The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has released six new strategy reports on some of the most important recent developments in the newspaper industry globally – -- new revenue models, outsourcing, digital classifieds, new editorial concepts advertising science and pricing strategies. SHAPING THE FUTURE: WAN is a leading provider of industry research and analysis through its Shaping the...
Moscow, June 7, Interfax - The authors of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and triggered Muslims' angry protests worldwide are still getting death threats, Jyllands-Posten Editor-in-Chief Jorn Mikkelsen said at the 13th World Editors Forum organized by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) in Moscow on Tuesday. "Twelve of our...
MOSCOW, June 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The international journalist community should learn the lesson of the cartoon scandal and avoid steps that may incite religiously motivated violence, said delegates to the 13th World Editors Forum in Moscow. The delegates, who represent the Western and Islamic media, put different accents but were unanimous in the appeal for respect for religious feelings. Joern...
MOSCOW, June 6, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Hundreds of media bosses from around the world are currently in Moscow to attend the World Association of Newspapers' (WAN) annual congress. Addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening conference on June 5, WAN chief Gavin O'Reilly painted a bleak picture of the Russian media. But what does the media landscape look like in other former Soviet...
An Iranian journalist who spent the last six years in jail for criticising the Iranian authorities has been awarded the 2006 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize from the World Association of Newspapers. Akbar Ganji, a leading investigative journalist who is now one of Iran's most renowned dissidents, dedicated the award to "all Iranian dissidents and freedom-fighters." PENNING...
Ladies and gentlemen: In the presence of representatives from the world media gathered here, let me begin by thanking the World Association of Newspapers for giving me the Golden Pen Award. I am humbled by the honor. I think the prize should in fact go to all Iranian dissidents and freedom-fighters. And in this category, more than anyone the prize should go to those who fought for freedom and...
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is protesting against two-month jail sentences imposed on 30 May 2006 by a Jordanian court on two journalists, Jihad Momani and Hisham Al-Khalidi, for reprinting cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in a Danish paper last year and expressed concern about journalists being harshly punished for doing so. "This is the first time journalists have been...
Washington, DC – An American freelance journalist who was held in captivity in Iraq and a Lebanese television broadcaster who survived a car bomb explosion are recipients of this year’s International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award. These women journalists will receive Courage awards along with a Chinese journalist who was unable to accept a 1995 Courage in Journalism Award...
ANKARA, 24 May (IRIN) - Iranian journalist and political dissident, Akbar Ganji, has been awarded the annual Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA). "He stood out in the eyes of the jury, composed by members of 11 different human rights organisations, in terms of the sacrifices he has made and the fact that he refused to compromise [for freedom of expression] in any way," Hans...
New York, May 23, 2006 - Newspaper editor Mohammed al-Asaadi is on trial in Yemen on criminal charges of insulting Islam by running edited versions of some of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that created an international storm. Al-Asaadi, editor of the Yemen Observer, faces severe jail time and a possible death sentence for his editorial decision. The case, which also led to the three-month closure...
