Fifteen distinguished editors and publishers from around the world offer their views on the compelling questions that are central to the news business: What is the place of the newspaper in society? What sets it apart, and above, its rivals? Is it succumbing too easily to the temptation to become more populist? How does it increase its readership and broaden its influence?
"As newspapers grapple with the poor economy and a range of new and old competitive and technological challenges, are we paying enough attention to the quality of our content, without which we are, after all, nothing?" asks Timothy Balding, Director General of WAN, in the introduction of the report.
The report is the first result of a long-term project to examine the role of the newspaper in modern society. The project goals include: opening a debate within the newspaper industry on news and information quality; identifying and explaining case studies where newspapers have dealt with these issues; suggesting pilot actions and offering stimulating examples and ideas; seeking a methodology aimed at permanently improving quality to better serve readers.
Editors and publishers who contributed to the report provide perspectives from a dozen different countries: Brazil, Chile, France, India, Israel, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe.
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