(WAN/IFEX) – WAN issued the following statement on 26 May 1998: A debate on privacy laws in the wake of the Princess Diana tragedy and the present and future prospects for the newspaper industry are two of dozens of topics to be addressed when the world’s press gathers in Kobe, Japan, early next month. The […]
(WAN/IFEX) – WAN issued the following statement on 26 May 1998:
A debate on privacy laws in the wake of the Princess Diana tragedy and the
present and future prospects for the newspaper industry are two of dozens of
topics to be addressed when the world’s press gathers in Kobe, Japan, early
next month.
The 51st World Newspaper Congress and the 5th World Editors Forum will bring
hundreds of newspaper owners, publishers and editors to Kobe 1-3 June for
the meetings, which are organised by the World Association of Newspapers,
the global association of the newspaper industry, and the Japan Newspaper
Publishers and Editors Association.
The Congress will deal primarily with publishing strategies and commercial
issues, while the Forum, created by WAN in 1994, will allow senior news
executives to discuss editing, design, content and ethical questions.
The opening session will include speeches by Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito
and Nobel Literature Prize laureate Wole Soyinka, President of the
International Parliament of Writers.
The Golden Pen of Freedom, awarded annually to a journalist whose actions or
writings promote the cause of press freedom, will be presented to jailed
Vietnamese journalist Doan Viet Hoat. His wife, Tran Thuc Tran, is
travelling from the United States to receive the award on his behalf.
Many of the world’s newspaper leaders will be participating. Among them are
Lachlan Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Limited, Australia, who will
address “Harnessing Creativity to Build the Newspaper of the Future.”
Some of the others are: Hirohisa Kato, President of the “Yomiuri Shimbun”,
of Osaka Japan, the world’s largest circulation newspaper; Burl Osborne,
President of the Publishing Division of A.H. Belo Corp. of the United
States; Bob Muscat, CEO of Fairfax Australia; Douglas Flynn, Managing
Director of News Limited of the United Kingdom; and Roger Parkinson,
Publisher and CEO, “The Globe and Mail” of Canada.
Some session highlights:
Commentator of UK newspaper “The Guardian”, will discuss “Princess Diana and
the Death of Privacy.”
the global newspaper industry that is considered the best source of data on
newspapers world-wide.
prize-winning Tokyo bureau chief of “The New York Times”, Nicholas Kristoff,
and Jean-Francois Fogel, International Editor of France’s “Le Monde.”
“Kobe
Shimbun” and the “Grand Forks Herald” of the US — the latest Pulitzer Prize
winner — to discuss their experiences during the Kobe earthquake and the
South Dakota floods.
future of
the newspaper industry, including the challenge of profiting from new forms
of information distribution.
Redesign of Advertising Sales” by Fredrik Gren and Jay Forgarty of McKinsey
& Company, the international consulting firm.
design and content will be discussed.
