Past Events

Past Event 2019

North America — Toronto 2019

WORLD NEWS DAY – WHY REAL NEWS MATTERS MORE THAN EVER

May 2, 2019 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 190 Princes’ Blvd. | Torontohttps://youtu.be/dtFs1lXlfS8

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Host – Brian Stelter
Chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide and anchor of Reliable Sources

Susanne Craig
The New York Times 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner

Robert Fife
The Globe and Mail

Connie Walker
CBC News

Lisa LaFlamme
CTV National News

Musical performances by:

Grammy award-winner Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams Website

And other musical talent, including Juno award-winner William Prince , and a number from the musical Newsies by Toronto’s Mainstage Theatre Company.

GLOBAL ACTION

Newsrooms around the world have put their support behind WND, and major media organizations in Canada have also agreed to participate.

See below for the ways your newsroom can take part.

Tweets by WND2019

Here are five ways news organizations can help support World News Day

Run a World News Day ad in your publication (we’ll provide the creative)

Share your stories of why
#NewsMatters on
#WorldNewsDay

Solicit an opinion piece from a source who has been impacted by journalism to run on World News Day—May 2, 2019

Devote an editorial to why #NewsMatters

Devote an editorial to why #NewsMatters