New board members elected: WAN-IFRA

The WAN-IFRA Annual General Meeting, taking place during the World Newspaper Congress, elected: Alvarado Caviedes Barahona, of Consorcio Periodistico de Chile, representing the Chilean Newspaper Publishers Association ANP; Kotaro Akiyama, President of the Asahi Shimbun, representing the Japanese Newspaper Association NSK; Hoosain Karjieker, Chief Executive of the Mail and Guardian, representing Print Media South Africa; and Donna Barrett, President and CEO of Community Newspaper Holdings, representing the Newspaper Association of America.

The WEF General meeting, taking place during the World Editors Forum, which runs concurrently with the World Newspaper Congress, elected: Geir Arne Bore, Editor-in-chief of Drammens Tidende, Norway; Michael Fleischhacker, Editor-in-chief of Die Presse, Austria; and Anette Novak, Editor-in-chief of Norran, Sweden.

More than 1,100 newspaper publishers, chief editors, managing directors, CEOs and other senior newspaper executives attended the Congress and Forum, which ended on Saturday. The conference presentations, videos, photos and other news can be found here: [CLICK HERE]

The 64th World Newspaper Congress, 19th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2012 will be held from 2 to 5 September 2012 in Kiev, Ukraine. Check this link: [CLICK HERE]

The 2012 WAN-IFRA General Assembly will be held on 1 September 2012 in Kiev, while the WEF General Assembly will be held in Kiev on 5 September.

WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world's newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.