World Association of Newspapers

The World Association of Newspapers was founded in 1948, and "groups 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 100 nations, 13 news agencies, and nine regional press organisations. It is a non-profit, non-government organisation. In all, the Association represents more than 18,000 publications on the five continents." 

Top Staff

 * President Gavin O’Reilly (Ireland)
 * General Treasurer Fred Arp (Netherlands)

Vice-Presidents
 * Eugene Abov (Russia)
 * Tomas Brunegard (Sweden)
 * Claudio Calabi (Italy)
 * Hans Heinrich Coninx (Switzerland)
 * Hanzade Dogan (Turkey)
 * Eberhard Ebner (Germany)
 * Masato Kitamura (Japan)
 * Ryuta Araki ( Japan)
 * Michal Klima (Czech Republic)
 * Murdoch Maclennan (Great Britain)
 * Lars Munch (Denmark)
 * Scott Schurz (USA)
 * Jayme Sirotsky (Brazil)

Ex Officio Members
 * George Brock (President, Wef)
 * Ebbe Dal (Chairman, Directors Committee)

Former Presidents Source
 * Bengt Braun (Sweden)
 * Roger Parkinson (Canada)
 * Seok Hyun Hong (Korea)

Related SourceWatch resources

 * International Freedom of Expression eXchange
 * Globe International (Mongolia)
 * Global Forum for Media Development
 * Gavin O'Reilly
 * Bill Porter
 * David Tam-Baryoh
 * Paul Kamara
 * Geoffrey Nyarota
 * Emran Qureshi

Contact details
7 Rue Geoffroy St. Hilaire 75005 Paris, France Telephone: (33-1) 47 42 85 00 Fax: (33-1) 47 42 49 48 Email: contact_us AT an.asso.fr Web: http://www.wan-press.org