| Editors-in-chief and senior news executives from around the world and working on different platforms – print, digital or broadcast – are now able to gather, share information and create new services within a new professional network called the Global Editors Network (GEN). |
| Why a new association? |
| Because digitalization and broadband access have accelerated media convergence and because editors of all platforms face the same challenges in news production, it is more obvious every day that they are members of the same community, all driven by a journalistic imperative and a common goal: how to invent tomorrow's journalism and to make it sustainable.
 According to Xavier Vidal-Folch, former president of the World Editors Forum (within WAN-IFRA) “quality journalism is at risk and we consider that the only solution to define a sustainable news model is to gather editors with a different knowledge and to start a dialog with engineers, developers and start-up managers. It is because we will break down traditional barriers that we will be innovative and relevant for our community”.
Founded by editors from developed and emerging countries, the purpose of GEN is to empower colleagues looking for the preservation of editorial quality when working with publishers, media owners and news suppliers. |
| What the association will focus on? |
| Apart from organizing international and national conferences or events focused on editorial strategies, the new association is based on the concepts of mutualisation and cooperation between different media. For the president of GEN, “We are no longer competitors, but potential partners and if we manage to work together we'll be able to create new tools for our newsrooms. That’s the goal of the Global Editors Network.” GEN will also foster the creation of national associations or guilds of editors-in-chief in countries that do not have these structures (association building activity), as for instance in the Arab world or in Asia. GEN will set up a range of new services for editors to be introduced very shortly: the Editors’ Lab, the Editors’ Institute and the Editors’ Marketplace. Based in Paris, the Global Editors Network is a non-profit organisation. |
| Why a manifesto? |
| GEN Board members want to share their vision of quality journalism with their colleagues. This is why they would like to offer them the opportunity to improve the first draft of their manifesto. This cooperative process is very symbolic of the relationship GEN would like to establish with its future members. |
| About GEN/Enquiries |
| - President: Xavier Vidal-Folch, El Pais, Spain – General Secretary: Stefanie Chernow, Phone: + 33 1 53 01 01 80 – URLs: www.globaleditorsnetwork.org www.twitter.com/editorsnet www.facebook.com/editorsnet |
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