Prague, Czech Republic, 1st & 2nd October 2009
This conference will insist on low cost solutions because of the economic downturn and the newspaper crisis. But we will also defend editorial quality and high standard journalism. The World Editors Forum hopes that editors-in-chief and online editors find in Prague practical solutions that will fit with their vision of the 2015 newsroom.
The World Editors Forum wants to set up a conference based on a new concept: high quality, but low cost.
Because editors need to be updated about the latest trends, we will offer them the most relevant speakers. We are also aware that in their daily work, they are looking for low cost solutions that won’t damage their journalistic standards.
WEF understands the latest management constraints and financial restraints. Editors cannot take long trips and their budgets have shrunk… So, this conference - with two panels and five sessions - will also be a low cost conference in all senses. And for the first time, we will maintain the connections made between participants after the conference and speakers will continue to answer questions from the audience on a dedicated wiki.
WEF hopes that – as a print or a web editor-in-chief – you will enjoy this new concept. Don’t miss our Prague rendezvous with PPF Media and its recently inaugurated FUTUROOM: the newsroom of the future in the heart of the historical city of Prague!
Bertrand Pecquerie,
World Editors
bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr
PS: You can also participate to our one day WEF Study Tour about Nase Adresa, the latest and more ambitious hyperlocal project in Europe. We will focus the tour on the business model for local news. The study tour is scheduled the day before the conference on Wednesday 30 September and you can register here.
And there's more: We will offer a special price to those who wish to come early to attend the World Young Reader Conference, set for Prague from 27 to 30 September. Details about that biennial conference, which is back in Europe for the first time in six years, are here.
