Convergence at the 13th World Editors Forum
Posted by Maddie Hanna on May 29, 2006 at 4:48 PM
Convergence II: Multimedia is now ready for print. The second session of the 13th World Editors Forum, which begins June 4 in Moscow, will address this topic. Multimedia convergence is back and this time, powered by broadband, it appears to be here for good. One of the most pressing dilemmas newspapers face today is how to integrate audio, video and interactivity into their news production. Should print journalists be trained on multiple platforms? Or should newspapers join forces with other media companies to provide multimedia news?
Breaking out: How print publications can embrace multimedia
Jim Brady, Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com, USA
Jim was nominated to his post in November 2004. This is his second stint at washingtonpost.com. He served as sports editor and assistant managing editor for news from 1995 to 1999. Before returning to washingtonpost.com, Brady spent four years at America Online, serving as Group Programming Director for News and Sports, Executive Director for Editorial Operations and Vice President of Production and Operations.
Readers need new online services
Chrystia Freeland, US Edition Editor, Financial Times, USA/UK
Chrystia was previously the deputy editor and editor of FT Electronic Services. She has been the editor of the Weekend edition of the FT and was the editor of FT.com, overseeing the launch of online subscription services in May 2001. From 1999 to 2001 she was deputy editor of The Globe and Mail, Toronto. She worked at the FT from 1994 to 1999 holding several different positions, including UK news editor, Moscow Bureau chief and Eastern Europe correspondent.
How to play more than video games with readers
Esten Saether, Editor of New Media, Dagbladet, Norway
Esten was appointed to his current post in 2000. He is also a member of the editorial board of the printed edition of Dagbladet. He joined the paper in 1984 both and has helmd various positions, including: sports editor, political reporter and news editor. As the executive editor of Dagbladet in the late 1990s, he changed the policy of the media house to include a wider definition of the term "daily news." This new understanding has been the platform for the successful journalistic development of Dagbladet.no.
How broadband will revolutionize Indiatimes
Sanjay Trehan, Head of Broadband and Head of Content, Indiatimes - Times of India, India
Sanjay is also in-charge of the gaming portal at Indiatimes. Prior to joining Times Internet Ltd., Sanjay was the Chief of Internet Division of HT Media Ltd. and is credited with revamping the website, HindustanTimes.com. An advertising and internet professional, he was associated with the dotcom start-ups in India, Jaldi.com (India's first e-tailing portal) and Razorfinish.com (India's first reverse auction portal).
Indiatimes
Indiatimes is the flagship brand of Times Internet Ltd, the digital venture of India's largest media house - Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. A portal with an awesome range of offerings, from news to books to web solutions, and channels as diverse as Infotech and Spirituality, Indiatimes strives to create multiple relationships with the Global Indian.
Chairman: Elizaveta Osetinskaya, Managing Editor, Vedomosti, Russia
Jim Brady, Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com, USA
Jim was nominated to his post in November 2004. This is his second stint at washingtonpost.com. He served as sports editor and assistant managing editor for news from 1995 to 1999. Before returning to washingtonpost.com, Brady spent four years at America Online, serving as Group Programming Director for News and Sports, Executive Director for Editorial Operations and Vice President of Production and Operations.
Readers need new online services
Chrystia Freeland, US Edition Editor, Financial Times, USA/UK
Chrystia was previously the deputy editor and editor of FT Electronic Services. She has been the editor of the Weekend edition of the FT and was the editor of FT.com, overseeing the launch of online subscription services in May 2001. From 1999 to 2001 she was deputy editor of The Globe and Mail, Toronto. She worked at the FT from 1994 to 1999 holding several different positions, including UK news editor, Moscow Bureau chief and Eastern Europe correspondent.
How to play more than video games with readers
Esten Saether, Editor of New Media, Dagbladet, Norway
Esten was appointed to his current post in 2000. He is also a member of the editorial board of the printed edition of Dagbladet. He joined the paper in 1984 both and has helmd various positions, including: sports editor, political reporter and news editor. As the executive editor of Dagbladet in the late 1990s, he changed the policy of the media house to include a wider definition of the term "daily news." This new understanding has been the platform for the successful journalistic development of Dagbladet.no.
How broadband will revolutionize Indiatimes
Sanjay Trehan, Head of Broadband and Head of Content, Indiatimes - Times of India, India
Sanjay is also in-charge of the gaming portal at Indiatimes. Prior to joining Times Internet Ltd., Sanjay was the Chief of Internet Division of HT Media Ltd. and is credited with revamping the website, HindustanTimes.com. An advertising and internet professional, he was associated with the dotcom start-ups in India, Jaldi.com (India's first e-tailing portal) and Razorfinish.com (India's first reverse auction portal).
Indiatimes
Indiatimes is the flagship brand of Times Internet Ltd, the digital venture of India's largest media house - Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. A portal with an awesome range of offerings, from news to books to web solutions, and channels as diverse as Infotech and Spirituality, Indiatimes strives to create multiple relationships with the Global Indian.
Chairman: Elizaveta Osetinskaya, Managing Editor, Vedomosti, Russia
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