World News Day takes place on 28 September 2026, with a campaign week running from 25 September to 2 October. It is an annual campaign that asks news organisations across the world to show their audiences how their journalism is made: how stories are reported, how facts are checked before publication, and what that work is for.

Factual, first-hand, trustworthy newsgathering of original news content requires journalist access to places, events and information, alongside editorial training and good judgement. That was the central message of Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni in delivering the Andrew Olle Media Lecture in Sydney.

Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni set out what original reporting is, what it costs and what it needs in order to happen. Her account tracks closely with the principles that the Primary Source Journalism Framework describes.