WEF designed Study Tours to promote the culture of innovation in newsrooms. Each Study Tour gathers a small group of editors-in-chief to visit a selected country where innovation is the strongest in a particular domain. The Study Tours are designed so that editors can immediately apply their learnings upon returning to their newsroom.
WEF Study Tour in Prague, Czech Republic
(Click for full description)
"150 hyperlocal weeklies, 900 websites... and 90
newscafes: how Nase Adresa plans to become the most important
hyperlocal news project worldwide"
17 to 19 MARCH 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic
BOOK NOW
PPF
Media's hyperlocal project, launched in the spring of 2009, has been
hailed from the beginning as one of the industry's most innovative
initiatives in years (see below a selection of articles). It primarily
consists of print weekly Nase Adresa (translation: our address), an
innovation in itself as within the next two years, it will be published
in 150 different hyperlocal news editions, in a country - Czech
Republic - of little more than 10 million people. Along with Internet
portals, they will be produced in 90 "newscafés" by local staff and
external contributors (user generated content). They are under the
supervision of the Futuroom, the Prague-based central newsroom, which
is also a media laboratory for multimedia journalistic projects and new
revenue streams.
1) The study tour itself is a unique
opportunity to discover the most innovative and original endeavors
which have successfully opened new markets. All Nase Adresa's seven
pilot editions - based in two newscafés in Bohemia and two in Moravia -
have quickly become the newspapers with the highest audience in their
respective areas.
This program will also allow you to
discover in detail the newscafés - a combination of newsrooms and
Internet bistros facilitating contacts with readers and potential
sources - and the Futuroom - an experimental field for innovative news
production combining text, pictures, film, sound and interactive
graphic designs.
2) Then the World Editors Forum has
organized for you a workshop and brainstorming session with two guest
speakers who are leading in The Netherlands and in Poland other
innovative "hyperlocal projects".
The combination "study tour
+ workshop" means that, when you can come back to your country, you
will have strong ideas and relevant business models for setting up your
own hyperlocal news project.
Articles written on the Nase Adresa project:
-- The New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/internet/11iht-papers.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=roman%20gallo&st=cse
-- The Times of London:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6433179.ece
-- Editors Weblog:
http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2009/05/nase_adresa.php BOOK NOW
Study Tour: Fees and Conditions
MAXIMUM OF 25 PARTICIPANTS
(The study tour will be conducted in English with translation Czech - English in the newscafés)
You are encouraged to sign up soon as space is limited and participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
PRICING:
Standard price: EUR 2,900
WEF* and WAN-IFRA Members: EUR 2,300
(see www.worldeditorsforum.org)
The
price includes the hotel for two nights (17 to 19 March 2010), meals
and transport within the Czech Republic during the duration of the
study tour, (19h00 Wednesday 17 March dinner to Friday 19 March in the
afternoon). Participants are responsible for their own transportation
to and from Prague, Czech Republic.
WEF can arrange hotel booking for participants who want to remain in Prague for the weekend.
Previous WEF Study Tours
WEF Study Tour in Prague, Czech Republic
29-30 SEPTEMBER 2009
"Hyperlocal news and the Nase Adresa business model: a new frontier for the newspaper industry"
The weekly's local reporting teams are based in newscafés,
which constitute the second major innovative dimension of the project.
This combination of newsrooms and Internet bistros is designed to
facilitate contacts with readers and potential sources. The local teams
are strongly supported by a state-of-the-art designed central newsroom, the Futuroom.
The orchestration of both groups is critical in terms of access to the
best experts and equipments for multimedia production, and for the
enrichment of the 'hyperlocally' angled articles with elements of
national and international news.
The third major innovation, the
Futuroom is also an experimental field for innovative news production
combining text, pictures, film, sound and interactive graphic designs,
or for investigative journalism. It is also a conference center on
newspaper-related issues - including the convergence of print and
online operations, adopted by Nase Adresa from the start. Editors and
media executives are offered expertise provided by PPF Media and its
partners Google, WEF and Atex.
UK Nationals and Regionals Study Tour (click here)
26-30 April 2009
COST-EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION STRATEGIES FOR THE NEWSROOM CRISIS
Exclusive visits to the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Manchester Evening News and Trinity Mirror Regionals
Integrated
newsrooms have taken the UK newspaper market, one of the world's most
dynamic, by storm. National quality papers have led the charge with the
regional press right on their heels, experimenting with multimedia
journalism and transforming the newsroom culture to fit the digital
age. In combination with these transformations, UK newspapers have
conserved resources and minimized expenditure, continuing to provide
their readers with top-quality journalism in spite of the global
financial crisis.
In joining the World Editors Forum for the
UK Nationals and Regionals Study Tour, you will discover how newspapers
in the UK have remained innovative while saving money.
Southeastern US Study Tour in Atlanta and Miami (click here)
17-21 November 2008
LOCAL MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM: HOW US NEWSPAPERS ENGAGE COMMUNITIES
Exclusive visits to CNN, Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Poynter Institute
With
national and international information constantly accessible on
multiple platforms by readers, US newspapers are refocusing their
newsgathering efforts to their immediate surroundings, digging deep
into the everyday lives of their local communities. This movement has
been enormously facilitated by digital media technologies. American
newspapers have adopted these technologies, reorganized their newsrooms
and retrained their journalists to create innovative and targeted
content for readers who are increasingly news hungry, yet have
increasingly less time.
During the
WEF "How US Newspapers Engage Communities" study tour, you will learn
first-hand the steps that US papers are taking to convert their
newsrooms into fully-digital, hyper-local publications, steps that are
rejuvenating these papers' role as public service watchdogs for their
communites.
US STUDY TOUR in New York and Washington DC (click here)
America's Transition to the Digital Newsroom
Exclusive visits to the New York Times, Washington Post and Google - 21-25 April 2008
Over the past century, American newspapers and news agencies have played an enormous role in transforming journalism around the globe. Today, it is those same organizations that are being transformed. American news establishments have embraced the country's entrepreneurial spirit, experimenting with all things digital in order to increase efficiency in their newsrooms and produce better journalism for their readers.
During the "America's Transition to the Digital Newsroom" study tour, you will see first-hand the steps US newspapers have taken to evolve from print to multimedia as well as how purely-online publications are affecting the media landscape.
WEF Young Reader study tour in Paris and London (click here)
Interact with the young today for fun, profit and an audience for tomorrow
5 - 8 February 2008
This activity has the support of Norske Skog, the Norway-based global newsprint producer, through its partnership with Young Readership Development projects of the World Association of Newspapers.
One of the core challenges for today's newspaper industry is to win the attention and loyalty of the young. We know that if we don't attract them at a very stage in their lives, we likely never will. In this Study Tour, jointly organised with the Young Readership Development department of the World Association of Newspapers, WEF will give you up-close exposure some of the brightest ideas to appeal to a young audience, both within and outside our industry.
WEF Study Tour in the UK (click here)
Integrate your newsroom today, train your journalists for tomorrow
3-7 December, 2007
Exclusive visits to the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times and The Financial Times
Without a doubt, the integration of print and online newsrooms is the most carefully followed trend in the global newspaper industry. But many papers considering convergence are unsure of the steps they need to take in re-organizing their newsrooms and re-educating their journalists. Join the World Editors Forum as it travels to the UK to visit several of the industry's most famous examples of integration to see how their once separate newsrooms work together and how they trained their journalists to adapt to the multimedia world.
WEF Study Tour in Finland (click here)
Latest innovations in mobile and digital journalism
(Tuesday 18 Sept. - Friday 21 September 2007)
Study Tour language: English (other language available only if more than four participants from the same language register)
Finland
is one of the foremost newspaper countries in the world with very high
readership. Working closely with the world's leading mobile telephone
producer, Nokia, Finnish papers are also at the forefront of mobile
news distribution, adopting Nokia's worldwide technologies for
integration into their local news production. Come discover how
Finland's leading newspapers are working with wireless companies to
provide innovative services for their readers.
WEF Study Tour in Spain (click here)
10 - 13 July 2007
"Spanish regional newsrooms: the secrets of their success"
(Study Tour languages: English and Spanish - consecutive translation)
With
local economies booming, provincial autonomy increasing, and Internet
penetration multiplying, the Spanish regional press is taking advantage
of its expanding influence by embracing digital news production.
Newsroom convergence, streamlined editorial processes, and interaction
with readers are just a few examples of how these newspapers are
radically transforming their daily operations.
The World Editors
Forum would like to invite you on a three-day tour of the most
innovative newsrooms of the Spanish regional press. This is your chance
to see successfully integrated newsrooms in action, to gain insight
into the convergence process and to learn from the trials and
tribulations of some of Spain's most popular newspapers.
Experiencing
these innovations first-hand will revolutionize your thinking as to how
newsrooms should be organized and quality, regional content should be
produced in the digital age.
