Announcing the return of Tarbell Grants: $1,000-$15,000+ for original reporting on AI and its impacts. Journalism plays an essential role in communicating AI developments to the public—and holding AI companies and policymakers to account.

We’re not the ATM: Google says no to Competition Commission’s R500m proposal to fund SA news dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

In honour of #WorldPressFreedomDay, WAN-IFRA has put together a series of hard-hitting op-eds on this reality. From Hong Kong to Malawi to Mexico to Palestine to Ukraine. In the words of Sellina Nkowani: "Press freedom is not a luxury – it is a cornerstone of democracy."

Congratulations to independent Ukrainian media on winning WAN-IFRA's Golden Pen of Freedom award. “Ukrainian journalists can feel very alone in what they’re doing. But this award is a reminder that they’re making really valued journalism." Oksana Brovko wan-ifra.org/2025/05/the-in…

‘Information is no longer a broadcast – it is now a dialogue.’ Nikita Roy shows how the next wave of conversational, voice-first AI is already upon us – boosted by Gen Alpha and GenZ’s active participation, with deep implications for the future of news. wan-ifra.org/2025/05/voicin…

India: Statement by The Wire on the Government’s Blocking and Unblocking of its Website m.thewire.in/article/media/…

'Online violence against female journalists most often escalates after they publish investigative reports on socially significant topics such as war, corruption, and human rights.’ – Liza Kuzmenko, on escalating threats while war rages on. wan-ifra.org/2025/05/ukrain…

Media at risk as Hungary considering law to ban groups seen as threat to national sovereignty theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

New anti-NGO law pushes Peru’s democracy deeper into ‘invisible crisis’ opendemocracy.net/en/peru-anti-n…

Ceasefire or no, Ukraine’s journalists – most of them women – have had to adapt to the realities of an invasion on all fronts. A war correspondent shares lessons learned for journalists worldwide. wan-ifra.org/2025/05/war-li…

Bukele’s crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

Consortium led by RedBird Capital agrees to buy Telegraph for £500m theguardian.com/media/2025/may…

World’s press concerned by foreign funding bill that threatens press freedom in Hungary wan-ifra.org/2025/05/worlds…

Freelance journalists make up a large part of news industry’s workforce – yet few can survive without moonlighting, and all are threatened by AI.Worldcrunch co-founder Jeff Israely raises critical concerns and considerations for news publishers. wan-ifra.org/2025/05/freela…

Interested in platform governance, the whole cluster of questions around how digital platform companies who enable and influence so much of public and private life, are regulated, governed, and influenced? Check out a great collection of syllabi here platgov.net/resources

By building tools based on repeated patterns, The New York Times is strategically applying AI as a force multiplier for investigative journalism – while maintaining traditional journalistic standards of accuracy and verification, explains Zach Seward. wan-ifra.org/2025/05/divini…

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