World News Day is a global campaign to amplify the power and impact of fact-based journalism. It will take place on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
World News Day’s organizers, The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum (WEF), expect more than 500 news organizations to use World News Day as a platform to demonstrate the value of fact-based journalism.
The World News Day campaign will provide enhanced creative materials to help trusted global news organizations drive home the message that their Journalism Makes a Difference, and is worth promoting and defending.
Last year, 500 news organizations took part in World News Day. From the Financial Times and the Guardian, to the Fiji Sun and The Sacramento Bee, World News Day touched six continents, generated more than two hundred million impressions on social media, and inspired meaningful global conversations on the power and impact of journalism. However, the need for trustworthy information has rarely been greater.
To join the 2022 campaign and get recognized as a participating newsroom on the World News Day website, please email World News Day’s Global Project Manager, Alexander Jones, at ajones@worldnewsday.org.
As the world around us grows more complex and crisis ridden, audiences seek out credible voices to help them make sense of developments. This is how professional newsrooms make a difference. They interpret events and help people join the dots, adding perspective and context. World News Day is a timely reminder of why good journalism matters.
Warren Fernandez, President, World Editors Forum & Editor-in-Chief, The Straits Times.
Undoubtedly, journalism matters to every citizen of the world. Without facts, freedom and democracy can fail. Journalism at its best can — and does — make a difference in the lives of individuals, our communities, our countries, and the future of our planet. This year, on World News Day 2022, we celebrate the power of fact-based journalism to make a difference
Kathy English, Chair, The Canadian Journalism Foundation.
Fact-based journalism is making a difference
More than 500 news organizations from around the world mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Here, you will find a selection of their most impactful stories:
European Broadcasting Union: President Zelenskyy speaks to Eurovision News
In an exclusive interview for Eurovision News, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says any potential compromises to be agreed by Ukraine would need to be put to the people in a referendum.
The Times and Storyful: Video explainer on the weapons that shaped the war in Ukraine
By combining expert analysis with open-source verification, The Times and Storyful were able to provide clarity and certainty on videos of weapons systems deployed in Ukraine.
Storyful: Six Months into Russia’s War in Ukraine, Newsgathering is Reshaped
Six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Storyful journalist Joanne Stocker-Kelly examines how the war has played out on social media and what this means for newsgathering and verification.
Dawn: A hawker’s twilight years mirror newspapers’ slump
On this World News Day, Dawn tells the story of a visually-impaired man whose livelihood is tied to the print industry
Dawn: World News Day
In 1896, The New York Times introduced on its masthead the words which went on to become not only its own manifesto but also set the standard by which other newspapers would be judged.
Dawn: The whole truth
World News Day 2022 is an occasion to celebrate fact-based journalism and remind people why this calling is so critical to democracy and human rights, to all those values that make the world a more livable place.
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