With journalism under increasing pressure from political interference, economic strain, and digital disruption, The World Association of News Publishers WAN-IFRA has scheduled World News Day 2025 for 28th September.

The event will bring newsrooms around the world together to shine a light on the value of truthful, fact-based reporting and why it still matters deeply in people’s everyday lives.

The World Editors Forum of WAN-IFRA, Project Kontinuum, founded by Branko Brkic of Daily Maverick, and the Canadian Journalism Foundation lead World News Day, which unites hundreds of newsrooms each year in a shared mission: to show how journalism makes a difference especially in the lives of those who rely on it most.

A post on the WAN-IFRA website states that in 2024, over 800 newsrooms from across the globe participated in the campaign. In 2025, participating outlets will again receive free campaign materials, including social videos, digital and print ads, and op-eds, to help them spotlight their journalism and its public value.

Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA, said: “With the public relying ever heavily on generative AI for information, the line between fact and fabrication is getting harder to distinguish, but trusted journalism can still define the difference. There needs to be greater awareness that professional newsrooms are verifying, contextualising and taking responsibility for the integrity of the information they publish.”

Branko Brkic, founder of Project Kontinuum, said: “Journalism is under pressure from disinformation, declining revenues, and attacks on press freedom but it remains a vital force for truth and accountability, which is creating this year’s campaign.

“In a world flooded with falsehoods, professional newsrooms are among the last lines of defence for information integrity. World News Day is a chance for journalists everywhere to stand together and say: this work matters.”