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The 2015 Newsroom: High Standards with Low-Cost Solutions

2009-09-10 Ezio Mauro, the Italian editor whose newspaper is being sued for defamation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for questioning his behaviour, and Mario Garcia, who defines contemporary newspaper design, have joined the programme of "The 2015 Newsroom: High Standards & Low Cost Solutions,"; to be held on 1 and 2 October in Prague, Czech Republic. Read more ...

Make Like Charles Dickens on International Literacy Day

2009-09-07 Español Deutsch The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is providing the world's newspapers with an eight-part serialized story for publication around International Literacy Day, 8 September, to help parents and teachers instil a love of reading in young people. Read more ...

Want to Reach Younger Readers? Talk to Parents and Teachers

2009-09-01 Newspapers that are popular with younger readers know how to reach the "influencers"; of young people - not their friends or young celebrities, but their parents and teachers. Read more ...

The 2015 Newsroom: What Top Editors Think

2009-08-20 Editors from around the globe will gather in Prague on 1 and 2 October next to discuss ways to maintain high quality editorial standards with low cost solutions, in a new conference dedicated to the newsroom of 2015. Read more ...

Publish Asia & IFRA Expo India Combined in 2009

2009-08-19 Hundreds of newspaper executives will be gathering in Chennai, India, next month for Publish Asia, the annual high-level meeting for news publishers across Asia, to be held alongside IFRA Expo India, the region Read more ...

News on the Web: Don’t Dumb It Down’ For Teens

2009-08-13 Español Français Deutsch New research about adolescent preferences in newspaper news sites confirms what every parent knows: they'll resent you if you talk down to them or pretend to be an expert in teen thinking. Read more ...

New Speakers Join Managing the Crisis' Conference

2009-08-12 Maeve Donovan, Managing Director of The Irish Times, Ben Hammersley, a journalist and 'technologist Read more ...

Multimedia and Hyperlocal Newsrooms: The Future of News

2009-08-11 Deutsch The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is organising two study tours in September and October to the most successful European multimedia newsrooms, and to a new "hyperlocal"; news initiative in the Czech Republic that is already drawing the attention of publishers everywhere. Read more ...

Lithuanian Law Outlawing Mockery Draws Protests

2009-08-06 The European Newspaper Publishers Association and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers have called on European governments to help ensure that Lithuania respects freedom of expression and freedom of the press following approval of a law that makes it a crime to ridicule someone. Read more ...

World Young Reader Prizes: The Winners for 2009

2009-08-05 Français Deutsch Español Zero Hora of Brazil and Express & Echo of the United Kingdom have been named World Young Reader Newspapers of the Year for two vital kinds of excellence in the annual competition organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishing (WAN-IFRA). Read more ...