(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 26 September 2000 For immediate release New Look for WAN Web Site The World Association of Newspapers has redesigned and relaunched its web site to better serve the global newspaper industry. The site, at www.wan-press.org, has been reorganised and extended to reflect the diverse and […]
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release:
Paris, 26 September 2000
For immediate release
New Look for WAN Web Site
The World Association of Newspapers has redesigned and relaunched its web site to better serve the global newspaper industry.
The site, at www.wan-press.org, has been reorganised and extended to reflect the diverse and growing activities of the Paris-based organisation.
“As the global organisation for newspapers, WAN is active in all aspects of the industry,” said Timothy Balding, the Director General of WAN. “The web site is a source of information on press freedom issues, management and newsroom concerns, young reader programmes, research and policy matters, contacts in the industry and many other aspects of our business.”
The new site is divided into six main areas, all reached from a user-friendly home page: press freedom: conferences, training programs and events; young reader programmes; the World Editors Forum for senior news executives: research and policy; and membership, including contact information for 66 national newspaper associations and other members of WAN.
Much of the information is supplied in English, French, German and Spanish. WAN also has a Russian-language web site at www.wan-press.ru.
The new site is supported in part by advertising from major suppliers to the newspaper industry.
Traffic to www.wan-press.org has grown steadily every month since it was launched in May 1998 and is now running at nearly 24,000 user sessions (log-ins of at least five minutes) a month from 17,000 users.
WAN defends and promotes press freedom world-wide. It represents 17,000 newspapers; its membership includes 66 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 93 countries, 17 news agencies and seven regional and world-wide press groups.
