CONTACT US

Bertrand Pecquerie, Director, World Editors Forum: bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr
Emma Heald, Editor-in-Chief, Editors Weblog: eheald@wan.asso.fr
Nestor Bailly, Journalist, Editors Weblog: nbailly@wan.asso.fr
Jean-Yves Chainon, Journalist-at-Large, Editors Weblog: jychainon@wan.asso.fr

Helena Humphrey, Journalist, Editors Weblog: hhumphrey@wan.asso.fr.

Betsey Reinsborough, Journalist, Editors Weblog:
Jennifer Lush, Journalist, Editors Weblog: jlush@wan.asso.fr

Biographies

Bertrand Pecquerie, Director, World Editors Forum

Bertrand, French, was appointed Director of the World Editors Forum (WEF) in 2003.

From 1989 to 2002, he served as CEO of the World Media Network - a subsidiary of Libération, France -, a press syndicate gathering major European, South American, Arabic and Asian newspapers (El Pais, La Stampa, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Standard, Publico, Berlingske Tidende, Folha de S. Paulo, La Nacion, Al Ahram, An Nahar, Milliyet, Yomiuri Shimbun...).

 From 1996 to 2001 Bertrand was also in charge of World Media Live, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal in charge of international websites (Cannes Film Festival, Tour de France...). Formerly, Bertrand was a lecturer at the "Institut d'Etudes Politiques" in Paris and a columnist in Le Matin de Paris. 

To contact Bertrand, click here.






    
Emma Heald, Editor-in-chief

Emma, British, is Editor-in-chief of the Editors Weblog. She graduated from Oxford with a B.A in History and Modern Languages and then moved to Italy. Her journalistic experience includes working with the Associated Press and Reuters writing feature pieces, researching for the Guardian's Rome correspondent and on-camera interviews and video reports for an Italian web TV start-up. She has also done extensive Italian to English translation for news agencies, magazines and international firms. To contact Emma, click here.

    
                                               
Jean Yves Chainon, Blogger-at-large
Jean Yves, French/American, former editor of the Weblog, now writes on his own full-time. He still contributes articles and videos to the Weblog. He worked as a multimedia journalist and editor for the World Editors Forum and World Association of Newspapers between 2006-2008. 

He graduated from Brown University in Providence, USA, with a B.A. in International Relations and Comparative Literature. There he worked for The Brown Daily Herald as a staff writer and photo editor. 

To contact Jean Yves, click here.




Nestor Bailly, Journalist
Nestor, from New York, graduated from McGill University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science. His work experience includes being a professor's research assistant, an auction house commissionaire, and working at St. Luke's Center for Comprehensive Care in New York. Now a blogger/journalist for the Editors Weblog, he is taking the year to travel, volunteer, and do internships internationally. He hopes to enter Science Po or McGill for a masters in international security, or to do another bachelors to expand his academic qualifications. A fan of contemporary electronic music, he writes on his music blog with his friends. To contact Nestor, click here.

Helena Humphrey, British, graduated from the University of Nottingham with a B.A in French and German. Now a journalist for the Editors Weblog, her previous journalistic experience includes working with the web start-up Lingueo as a video broadcaster, freelancing for online publications, as well as regularly contributing to student press. She has also undertaken translation projects for international companies. To contact Helena, click here.

Betsey Reinsborough, American, is a blogger/journalist for the Editors Weblog.  She will graduate from Boston University in May with a B.A. in English.  Her previous experience includes an internship with the Sydney Writers' Festival in Sydney, Australia, as well as many years devoted to blogging her every breath.  She plans to put off becoming a grown-up for as long as possible by whiling away the years waitressing and collecting degrees throughout the world.

Jennifer, Australian, is completing a B.A. in Communications and International studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, and is due to graduate in 2010. Abroad in Paris for the year, she is currently working as a journalist with the Editors Weblog. Her previous experience includes contributing as a regular radio correspondent for 2SER and freelancing for various Australian publications. With a genuine interest in different cultures, Jennifer has backpacked through South America and Europe extensively, and speaks Spanish after living in Buenos Aires, Argentina for a year. To contact Jennifer, click here.

From time to time, interns spend time working with us to learn about newspapers worldwide. If you are studying in France and interested in having some work experience, please contact one of the team.