The 2015 Golden Pen of Freedom has been awarded to Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty. The Golden Pen of Freedom is an annual award, made by WAN-IFRA since 1961, to recognize the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. The award is given during the Opening Ceremony.

American newspapers were the first to face the digital transformation and there are many lessons to be learned from their experience of managing it. This panel will share the experiences of top CEOs from leading media houses of what went well and what went wrong. What opportunities do they see now?

WAN-IFRA collects data from more than 70 countries thanks to the very positive support of national newspaper and media associations and its data partners: Zenith Optimedia, IPSOS, ComScore and RAM. The 2015 World Press Trends report is a unique snapshot of the global newspaper industry.

A short video highlighting news events since our last World News Media Congress in Torino, which will underpin insights from Agence France-Presse's Global Editor-in-Chief Phil Chetwynd on some of the difficult decisions that lie behind global news coverage. 

Publishers and editors have a common responsibility to face the challenges posed by tech companies and cooperate in order to compete with engineered news and algorithms.

Learn how to use audience data to target the right editorial - and branded - content to increase engagement and digital revenue. The session will include a customer case study presentation by Eric Bright, Vice President of Ecommerce, at Deseret Digital Media (DDM), who will share DDM’s vision of using data to drive engagement and improve their business.

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Big and mid-sized companies face the same need to supplement their core activity with additional growth drivers. This session looks at different strategies for growth and will show how to be active without the spending power of a big tech company or an investment fund.

Media companies are aware that they need to adapt their organization, but it often takes an outsider to accelerate the tempo. Transform and position a media company for success in the digital age. 

For further information, please contact:

Ralf Ressmann
Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

WAN-IFRA
Rotfeder-Ring 11
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Office +49 69 24 00 63-0
Direct +49 69 24 00 63-251
E-Mail ralf.ressmann@wan-ifra.org

We welcome you with cocktails and soft drinks in Columbia Hall.

Intellectual property is a global priority for publishers. Likewise, net neutrality has sparked heated debates in the U.S. and throughout the world, and the right to be forgotten promises to become an issue across the Atlantic.

In 2015 publishers, internet giants and private citizens often find themselves engaging more and more passionately in debates around media policy, with alliances changing dramatically depending on the topic.

WAN-IFRA brings this debate to the 2015 World Newspaper Congress where legal experts, international institutions and practitioners will contribute to help clarify where we stand, and where we are headed.

For more information about the World Media Policy Forum and to register, please click here.