Roundtables

Press Freedom Roundtable: Reporters should be watchdogs not lapdogs
Digital Media Roundtable:  Harnessing the power of digital media
Young Reader Roundtable: Generation Y(outh), Generation Y(outh), where art thou? 

Welcoming ceremonies and joint sessions with the World Association of Newspapers

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Jailed Chinese Journalist
Praise in Cape Town for African courage
Mbeki says both media and government must be responsible
South Africa should be wary of anarchy and apathy
Forum in Cape Town has “strong African flavour”
The newspaper is dead. Long live the newspaper!
Change your methods, but remember what’s important 

Presentation of the first Newsroom Barometer

Editors see a bright future for newspapers
Mario Vargas Llosa on the future of journalism
Defining editorial quality in the digital age

The Multi-newspaper newsroom is born!

Birgit Donker, Editor-in-Chief, NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands: A new newspaper for a new public
Andrea Seibel, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Die Welt, Germany: Open minds in open newsrooms

Integrated newsrooms: what print does best and what online does best

Mike van Niekerk, online editor-in-chief, Fairfax Media, Australia: Adapt or die
Jonathan Landman, Deputy Managing Editor, New York Times, USA: Choosing is hard. But it's fun!
William Lews, Editor, The Daily Telegraph, UK: Integrated newsrooms – “Just do it”
Jennifer Carroll, Vice-President/New Media Content, Gannett Co., USA: Ask the people what they want

Web 2.0: is user generated content bringing anything new to news?

Adam Pasick, Second Life correspondent, Reuters: The virtual world of Reuters in Second Life
Dave Panos, CEO, Pluck; Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-Founder, Global Voice Online; Richard Sambrook, Director of Global News, BBC; Didier Pillet, Editor-in Chief, Ouest France: Users become producers of news
Reuters Master Class WEB 2.0: Question and Answer session.

Front Page vs Home Page: design lessons

Al Trivino, art director of projects, News International, UK: Is the web inspiring print front pages?
Don Wittekind, assistant professor, Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism, University of North Carolina, USA: What print can learn from web design

Reporting Africa for Africans and the world

Desmond Tutu, Nobel Prize for Peace and Cape Town Archbishop: Telling Africa's stories to Africans and the world
Moeletsi Mbeki, Executive Chairman of Endemol, South Africa
Azu Ishiekwene, Executive editor of Punch, Nigeria
Finbarr O’Reilly, Senegal-based, photographer, Reuters
Cheriff Moumina Sy, Director of Publication, Bendre, Burkina Faso
Guy Berger, Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Africa must make its own news

Can free papers produce quality journalism?

Tφger Seidenfaden, Editor-in-Chief, Politiken, Denmark: Free household papers "freakish"
Ben Rogmans, co-founder and Editor, Dagblad Pers, The Netherlands: Free papers can be quality 
David Trads, Editor-in-Chief, Nyhedavisen, Denmark: Will a freebie a day keep the other papers at bay

Balancing ethics, transparency and independence in the newsroom

Frits van Exter, former editor, Trouw, The Netherlands: Ethics, newspapers versus online
Denis Muzet, Director, Mediscopie Institute, France: Appreciating reader intelligence
Francois Nel, Director, Journalism Leaders Programme, Lancashire Business School, UK: A people’s revolution
Khalid Hamed Al Malik, Editor-in-Chief, Al Jazirah, Saudi Arabia: Obstacles for Arabic Press

Sharing best practices: five examples of newspaper cooperation

Ko Yamaguchi, Special Advisor, Kyodo News Agency, Press Net Japan (Zenkoku Simbun Net): Japanese give Google a run for their money
Jovial Rantao, editor of The Sunday Independent and deputy editor of The Star, South Africa: A South African example of shared group content
Marcel van Lingen, Editorial Director, General Press Association (GDP), The Netherlands: Great cooperation can mean great scoops
Grzegorz Piechota, Special Projects Editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland: How a web 2.0 newspaper is born
Pana Janviroj of The Nation (Thailand), and Hervé Deguine of Michelin Guides: Share and enjoy

Breakfasts and Lunches

Trevor Manuel, South African Minister of Finance: Let’s admit who the losers are
Jacob Zuma, deputy president of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress: Press freedom with Responsibility

Videos of sessions

Newsroom Barometer
Multinewspaper newsrooms
Integrated Newsrooms
User-generated content
Front page vs. Home page
Reporting Africa for Africans and the World

Vox-pop videos of participants to the 14th World Editors Forum

What is news?
How can we nurture press freedom?
How is the digital age influencing newspapers?
Editors' reactions to the 14th World Editors Forum