Gain strategic insight or improve data journalism projects: learn aobut the skills and tools you need to find, analyse and visualise data for improved storytelling. Using development data sets we will show you where opportunities lie and how to replicate. This session is made possible by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The New Media Landscape and its Press Freedom Challenges. The evolving media landscape gives rise to new challenges for press freedom, particularly around the issues of soft censorship, media and internet regulation and the locking up of information. How should the media entrench its watchdog role in the face of these new challenges?

Moderator: 

Kavi Chongkittavorn, Advisor, National Press Council of Thailand

Welcome:

Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Chairman of Asia Pacific Committee, WAN-IFRA

Opening Address:

Jacob Mathew, President of WAN-IFRA

Keynote:

H.E. Kittirat Na Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

Golden Pen of Freedom Presentation:

Erik Bjerager, President of World Editors Forum

Moderator:

Thomas Jacob, Chief Operating Officer, WAN-IFRA

World Press Trends 2013

The annual update on trends in news publishing worldwide, from WAN-IFRA’s World Press Trends survey, the most authoritative source on industry wide data for circulation, advertising, digital audience and more.

Vincent Peyrègne, CEO, WAN-IFRA

Panel: Around the world in 60 minutes

In this fast-paced session, leading news executives from Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas will discuss the key trends that drive their strategies and plans.

Moderator:

Mike Savage, Editor, The Asia Media Journal, Hong Kong

Panelists:

Patrick Daniel, Editor-in-Chief, English & Malay Newspapers, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore 

Tobias Trevisan, CEO, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Germany

Amadou Mhatar Ba, CEO, African Media Initiative, Kenya

Michael Chalhoub, CEO, Sport360, UAE

Boris Lohzkin, President, UMH Group, Russia

More and more publications have been introducing online paywalls, hoping they might revolutionise online business models and bring much needed revenue. Discover a variety of concepts and lessons learned from experiments and implemented strategies worldwide.

Moderator:

Dr. Stig Nordqvist, Executive Director, Publishing & Digital, WAN-IFRA

Paid content global strategies

The Norwegian Media Association has published a report about the different ways to charge for content online. What are the best models for small, medium and large media groups? Case studies from around the world.

Geir Engen, Digital Director, Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association - MBL, Norway

Journalism doesn’t end with a paywall

The Globe and Mail launched a metered paywall in October 2012, and one positive effect has been the strengthening of The Globe’s journalism. From creating premium products to highlighting value-added features, John Stackhouse will showcase how a paid content strategy can invigorate a newsroom.

John Stackhouse, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Canada

Metered subscription and multi-platform model of FT

Discover how FT’s solutions were implemented and the customer insights that followed. Learn of their current situation and results.

Caspar de Bono, Managing Director, B2B, Financial Times, UK

Moderator:

Cherilyn Ireton, Executive Director, WEF, France

Welcome and release of Trends in Newsrooms 2013 report
Erik Bjerager, President, World Editors Forum, Denmark

Opening keynote: What technology is doing to journalism and how to save it
Old editorial models are being disrupted, not only by lower barriers to entry but also by new mobile delivery channels and new forms of automation that challenge the role of human editors. So how can we add value to the digital network in ways that enhance our businesses?

David Rowan, Editor, WIRED, UK

The Super Newsroom: a catalyst for success
Cadena Capriles’ state-of-the-art newsroom is setting new standards for multimedia integration and 360° content delivery. See why their journalists love going to work and why community-based journalism is driving success.

Nathalie Alvaray, Editorial Director, Cadena Capriles, Venezuela

Data and the storytelling revolution
Investigative reporting and storytelling have been transformed by those who can access, work with and visualise data. Celebrate some of the best examples of this new journalism.

Justin Arenstein, Chief Strategist, Knight Fellow, African Media Initiative, International Center for Journalists

There is no template for managing a newsroom through fundamental and unpredictable change. We share some survival strategies and inspirational case studies of reinvention.

Moderator:

Randy Covington, Director, Newsplex, US

How to foster innovation in your newsroom
There are no templates for managing change and traditional mindsets may need rebooting to encourage adaptive newsrooms where innovation and new products are the norm, and editorial staff thrive despite an uncertain future .

Jonathan Halls, Adjunct Prof, George Washington University, US

When disaster hits
How do you manage your editorial teams and the story when a disaster happens? Andrew Holden was editor of The Press in Christchurch when a devastating earthquake hit, with tragic consequences for many on his staff.

Andrew Holden, Editor-in-Chief, The Age, Australia

Leading in challenging times
El Pais has had a difficult year with internal and external pressures forcing a change in the way its newsroom operates. But reorganisation, good journalism and expansion into new markets is helping maintain focus.

Javier Moreno, Editor, El Pais, Spain

Personal brand building
Suthichai Yoon has built a pioneering personal brand linked to new media
content in Thailand. From his social media News Junkies network, to his blog, twitter stream and facebook postings.

Suthichai Yoon, Chairman Nation Multimedia Group, Thailand

It is becoming harder to keep staff safe in dangerous environments. What happens to the media’s role as witness when a report from a veteran journalist is traded for a citizen’s tweet?

Anne Nelson, Author, Teacher, Columbia University, USA

Why being there is like gold

Foreign correspondents are an endangered species, placing increased importance on news agencies to record and make sense of events. How do they ensure safety of their teams in hostile spots?

Philippe Massonnet, Global News Director, AFP, France

Do news organisations share blame for journalists’ deaths?

Pakistan is one of the most dangerous and competitive countries in the world to be a journalist. Is a hunger to report the news first fuelling deaths?

Zaffar Abbas, Editor, Dawn, Pakistan

When the world’s media has moved on

When issues and inconvenient truths around conflict found little expression in Sri Lanka’s mainstream media – an award-winning citizen journalism platform was launched. Today Groundviews is one of the most followed, quoted and respected platforms.

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Citizen journalist, digital activist, Sri Lanka

Newsroom protocols to protect staff

Mexican newsrooms are a frequent target of bombs and kidnappings. How practical steps are increasing the safety of staff.

Javier Garza, Editorial Director, El Siglo, Mexico

Moderator:

Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Editor in Chief, Post Publishing, Thailand

The future of the Internet

Conversation with Steve Crocker. The Internet pioneer known as one of the founding fathers of Internet, will discuss issues such as the future o f the internet, internet and security, Internet and the media...

Steve Crocker, CEO and Co-Founder, Shinkuro Inc., US

The future of journalism

The author of What would Google Do? and Public Parts discusses the impact of the new media economy on the way news are produced and monetized . Provocative thinking and disruptive business model proposals for the future of news publishing.  

Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, USA

Global report on innovation in newspapers

The annual presentation of the Innovations in Newspapers World report, prepared for WAN-IFRA by the team from Innovation Media Consulting, is always one of the highlights of the Congress. The presentation will be illustrated with case studies from all over the world.

Juan Señor and Team, Innovation Media Consulting, UK

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