World Editors Annual Forum: Early Bird registration offer for Editors Weblog readers

Posted by Elena Perotti on February 26, 2007 at 9:40 AM

This year the Editors Weblog is rewarding the loyalty of its readers with an exceptional offer for the annual Editors Forum (see below). But the condition is: you need to register before March 31!

The 14th World Editors Forum Conference, to be held in Cape Town from 3rd to 6th June 2007, is shaping up to be one of the best-attended World Editors Forum events ever, with more than 300 editors expected to attend.

This year we will discuss "Quality Journalism in the Digital Age" in nine sessions and at eleven social events.

Here is a selection of subjects and speakers.
- The multi-newspaper newsroom is born!
From Germany and Holland, the experiences of the first newspapers which manage merged newsrooms.
With:
Andrea Seibel, Deputy Editor-in-chief, Die Welt, Germany.
Birgit Donker, Editor-in-chief, NRC Handelsblad and NRC Next, Netherland.
- Integrated newsrooms: what print does best and what online does best
Examples of working mergers between print and online newsrooms, to help you make the most of this new "must-do" idea.
With:
Jonathan Landman, Deputy Managing Editor, and Jim Roberts, Editor of Digital News, The New York Times, USA.
- Sharing best practices: five examples of newspaper cooperation
Five prominent editors from around the world will present new ways of cooperative work among newsrooms.
- Reuters Master Class on Web 2.0: is user generated content bringing anything new to news?
We will explore the impact of social networks and user generated content on journalism, and how newspapers can respond.
With:
Dave Panos, CEO, Pluck, USA
Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-founder, Global Voices, USA
Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC Global News, UK
Chairman: David Schlesinger, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters, UK

Find the full program here.
Write to eperotti@wan.asso.fr before March 31 to be registered in the Cape Town Editors Forum for the