New appointments for WAN-IFRA board

17 Oct 2011

VIENNA: WEF newspaper executives from four countries were elected Saturday, 15 October 2011, to the board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) during the organisation's AGM in Vienna, Austria. Chief editors from three countries were elected to the World Editors Forum Board.

The WAN-IFRA Annual General Meeting, taking place during the World Newspaper Congress, elected: Alvarado Caviedes Barahona, of Consorcio Periodistico de Chile, representing the Chilean Newspaper Publishers Association ANP; Kotaro Akiyama, president of the Asahi Shimbun, representing the Japanese Newspaper Association NSK; Hoosain Karjieker, chief executive of the Mail & Guardian, representing Print Media South Africa; and Donna Barrett, president and CEO of Community Newspaper Holdings, representing the Newspaper Association of America.

The WEF General meeting, taking place during the World Editors Forum, which runs concurrently with the World Newspaper Congress, elected: Geir Arne Bore, editor-in-chief of Drammens Tidende, Norway; Michael Fleischhacker, editor-in-chief of Die Presse, Austria; and Anette Novak, editor-in-chief of Norran, Sweden.

More than 1,100 newspaper publishers, chief editors, managing directors, CEOs and other senior newspaper executives attended the congress and forum, which ended on Saturday. The conference presentations, videos, photos and other news can be found at http://www.worldnewspaperweek.org/blog.

The 64th World Newspaper Congress, 19th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2012 will be held from 2-5 September 2012 in Kiev, Ukraine. http://www.wan-ifra.org/kiev2012

The 2012 WAN-IFRA General Assembly will be held on 1 September 2012 in Kiev, while the WEF General Assembly will be held in Kiev on 5 September.