1. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) 3 October 2009 in Kiev Ukrainian Newspaper Congress Trends in European & American Newsrooms 2008 - 2012 by Bertrand Pecquerie, WEF Director bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr

2. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Trends in Newsrooms: a unique report about editorial strategies No comparable report at the moment 160 page report based on Editors Weblog articles (www.editorsweblog.org)www.editorsweblog.org) 7 case studies about citizen journalism, integrated newsrooms, e-papers… The 2009 report will be published on 1 June 2009 (see your conference bag) More on: www.trends-in-newsrooms.org

3. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The 8 key words for 2009 GOOD TO KNOW… BUT DIFFICULT TO DO Participation/ News sharing process Convergence / Partnerships New Storytelling / Lack of training Personalization/ Fragmentation News to use / Ethics

4. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The 24/7 newsroom and what must be changed

5. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Convergence: The new paradigm of journalism

6. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The new daily workflow

7. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Interactivity with readers at EL PAIS

8. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The new storytelling process

9. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Participation: the circle of power has changed « News is no longer a lecture. It is a conversation. » Dan Gillmor

10. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) 10 years for understanding new audiences Use of interactive features: it’s just the beginning… It will take ten years to understand the new news process

11. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Web2.0 world: look for popularity don’t forget quality The Web2.0 world is fragmented and focused on news sharing Newspaers are not prepared to this revolution

12. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Different ways for interacting… Offer your readers the possibility to share news (the Washington Post) Offer your readers to send you news, photos and videos (Bild, Germany) And then choose to pay them or not as « citizen reporters »

13. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) America / Europe Newsroom design is different

14. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Integrate print and online… and redesign your newsroom Impossible to become a 24 hour news provider without a new organisation of the newsroom Reinforce the central desk as if it was a control room in a TV station (The Daily Telegraph) Insist on media training and encourage your staff to be multiskilled (Die Welt)

15. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The hub and spokes newsroom design

16. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) But don’t forget that… a newsroom is not a prison Journalism is creativity, not productivity Don’t transform the newsroom into a control room Take your time: you need to convince your staff instead of stressing it The Jeremy Bentham panoptikon (1795) and the Daily Telegraph newsroom (2006)

17. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The hub… without the spokes Newsroom design at Trinity Mirror titles in Birmingham is more flexible. News conferences take place in the hub Multimedia desk is close to the hub.

18. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The hub… without the spokes (2) Newsroom design at Nottingham daily newspaper

19. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) America / Europe Content is different, Newsgathering too…

20. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) The newspaper content dramatically changing « Newspapers will become Viewspapers » Simon Kelner The Independent UK

21. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Personalization: become an aggregator and multiply websites Before /After Top-down journalism / News is a conversation Distributing information / News-sharing model Newspaper-centric / Multi-platform newspaper Old generation oriented/Reconquering youth

22. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Create a multi-newspaper newsroom Don’t focus on digital only: the goal is to reach segmented audiences One newsroom, two or three newspapers: it’s possible. See the Axel Springer strategy in Germany For regional newspapers, why not a free paper or hyper-local newspaper + the traditional newspaper

23. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) America / Europe Training is different

24. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Daily Telegraph approach: train and motivate your journalists

25. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Louise Masson lesson: Set up your own learning strategy

26. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) How The Daily Telegraph: deals with new media learning

27. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) Example of training schedule

28. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) 2009 training plan at Daily Telegraph

29. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) To a year end performance score

30. The World Editors Forum is the organisation for editors within the World Association of Newspapers and News Producers (WAN-IFRA) More contacts with the World Editors Forum The blog is updated daily: www.editorsweblog.org www.editorsweblog.org WEF president is Xavier Vidal- Folch, El Pais. See: www.worldeditorsforum.org www.worldeditorsforum.org Or contact Bertrand Pecquerie, WEF Director at: bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr