World News Day 2024
Choose Truth is a campaign designed to gather global media around the issues we can agree on. It is part of the 2024 World News Day which is held on 28 September and is supported by 800 partners globally and is a blueprint of collaborations to come.
There’s only one choice ahead of us: We, the news media, will continue to fulfil our sacred duty. The news we report will remain based in fact. We will defend Truth.
By Branko Brkic and Maria Ressa
You deserve the truth, not AI’s interpretation of it
To understand the world around us we need reliable and rigorous reporting, with artificial intelligence as a tool that amplifies such journalism rather than exploits and distorts it.
United front needed to push back against internet shutdowns and communication blockades
There is an alarming global trend of governments shutting down the internet in times of political crisis, with 294 such shutdowns in 54 countries in 2024 – including 15 in Africa.
Facts under attack in the US — global lessons from a press in peril
Democracy cannot exist without a free press – and a free press cannot exist without democracy.
Local news, the base layer of democracy, must be regenerated
Local news is the foundation of a healthy democracy, yet it has been weakened by political hostility, collapsing business models and the rise of social media.
Watch – Branko Brkic on why journalism is the light we cannot lose
Ahead of World News Day 2025, Daily Maverick co-founder and Project Kontinuum’s Leader Branko Brkic speaks to Rebecca Davis about the crisis facing global media, from Africa’s “media deserts” to growing distrust in journalism. In this candid conversation, he asks: if not the media, then what? And despite the challenges, he insists there is hope, grounded in the decency of ordinary people and the resilience of journalists worldwide.
#JournalismMatters: First, Choose Truth
The theme of this year’s World News Day, “Choose Truth”, is the first global campaign from Project Kontinuum, which was established by Daily Maverick founder and editor-in-chief Branko Brkic, to reaffirm journalism’s critical role throughout the world. This message could not be more critical or more timely.
Public support for local journalism is crucial for our future as a democracy
Deep in the south of Egypt a young woman once told me: “Being a journalist at a local newspaper has given me the opportunity to discover and assert who I am; what my community is, and what it needs – not be told who we are, and are supposed to be.”
World News Day: Some of 2024 most impactful news images
In commemoration of World News Day 2024, this photo essay highlights some of the most compelling and impactful news images from the past year.
2024 World News Day: Choose Truth
It’s time to break the death spiral.
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