Krakow to host WAN-IFRA’s 76th World News Media Congress in 2025.

This year's World News Media Congress theme, "Mastering Media's New Playbook", is a call to action for three days of high-level exchange, workshops, and learning. The targeted conferences will equip Media Leaders, Editors, and Digital Media specialists with the latest strategies and case studies to navigate 2025 and beyond, making this Congress a must-attend event.

"The Congress will showcase inspiring examples of organisations that have successfully integrated new technologies and are innovating by using data, AI tools and collaborative action to better support their operations and strengthen their journalism," says WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyrègne. "It will also focus on the new tactics needed to underpin trusted journalism in a world where truth is increasingly losing its currency."

Building on the success of WAN-IFRA's Congress in Copenhagen earlier this year, which attracted over 1,100 delegates from 78 countries, we are confident that the 76th World News Media Congress in Krakow will be an equally enriching experience.

Bartosz Hojka, CEO of the Agora Group and a member of the Supervisory Board of WAN-IFRA, commented, "It is an honour for us to co-organize the 2025 Congress. I am delighted that we will be inviting media leaders, journalists, and editors from all over the world to Poland. It is a unique opportunity for them to be in a country which, on the one hand, borders Ukraine, battling for the security of the whole continent, and on the other hand, last year stood up to a populist government, also thanks to dynamically operating independent media. I am convinced that our experience will be extremely interesting for the global news industry."

Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA, emphasized, "Each year, we meticulously plan the Congress's programme and location to ensure it is purposeful and meaningful. In 2025, we are proud to partner with Agora for the 76th World News Media Congress in Krakow. The city's rich history and Poland's pivotal role in the upcoming EU presidency make this Congress a significant event. We have a duty to draw international attention to the situation in this part of the world, and I am eager to work with the Agora Group to deliver a memorable experience for our delegates in Krakow."

Contact and Inquiries

For further inquiries, please contact Sumithra Hönig, Director, Global Events at WAN-IFRA, [email protected].

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WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, is the global organisation of the world's press, comprising 3,000 news publishers and technology companies and 60 national publishers' associations representing 18,000 publications in 120 countries. With a mission to protect the rights of journalists and publishers around the world to operate independent media, WAN-IFRA provides its members with expertise and services to innovate and prosper in a digital world and perform their crucial role in society. The World Editors Forum is its network for editors.

Agora S.A. was founded in 1989; it has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 1999. Its most important ventures are: Helios S.A. - operator of the largest cinema network in the country in terms of number of venues and owner of the film production and distribution company NEXT FILM; radio activity operating as Grupa Eurozet covering 9 stations from the TOP20 most listened to stations in Poland, created thanks to the joint forces of Agora Radio Group and Eurozet, of which Agora is the majority shareholder; AMS - leader of the Polish OOH market, as well as respected news media - "Gazeta Wyborcza", the most popular opinion-forming newspaper in Poland and leader of the digital transformation of the Polish press, Gazeta.pl, which is among the top Polish portals, and the supra-regional Radio TOK FM, the most popular station in the news & talk format in Poland. Agora's websites are among the leading ones in their categories in terms of popularity, such as Sport.pl, Moto.pl and Plotek.pl, available online and through mobile applications. The company publishes and distributes books, music and film releases, and is also active in the food catering market.

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