World Press Freedom Day

Organizer: UNESCO Sudan Office in partnership with MiCT. Event: Media Capacity Building Workshop for Sudanese Journalists. Date: From 22 April 2026 To 27 April 2026. Description: On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day workshop, a 4-day training workshop designed to strengthen the skills and resilience of Sudanese journalists operating in conflict-affected environments . The program focuses on countering disinformation, enhancing physical and digital safety, and introducing sustainable media business models. It also builds capacity in gender-sensitive and trauma-informed reporting, visual storytelling in crisis contexts, profession and ethical interviewing of vulnerable sources, and fostering stronger professional networks among journalists and media organizations in Port Sudan. Type of meeting: Hybrid. Audience type: Closed meeting. Location: UNESCO Sudan office in Port Sudan. Contact: Heidi Mirza, h.m.mohamed@unesco.org

Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Organized by IFEX | BiblioGAM Moderator: Ms. Rachael Kay, IFEX, Canada. Workshop on ''Exploring the Power of Collaboration for a Sustainable Environment and Information Ecosystem.'

Workshop: Data-driven investigations in the Amazon Rainforest: journalism contributions for the governance in the region. Organized by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | BiblioGAM Panelists:  - Ms. Karla Mendes, Mongabay, Brazil and Mr. Bram Ebus, Independent journalist.

Workshop Organized by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting during the World Press Freedom Day 2024 in at the BiblioGAM in Santiago, Chile Topics introduced by Ms. Karla Mendes, Mongabay, Brazil Mr. Bram Ebus, Independent journalist

As part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2023 , an academic conference will take place at Columbia University in New York on 1 May 2023 as a hybrid event. The academic conference focuses on freedom of expression as a driver for other human rights, linking to UNESCO’s overall theme for World Press Freedom Day 2023. Academia has played an important role in World Press Freedom Day by hosting an academic conference that provides a forum to hear from scholars who research constraints on media freedom in all their complexity. As this is the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, the first part of this year’s academic conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate academia’s contributions to better understanding the challenges of journalism safety and media freedom , as well as looking ahead at how it can contribute to these pressing issues in a future where freedom of expression is being threatened around the world. This interactive workshop will provide an opp...