The World News Day will be commemorated across the six continents, among newsrooms of all sizes, on September, 28th.
The campaign will see global newsrooms carry print and digital adverts and use their social media channels, newsletters and other platforms to highlight the critical message that journalism matters and is worth supporting, promoting and defending.
According to a statement released on Monday, by World Association of News Publishers, World News Day is the focus of a 90-minute live-streamed in-person event from The World News Media Congress in Zaragoza, Spain, at 15:00 CET on September 28.
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The statement said Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute, will chair proceedings which will feature the following speakers, that include, David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief, The Straits Times, Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters, Kathy English, Chair, The Canadian Journalism Foundation.
It said others are Shirish Kulkarni, Journalist, Community Organiser, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Phoebe Connelly, Director of Next Generation Audiences and The Washington Post,
‘’The public can view the session on the verified World News Day YouTube channel, ‘’the statement said.
‘’The World News Day campaign is organised by The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum and it is sponsored by Google News Initiative.
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