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.
UK Nationals and Regionals Study Tour (Click for full description)
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
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.
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Study Tour fees and conditions
Study tour fee:
- Standard price: EUR 3,900
- WAN and WEF members: EUR 3,400
Optional pricing
To accommodate different interests and budgets, the UK Nationals and Regionals Study Tour has been divided into Regional and National modules of 2 days each. You may decide to join WEF for only one of the 2-day modules:
Standard price 1 module: EUR2,400
WEF Member price 1 module: EUR2,100
Please indicate if you would like to join the Nationals or Regionals module:
Dates
Nationals Module: Sunday, April 26 at 19h00 to Tuesday, April 28 at 16h00
Regional module: Tuesday, April 28 at 18h00 to Thursday, April 30 at 15h30
30 participants maximum
The study tour will be conducted in English with no translations
The price includes all hotels, meals and transport
within the United Kingdom during the duration of the study tour, (19h00
Sunday, 26 April to 15h30 Thursday, 30 April). Participants are
responsible for their own transportation to and from the United
Kingdom. The tour begins in London and ends in Manchester.
Previous WEF Study Tours
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.
