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 Article 8 of WAN-IFRA by-laws, and internal guidelines voted in 2016.
Qualifications for membership in the World Editors Forum are:
- 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.
Applications from other kinds of editors or distinguished persons are considered on a case-by-case basis. Admission is reserved to persons whose main 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. Read the World Editors Forum Board Terms of Reference.
Members
President: Martha Ramos Chief Editorial Officer, Mexican Publishing Organization – OEM, Mexico BIO
Deputy President: David Walmsley Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Canada BIO
Jane Barrett Global Editor, News Media Strategy, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom BIO
Fernando Belzunce, Editorial Director, Vocento, Spain BIO
Catarina Carvalho Founder, Mensagem Lisbon, Portugal BIO
Phil Chetwynd Global News Director, AFP, France BIO
Liz Corbin Director of News, European Broadcasting Union, Switzerland BIO
José del Rio Secretary General of Editorial Staff, SA La Nación, Argentina BIO
Fatemah Farag CEO, Welad Elbalad Media, Egypt BIO
Jaime Ho Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore BIO
Javier Luis Garza Ramos WAN-IFRA Consultant – Regional Manager SMS MoFA, Mexico BIO
Chani Guyot Publisher, NETWORK / ACTION, Argentina BIO
Ritu Kapur CEO, Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd, India BIO
Amalie Kestler, Managing Editor in Chief, Politiken, Denmark, BIO
Wolfgang Krach Editor in Chief, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany BIO
Johanna Lahti, Senior Editor in Chief, Ilta Sanomat BIO
Nwabisa Makunga Editor, The Sowetan, South Africa BIO
Esther Ng Chief Content Officer, Star Media Group, Malaysia BIO
Rameeza Nizami Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Nawa-i-Waqt Media Group, Pakistan
Marcelo Rech President, Associação Nacional de Jornais, Brazil BIO
Dmitry Shishkin CEO, Ringier Media International, Switzerland
Pamella Sittoni Executive Editor, Nation Media Group PLC, Kenya BIO
Robyn Tomlin Chief News Officer, McClatchy, USA BIO
Deirdre Veldon Group Managing Director, Irish Times, Ireland
Jochen Wegner Editor in Chief, ZEIT ONLINE, Germany BIO
Bartosz T. Wieliński, Deputy Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland