World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

Date

Tue - 22.05.2012


Microsites

WAN-IFRA is providing summaries of all presentations during the conference, beginning Thursday, 9 June 2011. Please check back for updates. If you wish to receive the summaries by e-mail, send your request to larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org Read more ...

Journalists continue to find themselves in frequent peril for simply doing their jobs as they strive to report the truth in the passionate belief that reporting what they see is the foundation of a healthy democracy. 3 May is World Press Freedom Day. Read more ...

To help create a new generation of civic-minded, literate readers, we must also assure that young people learn about the work and importance of professional journalism. Thanks to more than a decade of World Young Reader Prize entries, we have a wealth of examples of how newspapers can do just that. Read more ...

Summaries of all presentations held during the 21st World Newspaper Advertising Conference taking place from 24th to 25th February 2011 in Malta. Read more ...

The Arab Press Network (APN) is a digital network that supports a strong independent press in the Arab world by sharing, distributing and exchanging information between newspaper publishers, editors, journalists and human rights advocates. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA has created the Asian Digital Media Awards to recognise the best examples of how individuals and organizations have embraced emerging technology and concepts in the Asian Region. Read more ...

The awards, which has become the most prestigious awards in recognition of outstanding work in printing quality, design, infographics, photography , editorial content, newspaper marketing and community service among media houses in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East, were presented to nearly 50 companies, publications and individuals. The ceremony was held at Publish Asia 2012, WAN-IFRA’s annual convention that drew lmore than 700 media executives from 31 countries to Bali. Read more ...

16 years of reporting the newspaper business for Asia Read more ...

WAN-IFRA offers its members and the industry a number of prestigious awards competitions to benchmark their activities with the best of the world, as well as paying tribute to journalists throughout the world in their fight for press freedom. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA has carried out quality certification since 2005. The performed quality analysis is based primarily on the ISO 12647-3:2005 coldset newspaper standard. In due course, the certification process has been enhanced by the addition of several major aspects. Read more ...

The International Newspaper Color Quality Club is the only worldwide printing quality competition for newspapers. Its goal is to improve the quality of reproduction and printing in production, while also increasing competitiveness as well as training and motivating all personnel. Read more ...

Be a member of the largest news publishing community, be a member of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, be a member of WAN-IFRA! Read more ...

WAN-IFRA has expanded its conference reporting service to provide more complete executive summaries of conference presentations as an exclusive service to its members, in easy-to-use pdf format documents, which you will find on this microsite. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA offers consulting services from some of the industry's top strategic- and technology-minded professionals who have been helping publishers improve their operations all over the world. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA’s Declaration of Table Mountain is an earnest appeal to all Africans, particularly those in power, to recognise that political and economic progress flourishes in a climate where the press is free and independent of governmental, political or economic control. Read more ...

Digital Frenemies is the indispensable companion for decision-makers who want to take publishing to the next level. Created by the WAN-IFRA digital media team, the focus is on business development and best practices. It is the new breed of industry review, setting the agenda, revealing and surprising in the new business landscape. Read more ...

Here are the summaries of all speaker presentations at Digital Media Europe, that was held in London from 11-13 April 2011. Read more ...

"Any investment in knowledge always pays the best interest", said Benjamin Franklin. With this as the motto and to encourage training of human resource in newspaper publishing houses, WAN-IFRA carefully plans events in various critical areas of newspaper operations. Topics cover the areas of newspaper production to new media management. Read more ...

The most important news of the newspaper industry every weekday, compiled by the WAN-IFRA Publications team. Read more ...

An important objective of WAN-IFRA is to support the supply industry and bring it into contact with the decision-makers in the publishing world. Read more ...

Newspaper publishers and printers clearly need to define their printing strategies in the short term and long term, but more importantly, a realistic vision of the technology involved and its application in a coherent strategy is what is called for. We call on all our resources and the industry to explore the "Future Press" vision. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA honours the memory of Lebanese publisher Gebran Tueni with an award designed to encourage the emergence of other courageous and independent publishers, editors and newspapers across the Arab world. Read more ...

The Golden Pen of Freedom is WAN-IFRA's annual award recognising individuals or organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Ibérica tiene el placer de ofrecerle una importante oferta formativa en español y portugués diseñada para cubrir todas las necesidades de la industria periodística Iberoamericana. No se quede atrás, ¡dirija su empresa al máximo de su potencial! Read more ...

IFRA Track started in the mid 90s as a research project at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) and IFRA (now WAN-IFRA) in order to foster the communication between global production management and tracking systems and the numerous production devices in the field, mainly for recorders an plate making devices, press and mailroom. Read more ...

Press releases fresh from the industry as they reach us - in an unedited format. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA is engaged in numerous news industry initiatives, ranging from rights via content to technology. Find out more about these initiatives and projects, and learn how you and your company can engage and benefit from these. Read more ...

Media employees worldwide face physical violence and persecution of all kinds, whether from public officials, criminals or terrorists. Assaults are daily - and often deadly - for those who challenge governments, report on conflicts or investigate corruption and crime. Read more ...

64th World Newspaper Congress 19th World Editors Forum Info Services Expo 2012 Read more ...

Internet visitors to special blogs designed and operated by the WAN-IFRA Magazine team can share valuable information exchanges live during selected WAN-IFRA events. Read more ...

In its media development work, the WAN-IFRA strategy focuses on bringing a new way of thinking into the sector. WAN-IFRA has become a key player in the field of financial independence and management capacity building, conducting groundbreaking research and developing subsequent media development policies. Mobile News for Africa, Women in News and the Vietnam Media Partnership have grown into WAN-IFRA flagship programmes that provide skills and knowledge transfer to different media markets tailored to local operational realities. These programmes are achieving some of the key WAN-IFRA strategic goals: to empower media professionals in the developing world and facilitate increased networking and effective cooperation among media enterprises, with the long-term impact of strengthening the industry as a whole. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA will be providing summaries of all presentations during the conference, beginning Tuesday, 8 February 2011. Please check back for updates. If you wish to receive the summaries by e-mail, send your request to larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org Read more ...

WAN-IFRA's Newspaper Production Competence Centre provides in-depth know-how about all production-related activities and processes, from prepress to printing to postpress, also including consumables. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Newsplex is the international competence center for enabling newsrooms for the future. Read more ...

In countless countries, journalists, editors and publishers are physically attacked, imprisoned, censored, suspended or harassed for their work. WAN-IFRA is committed to defending freedom of expression by promoting a free and independent press around the world. Read more ...

Please check here for presentations, summaries, videos etc. of previous events. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA provided summaries of all presentations during the Printing Summit 2011 Conference in Mainz, Germany, held on 6 and 7 April. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA publications range from up-to-the minute headlines of the latest industry news to WAN-IFRA Magazine, the bi-monthly industry trade journal, to in-depth research reports compiled over the space of a year or more. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA will be providing summaries of speaker presentations from the CEO conference at Publish Asia 2011, being held in Bangkok from 27 to 29 April. Please check back for updates. Read more ...

The African Press Network (RAP21) is a digital network that supports a strong independent press throughout Africa by sharing, distributing and exchanging information between newspaper publishers, editors, journalists and human rights advocates. Read more ...

One of WAN-IFRA’s most important activities is research in all areas of newspaper production, digital media development, media business, advertising, organisation and strategy. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Research reports have strategic, technical or business focus – and among the titles you find both reports resulting from in depth research projects as well as lighter trend reports with case studies. WAN-IFRA Research encompasses known brands such as Shaping the Future of the Newspaper (SFN) and World Press Trends (WPT). The reports are published at irregular intervals in English, French and German, and selected reports in Spanish and other languages. Read more ...

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The Materials Management Database project was launched in 2000 by the WAN-IFRA Material Management Committee as a spinoff of the Newsprint and Newsink Guide. Today it is used by printers, pressroom foremen and technical management as an information source for facts and advice for dealing with the materials used in producing newspapers. Read more ...

16 Years WAN-IFRA Training in the newspaper and media industry: The first choice for practice-oriented, qualified further development in the media sector. Read more ...

At WAN-IFRA exhibitions, you will meet the market leaders on the show floor – they contribute to making WAN-IFRA exhibitions the most important showcases of our industry. The offer is extensive and at the same time compact and ideally attuned to your needs. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA provided summaries of all presentations during the WAN-IFRA Latin America Conference in Bogota, Colombia, held on 9 and 10 March. Read more ...

The bimonthly "WAN-IFRA Magazine" focuses on the latest developments worldwide, background information, and special market conditions in the newspaper and media industry. Read more ...

Please continue reading for the latest news about WAN-IFRA events, initiatives, research and campaigns. Read more ...

Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual, a community of users, or an enterprise to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Hundreds of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power an endless variety of web sites. Read more ...

The World Editors Forum is the only network exclusively dedicated to senior newsroom editors from across the globe. Its key missions are to represent these editors, to uphold editorial excellence, to provide editorial services and to define the future of journalism. It is also involved in defending free speech and promoting the right of the public to truthful information. Read more ...

World Press Trends is the primary and most authoritative source of data on the newspaper industry worldwide. The new WPT database – is now available! Read more ...

The World Young Reader Prize honors excellence in newspaper engagement of the young. Read more ...

Joining the wave of enthusiasm created by smartphone and tablet devices among users and advertisers, the XMA Awards called this year publishers around the globe to submit their paid-for content apps to the contest. The XMA Competition invites now providers to get connected to this year´s Winners at IFRA Expo in Vienna: Join us as a Sponsor and link your name to the cutting-edge world of mobile publishing ! Read more ...

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) helps newspapers, parents and teachers work together to engage the young to create a literate, civic-minded new generation of readers all over the world. Read more ...