World Editors Forum latest news
Our next study tours :
Prague, Czech Republic
Why and how Nase Adresa is becoming the most important hyperlocal news project worldwide
(Wednesday 3 November - Friday 5 November 2010). More information...
New York & Chicago
Start-ups for news and new storytelling methods: getting ideas and making partnerships
(Monday 29 November - Friday 3 December 2010). More information...
The study tour Lisbon - Madrid - Barcelona : New concepts for print newspapers & Southern European integrated newsrooms planed from Tuesday 6 July to Friday 9 July 2010 is posponed to early 2011.
And don't forget our
Annual Editors Forum, from 6 to 8 October 2010, in Hamburg
17th World Editors Forum
What is the World Editors Forum?
The World Editors Forum is the only network exclusively dedicated to senior newsroom editors from across the globe. Its main missions are to be "the voice of editors" and to represent them, to defend editorial excellence, to provide editorial services and to define the future of journalism. Of course, it is also involved into defense of free speech and the right of the public to truthful information.
Are you curious as to how fellow editors at other papers in other countries inspire their staff? Do you want to stretch your editorial budget to publish both blockbusters and solid day-to-day coverage? Are you anxious about media convergence and how other editors are doing it? Are you confused about citizen journalism and what it means for your job as an editor? The World Editors Forum will help you find the answers to your questions.
In the Forum you can share ideas, experiences and
research on how to face the challenges of the future. All over the
world, editors are pursuing editorial excellence in the face of the
emergence of new media, new technologies, changing readership
lifestyles and squeezed budgets. You can learn, teach and debate either in real time on our weblog (www.editorsweblog.org) or at the annual World Editors Forum. You can discover the new trends in our webinars or joining our Study Tours.
Want more info about the WEF? Click here to download our pdf brochure
Want to join WEF? Click here the download the registration form or click here to apply online
Xavier Vidal-Folch, WEF President
"Societies, technologies and tastes develop rapidly. Those changes create challenges, opportunities and choices for editors who work with the written word. Please join the global conversation about promoting and defending quality journalism. The World Editors Forum is the meeting-place for editors to exchange experiences and expertise."
Bertrand Pecquerie, WEF Director
"Since 2003, the World Editors Forum has profoundly changed: the number of delegates at the annual forum has tripled, the Editors Weblog is read by 1,500 senior news executives on a daily basis and two years ago we began the World Editors Partnership Programme for editors from developing countries. It's time to join us!"
Have a question? Need more details? Contact Bertrand Pecquerie, WEF director, at bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr.
The compelling issues on which WEF focuses
- Integrated newsrooms: strategies for merging print and online activities
- Multimedia training: the new skills your journalists need to know
- Newsroom architecture: maximizing efficiency through innovative newsroom layout
- Multimedia Storytelling: effectively combining all platforms for a comprehensive story
- Newsroom management: guiding your journalists through to the digital age
- Citizen Journalism: when anyone can publish, what does it mean for your newsroom?
- User Generated Content: how to invite your readers into your newsroom
- Social media: building relationships with your community of readers
- Mobile: relevant content for readers any time, any where
- Tablets, ePaper and eReader: writing stories differently for digital content
- Ethics: new libel and copyright concerns in the digital age
- Design: the fusion of Web and print templates
... and much more
New ideas and new topics related to newsrooms are always welcome.
Learn all about these, and more, on the Editors Weblog.
Download the World Editors Form brochure here
Download the PDF registration form here or apply online here
