Submitted by bhauville on Fri, 2010-08-27 14:58
Founded in 1948, the World Association of Newspapers groups 78 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 122 nations, 10 news agencies, and 10 regional press organisations. It is a non-profit, non-government organisation. In all, the Association represents more than 18,000 publications on the five continents.
The World Association of Newspapers has three major objectives:
Defending and promoting press freedom and the economic independence of newspapers as an essential condition for that freedom.
Contributing to the development of print and digital news publishing by encouraging contact and discussion between executives and editors from different regions and cultures.
Promoting co-operation between its member organisations, whether national, regional or worldwide.
WAN/IFRA and Internews
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers is a part of the consortium of five organizations that successfully completed the Regional Media Support Programme along with Russian partners NAT and Ars-Press in the Russian Federation (see project page for further informations).