The World Editors Forum Board is an advisory Board to the WAN- IFRA’s Supervisory Board regarding all editorial and content issues. It is regulated by art 8 of WAN-IFRA by-laws, and internal guidelines voted in 2014.
Qualifications for membership in the World Editors Forum are defined as follows:
- working newspaper editors, including online publications, Sunday newspapers and news magazines,
- heads and senior executives of journalism schools and institutes,
- editors from wire services,
- representatives from non-profit media organizations or media groups,
- up to five editors mandated to represent their company in WEF, provided that the company is a WAN-IFRA active member.
Applications from other kinds of editors or distinguished persons are considered on a case-by-case basis. Admission is reserved to persons whose principal activity is related to journalism. Each application is formally accepted by the WEF Director. In case of doubt, the Director should refer the application to the WEF board. In such cases, the Board makes the final decision on each application at the following Board meeting.
There is no limitation of mandate.
Members
President: Warren Fernandez, Editor in Chief, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
Arno Ahosniemi , Editor-in-Chief, Kauppalehti, Finland
Jane Barrett Global Editor, News Media Strategy, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom
Erik Bjerager Editor in Chief, Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark
Catarina Carvalho Founder, Mensagem Lisbon, Portugal
Phil Chetwynd Global News Director, AFP, France
Liz Corbin Director Media & Head of News, European Broadcasting Union, Switzerland
José del Rio Secretary General of Redacción, SA La Nación, Argentina
Fatemah Farag CEO, Welad Elbalad Media, Egypt
Javier Luis Garza Ramos WAN-IFRA Consultant – Regional Manager SMS MoFA, Mexico
Chani Guyot Publisher, RED / ACCIÓN, Argentina
Ritu Kapur CEO, Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd, India
Wolfgang Krach Editor in Chief, Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, Germany
Joanne Lipman Author, United States
Brian McGory Editor, Boston Globe, United States
Esther Ng Chief Content Officer, Star Media Group Berhad, Malaysia
Rameeza Nizami Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Nawa-i-Waqt Media Group, Pakistan
Toyosi Ogunseye Head of BBC West Africa Language Services, BBC, Deputy President WEF, Nigeria
Ertugrul Ozkok Columnist, Hürriyet Gazetesi, Turkey
Jean Christophe Ploquin Editor in Chief, La Croix, France
Martha Ramos National Editorial Director, Organización Editorial Mexicana – OEM, Mexico
Marcelo Rech President, Associação Nacional de Jornais, 2nd Deputy President, Brazil
Elske Schouten Deputy Editor in Chief, NRC, Netherlands
Dmitry Shishkin Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
Pamella Sittoni Executive Editor, Nation Media Group PLC, Kenya
Kjersti Sortland Editor in Chief, Budstikka, Norway
Piotr Stasiński Deputy Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
Vladimir Sungorkin General Director, Editor-in-Chief, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russian Federation
Deirdre Veldon, Deputy Editor, Irish Times, Ireland
David Walmsley Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Canada