 million impressions on social media.
