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"Old-Fashioned" Internet? Media World Changes Faster Than Ever

2011-04-14 When a speaker at a media conference refers to the traditional desktop-based internet as "the old-fashioned internet," you know that the media world is evolving faster than ever. Read more ...

Moroccan Journalist Presented Gebran Tueni Prize

2011-04-13 Aboubakr Jamaï, the co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper Le Journal Hebdomadaire and a pioneer of the independent press in Morocco, has been presented the 2010 Gebran Tueni Award in a ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Focuses on Meeting Needs of Digital Users

2011-04-11 For publishers and editors of digital news products, the issue is not so much accessibility – they are addressing all platforms including laptops, mobile phones, and tablets – but meeting users’ needs. A recent study found that many people find news websites and apps unsatisfying to use. Read more ...

Indian Publisher Elected President of WAN-IFRA

2011-04-08 Jacob Mathew, Executive Editor and Publisher of the Malayala Manorama Group of Publications in Kerala, India, has been elected President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Board Endorses Resolution for Press Freedom in Middle East and North Africa

2011-04-08 The World Association of Newspapers and Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) has called on governments across the Middle East and North Africa to seize a historic opportunity “to recognise and support the essential role a free and independent press must play in the democratisation process.” Read more ...

Ambassadors for print

2011-04-08 "It's nice to be in a room of believers, as I always seem to be the last man standing touting print,” says Phillip Crawley. Read more ...

Publish Asia 2011 Brings Best Practices to Bangkok Meeting

2011-04-07 With more than 35 speakers from more than 15 countries and hundreds of publishers, chief editors and other newspaper executives attending, the annual Publish Asia conference is packed with case studies and expert presentations on innovations and new concepts being pioneered by media houses around the world. Read more ...

'Women in News' Programme Enters Second Year

2011-04-07 The Women In News (WIN) initiative, a groundbreaking leadership programme for African women working in media, launched its second year this week, bringing together 32 women in middle and top management of newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, as well as a team of coaches and mentors from local markets and abroad. Read more ...

World Newspaper Week Brings Together Mega-Events: Congress, Forum, IFRA Expo

2011-04-06 The global summit meetings of the world's press have just gotten bigger: the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum will both be held for the first time with the annual IFRA Expo, creating a mammoth Newspaper Week event in Vienna, Austria, from 10 to 15 October next. Read more ...

Newspapers World-Wide to Commemorate World Press Freedom Day

2011-04-05 What do the Nobel Committee, Google, a Tunisian novelist and a Mexican journalist on the front lines of a drug war all have in common? They all have contributed to a package of editorials, essays and other materials being offered to newspapers world-wide to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. Read more ...