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  EDline Vol. 9, no. 9   (11 May 2004)

  Editorial mailing list (digest version)
  Published by the Electric Editors
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  Contents:

         FYI
  [3hx]  New from the World Editors Forum (WEF): Editors Weblog

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         Date: Tues, 11 May 2004
         From: Marie-Pierre Bouly, wef@wan.asso.fr

Editors from newspapers around the world now have a new on-line
destination to discuss and debate the issues that concern them:

  < http://www.editorsweblog.org >

The new "weblog" from the World Editors Forum is a virtual
"meeting hall" for editors from different countries and cultures,
said Bertrand Pecquerie, Director of the WEF, which is the
organisation of the World Association of Newspapers that
represents senior news executives. "I consider the Editors Weblog
as an intranet in the editors' community," he said. "Every day,
we have to provide them with real solutions on how to manage
their newsrooms. It is obvious that a cooperative weblog will
help the community of our members: the working editors."

Go to 

  < http://wef.blogs.com/about.html >

for more about the site and to 

  < http://www.editorsweblog.org > 

to read the postings and participate in the discussions.

The site includes the latest "news about news" and other
information of interest to newspaper editors, all under one
"virtual" roof. Visitors are encourage to contribute their
comments on any of the items, which cover a wide range of topics.

Past postings are archived in an ever-expanding library --
categories include everything from "how to involve new readers"
to "visual strategies and photojournalism" to a listing of
memorable quotations from editors.

Bertrand Pecquerie, Director of the World Editors Forum (WEF),
comments:

  Editors from Germany, Austria, France, England, Morocco and
  Korea have already contributed to the blog. Clearly it is a
  cooperative weblog and a real international forum.

  Every day, an editor has several challenges to manage. If our
  blog can only help solve one of them, we've done it! For example,
  with our section, 'new sources for editors,' we alert them about
  where they can find new contributors or now angles. Another
  example: when the New York Times' publishes an article on how
  the newspaper manages its Op-Ed page, it is very instructive for
  other editors.

  But our blog still has a drawback: our sources are North
  American and English-oriented for 70 percent of the feed. So,
  when we get relevant information from other countries, it can be
  very helpful. In Mexico, the cooperation among three newspapers
  in the Milenio group is an example that other groups can follow.
  We were able to provide up-to-date and exclusive information
  about this initiative thanks to a contribution from the Cases I
  Associats consulting group. We invite more contributions of this
  kind!

WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry,
represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 72 national
newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 100
countries, 13 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide
press groups.

Inquiries to:

  Marie-Pierre Bouly
  Coordinator, editorsweblog.org
  World Association of Newspapers
  7 Rue Geoffroy St.
  Hilaire
  75005 Paris
  France.

  Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48
  E-mail: wef@wan.asso.fr


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