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The World News Media Congress is the annual meeting of news executives, including publishers, editors and owners, of newspapers from all over the world. It is hosted in a different city each year. The 2018 Congress in Portugal drew around 1000 people from over 60 countries for three days of conferences, executive meetings, networking and social events. A list of previous host cities for WAN-IFRA Congresses, from 1948 to the present, can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/78299. It incorporates the:
The World Editors Forum (WEF) organises the editorial stream of the Congress. WEF is built on a commitment to defend press freedom and promote editorial excellence. It is at the forefront of newsroom change and connects editors on issues that matter for the future of independent and free news publishing. More on www.wan-ifra.org/wef
Women in News (WIN) Summit is a gathering to support of WAN-IFRA’s sector-leading initiative to increase women’s leadership and voices in news through capacity building, training and advocacy.
Sessions
June 01
Saturday
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09:00
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Editors' Roundtable: Science in the Newsroom
Location:Carron, First FloorThree-quarters of the top health stories that went viral in 2018 included false or misleading information, a recent study found. Many had been created or shared by big-name, credible newsrooms. Although there were no major inaccuracies, the lack of detail, context, overstatement and misinterpretation of research findings resulted in the public getting inaccurate information and making decisions on that. Our editors' roundtable on Science in the Newsroom will explore how to improve reporting in a resource-scarce newsroom.
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10:00
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Welcome Coffee
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11:00
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Congress Opening
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorOfficial opening of the 2019 World News Media Congress.Moderator
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11:15
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Another pivotal year for our industry
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorModerator
Is the Press sustainable?
A major investigation into the sustainability of quality journalism in the UK, released in February, was hailed as a blueprint for the economic development of the industry. Nine recommendations were made, ranging from a regulated relationship between publishers and platforms, to tax relief for investors in public interest journalism and a government media literacy strategy. Dame Frances Cairncross, a respected journalist, academic and economist, will assess the response to her recommendations, report on actions taken and share advice for the health of quality journalism beyond the UK.Speakers
No one likes us, we don’t care
Much of the public is increasingly turning their back on journalism, finding that news is not relevant to them, that they cannot trust it, or even find it to be actively antithetical to their values. How can journalism respond to this combination of threats and renew the public connection that is the premise of journalism as a profession, as a public institution, and as a business? What combination of editorial, technological, and other responses might help us as we risk losing touch with the public we serve?Speakers
We are all in this. Roll up your sleeves!
Much is expected of newsrooms today. We ask experienced editors how they cope with complex, pressured relationships amid a battle for social relevance.Speakers
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12:45
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Special Address by senior UK Cabinet Minister
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13:00
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Lunch and Networking Break
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13:00
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Women in News Lunch
Location:across M1, First FloorThose joining the Women in News Summit are invited to join a pre-Summit lunch.
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13:45
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3rd Women in News Summit
Location:M1, First FloorThe initial fallout from #metoo sparked change in the way women are treated in media companies. It also raised questions of why so few are questioned/quoted for their expertise. This session, which promises to be as inspiring as previous years, features new initiatives and builds on cases presented in 2018.
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14:30
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Small and Mid-Sized Businesses: how to set yourself apart and give your newsbrand an edge
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorBig newsbrands invest substantial amounts on marketing campaigns, using ad agencies to convey their mission and values to the public. What are the smaller brands doing to be heard and understood and to convince audiences to pay for their product against that of a competitor?Moderator
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14:30
Break-out 1
News Labs and Innovation (GAMI)
Location:Alsh, Ground FloorBest practices, projects and lessons learned from a selection of innovation labs in our community with a particular focus this year on the topic of Voice and AI. Hear the story of how the Associated Press is reorganising their innovation process and what the New York Times R&D strategy is including some projects they are working on.
From France, hear about the Renault and Challenges magazine initiative ‘Augmented Editorial Experience (AEX)’, launched at the Paris Motor Show 2018, which aims to create future opportunities for car makers and their content partners.
A session organised by WAN-IFRA's Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI).
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14:30
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Sponsored Session
Facebook Journalism Project: working towards sustainable solutions for local news
Location:Carron, First FloorThe Facebook Journalism Project is committed to strengthening communities by connecting people with meaningful journalism. Local newspapers play a vital role in providing their communities with authentic, reliable news and information. In this session, Facebook, the National Council for the Training of Journalists and Caxton, South Africa’s leader in community news, will discuss the progress of the Community News Project to hire and train 82 community news reporters and embed them in local newsrooms as well as the need to build other solutions for different business models in different countries, including audience and video accelerators.
Pre-register here: https://wanifraglasgow.splashthat.com/
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16:00
Social Events & Networking
Coffee and Networking Break
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16:45
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Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorWAN-IFRA’s annual award recognising the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. The 2018 Laureate was Maria Ressa.Moderator
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17:15
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Press Freedom around the world
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorMurder, intimidation, harassment, media capture. What's to be done?
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18:00
Social Events & Networking
Welcome Reception - A taste of Scotland
Location:Hall 1 & 2, Ground FloorA small taste of Scotland with a traditional pipe band, popular drinks and snacks from the region. Try a dram of whisky while networking with colleagues, old friends and new acquaintances.
June 02
Sunday
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09:00
Break-out 2
Sponsored Session
Breakfast Session - Advertising vs UX: Does higher revenue always come at the expense of the readers?
Location:Carron, First FloorMaximizing ad revenue can easily come at the expense of the user. However, this session will reveal data-driven best practices to increase advertising revenue through better user experience, and reveal the only way to measure the effect UX has on publisher revenue.
Pre-register here: https://www.marfeel.com/workshop-wnmc-2019/
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09:45
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Next Level Journalism and Storytelling
Location:M1, First FloorThe evolution of multimedia journalism is rapid: are we on a road from Pulitzers to Emmys as Voice and Podcasts supplement already profitable Video reporting? And how do you make the advances while ensuring the community stays front and centre of your journalism?
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09:45
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World Press Trends
Location:Alsh, Ground FloorWhat metrics are driving reader revenue strategies? What underlying trends are shaping local news challenges? How is trust impacting news media? Those are just a few of the questions that World Press Trends is addressing this year in its global survey.
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09:45
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Brand Building and Reader Revenue
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorThe frontrunners in the deployment of a digital subscription strategy are working on improving subscription funnels and preventing churn. In parallel, alternative initiatives are emerging or taking off. The focus is still to incentivise readers to pay, but using different approaches.Moderator
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Tables stakes: Focus on results rather than just process
Table stakes comes from thinking about strategy as poker. The speakers will share how Metro, local and regional newspapers in USA used this challenge centric method to achieve significant gain in traffic, engagement, subscription and diversified revenue streams.
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11:30
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Coffee and Networking Break
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12:00
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Funding Models and Journalism Guardrails
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorAs new investors and philanthropists step forward to fund news media how can you ensure journalists can continue to do their work, in the best conditions and in a context where the public is suspicious about partisanshipModerator
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12:00
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Next Generation Newsroom
Location:M1, First FloorGet insight into the latest projects of the enviably well-funded newsroom of The Washington Post. At the other end of the scale, newsrooms are struggling, soo too reputations and life for journalists is getting rougher. In this environment, who wants to be a journalist? How do you attract and keep qualified, diverse and resilient staff?
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Inside the Washington Post Newsroom
The Washington Post has one of the most innovative newsrooms around. Its teams operating at the intersection of tech, journalism and product are changing the way they think about, plan and deliver their journalism. They are already planning for the 2020 elections. What else are they up to?
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Are Journalists Today’s Coal Miners?
How to survive the talent challenge and emerge with better newsrooms. Fresh research paints a picture of the challenge the profession faces in markets that are in the middle of digital change. For this study, from RISJ and the University of Mainz, researchers interviewed dozens of editors-in-chief, heads of journalism schools in Europe and aspiring young journalists.
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13:00
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Editors' lunch: Where is the Editor?
Location:Boisdale, Ground Floor‘The Editor’ once a revered position both within the newsroom and in the community at large, is now an endangered species. An interactive session over lunch to explore the changing nature of editorial leadership.
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13:00
Social Events & Networking
Lunch and Networking Break
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14:30
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Advertising: Setting the right line of defence
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorPublic acceptance of advertising in the UK hit a new low in 2018 according to Advertising think-tank, Credos. This finding could apply to many developed ad markets. Among reasons, a feeling of intrusiveness and the use of “suspicious techniques”. Rebuilding trust comes down to owning problems and helping brands to serve their campaigns to the relevant targets, in a trusted environment. Different initiatives are underway to create a better advertising ecosystem. Advertising has always been a revenue pillar for publishers, and like the others, it’s facing pressure to transform.Moderator
Innovative research to prove ad effectiveness in newsbrands
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Head-to-head: A future for advertising in our business models
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14:30
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Building Bridges: news media literacy needed!
Location:M1, First FloorThey will all be voters, strong forces of the future economy and some of them will even become political leaders. But most of Gen Z feel they can’t access, analyze or evaluate the media around them, let alone trust traditional newsbrands to become their voice. It’s time to build news media literacy programs around the world that understand the society teens and young adults live in and their motivators and values.Moderator
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14:30
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Personalisation of news matters!
Location:Alsh, Ground FloorA session organised by WAN-IFRA's Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI) and the Content Personalisation Network (CPN).
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Personalisation of news matters!
A focused break-out session about the capabilities of Advanced Digital Technologies to deliver personalised content and elevate the experience of your customers wherever they access your media.
Hear about what they are doing at Ilta-Sanomat regarding personalising their news and hear an introduction to the Content Personalisation Network (CPN) which is an exciting European funded project using technologies such as Distributed Ledger (eg. blockchain) and artificial intelligence \ machine learning to build a leading-edge platform for content personalisation. Learn about how organisations such as WAN-IFRA, Digital Catapult, DW, VRT and Dias are working together to build this creative and adaptable mechanism for personalisation, and how your organisation could benefit.
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Start-up pitches
In the second part of this session, innovative SMEs from across the UK and Europe will take to the stage to talk about the personalisation capabilities they can provide, and what they mean for organisations like yours.
- Startup pitches
- Voting on ‘Most Promising’ Startup
- Announcement of the winner
- Drinks and meet & greet the Startups !
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14:30
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Sponsored Session
Global State of Reader Engagement
Location:Carron, First FloorChartbeat’s Data Science Chief, Josh Schwartz, offers new research into global audience and traffic patterns to identify new year-on-year trends. With dramatic changes in reader behavior, the analysis looks closely at engagement and loyalty trends by platform, experience, and device, which have strategic implications for news publishers.
Pre-register here.
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16:00
Social Events & Networking
Coffee Break and Networking in our lounge and exhibition area
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16:30
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In Conversation with Mark Thompson, NYT
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorModerator
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16:30
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Managing Sexual Harassment in the Newsroom
Location:Boisdale, Ground FloorWhat media managers should know to protect their staff, their culture and their corporate reputations.
Join WAN-IFRA for a roundtable discussion on sexual harassment in the newsroom, and the tools you need to help mitigate and manage instances when they do arrive.Speakers
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17:00
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Editors
Opportunity: Developing original programmes for streaming services
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorStreaming services like Netflix will need a lot of content in the future and they are looking for projects from third-parties. Opportunity arises for media companies with original stories that can be repurposed as base screenplays for shows. How does this new world work? We will ask Camila Jimenez Villa, who, at Univision, was the Executive Producer for the Netflix programmes El Chapo (seasons 1-3), Murder Mountain, Tijuana and “Who killed Malcom X”.
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19:00
Social Events & Networking
Gala Dinner
Location:Kelvingrove Art Gallery and MuseumWe will start the Gala Dinner with a civic reception, courtesy of The Rt Hon The Lord Provost Councillor Eva Bolander. Have a drink and take the time to explore the treasures of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Enjoy a three course Scottish menu, while celebrating with us the winners of the World Digital Media Awards and the Women in News Leadership Awards. The Venue Announcement for Congress 2020 will also be held at this social event. A shuttle service will be provided to and from the museum - more info will be announced through the Congress App.
Built in 1901, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions. With 22 themed, state-of-the-art galleries displaying an astonishing 8000 objects, the collections are extensive, wide-ranging and internationally-significant. Discover more here.
Civic Reception courtesy of The Rt Hon The Lord Provost Councillor Eva Bolander
June 03
Monday
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09:30
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Innovation Reports
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorModerator
Innovation in News Media World Report
Presenting the annual must-read world report on behalf of WAN-IFRA on the latest ways and means news media are reinventing themselves with new commercial and editorial formulas
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Print winning strategies
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Benchmarking trust in advertising
WAN-IFRA, in association with market research specialist Syno International, conducted a global survey of 40,000 people across 40 countries to gauge their trust in advertising
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09:30
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Editors' Safety Workshop
Location:M1, First FloorThis workshop provides useful tools for news organisations and editorial teams to review and improve safety practices and protocols that affect both the newsroom and journalists out in the field. We will focus on “easy wins” - editing and security practices that can be implemented with minimal cost and rapid deployment. We will address office security, best practices for commissioning dangerous assignments, and key elements for creating a robust safety policy and set of protocols. All of these can save the lives of reporters, and your company - investing in building a robust safety policy and associated protocols can save your organisation from the financial loss and reputational damage of a crisis that could have been prevented and avoided, or could have been carefully managed.
We encourage participants to register in advance here: https://acosalliance.submittable.com/submit/137560/editors-safety-workshop-wan-ifra-world-congress-glasgow
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- High Risk Adviser, BBC High Risk team, UK
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09:30
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Tables Stakes Workshop
Location:Alsh, Ground FloorAt this workshop, Doug Smith and Stan Wischnowski will describe the results achieved in the U.S. table stakes programs as well as provide an overview of the 7 core table stakes, the methodology of performance-driven change, and how the program works. Doug and Stan are both looking forward to exploring with participants how the Table Stakes Europe program can help participants move forward with their most important challenges.
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11:30
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Coffee and Networking Break
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12:00
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How to build a culture of innovation, and grow your organisation's bottom-line
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorMost news organisations recognise they need the capacity to innovate and keep their organisation relevant. But does innovation actually make a meaningful difference to performance? What levers do you need to pull to effect the culture change needed to drive innovation?
This session will address these questions by highlighting innovation processes and role models. It will also help you determine the resources needed to oxygenate your newsroom and organisation.Moderator
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13:00
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Lunch and Networking Break
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14:00
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In conversation with Madhav Chinnappa, Google
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorA discussion about the Google News Initiative and Google's role in the news ecosystem
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14:30
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Closing Keynote: Sir Alan Moses
Location:Auditorium, Ground FloorThe challenges of balancing freedom of expression with protecting individuals and the importance of and need for regulation.Speakers
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End of the 71st World News Media Congress
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Reader Revenue Study Tour
Location:Glasgow and LondonDirectly following #WNMC.19, our 2.5 day Reader Revenue Study Tour takes you inside the top UK publishing houses where we discuss their unique subscription and membership strategies with the key people leading them. Learn more about the Study Tour here.