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: David WalmsleyEditor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Canada BIO
Deputy President: Martha Ramos Chief Editorial Officer, Mexican Publishing Organization – OEM, Mexico BIO
Joe Ageyo Editor-in-Chief, Nation Media Group, Kenya, BIO
Jane Barrett Global Editor, News Media Strategy, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom BIO
Fernando Belzunce, Editorial Director, Vocento, Spain BIO
Branko Brkic Founder, Project Kontinuum, South Africa, (Special Advisor World News Day) 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 Regional Manager SMS MoFA, Mexico (Special Advisor, Safety) BIO
Adeyeye Joseph Editor in Chief and Managing Director, Punch, Nigeria BIO
Anne Kappès-Grangé Editor in Chief, Jeune Afriq, France 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
Rodrigo Muzell Executive Manager of Digital Journalism, Grupo RBS, Brazil BIO
Esther Ng Chief Content Officer, Star Media Group, Malaysia BIO
Rameeza Nizami Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Nawa-i-Waqt Media Group, Pakistan
Veslemøy Østrem Editor-in-Chief, Altinget Norway BIO
Marcelo Rech President, Associação Nacional de Jornais, Brazil BIO
Hannah Sarney Editorial Product Director, Executive Editor, Financial Times, UK BIO
Dmitry Shishkin CEO, Ringier Media International, Switzerland BIO
Robyn Tomlin Chief News Officer, McClatchy, USA BIO
Deirdre Veldon Group Managing Director, Irish Times, Ireland BIO
Jochen Wegner Editor in Chief, ZEIT ONLINE, Germany BIO
Bartosz T. Wieliński Deputy Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland BIO