Global Editors Network
Encyclopedia
Global Editors Network is the first non-profit, non-governmental association that brings together editors-in-chief and senior news
executives from all platforms – print
, digital
, mobile
and broadcast
. Its goal is to break down the barriers between traditional and new media
, so that information
can be gathered and shared with each other to define an open journalism
model for the future and to create new journalistic concepts and tools.
GEN was established to respond to the increasing risks journalism faces. Its role is to gather editors with different knowledge sets and to start a dialog with engineers, developers and digital innovators. Its founding members are leading editors and top executives at The New York Times
, El Pais, BBC
, Le Monde
, News International
, Aftenposten
and from many other media brands worldwide.
A full list of Board Members can be found here.
Over 400 editors-in-chief and senior news executives have already joined the Global Editors Network. GEN members come from all platforms (print, broadcast, digital, mobile) and represent more than 50 countries and 300 media groups around the world. Their skills' diversity, as well as the balance between editors from emerging countries and senior news executives from developed countries, stands for the building of an open journalism model for the future and the creation of new journalistic concepts and tools.
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
executives from all platforms – print
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
, digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
, mobile
Mobile computing
Mobile computing is a form of human–computer interaction by which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage. Mobile computing has three aspects: mobile communication, mobile hardware, and mobile software...
and broadcast
Broadcast
Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...
. Its goal is to break down the barriers between traditional and new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
, so that information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
can be gathered and shared with each other to define an open journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
model for the future and to create new journalistic concepts and tools.
GEN was established to respond to the increasing risks journalism faces. Its role is to gather editors with different knowledge sets and to start a dialog with engineers, developers and digital innovators. Its founding members are leading editors and top executives at The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, El Pais, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, News International
News International
News International Ltd is the United Kingdom newspaper publishing division of News Corporation. Until June 2002, it was called News International plc....
, Aftenposten
Aftenposten
Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...
and from many other media brands worldwide.
Missions
GEN's objective is to define the future of journalism by empowering editors-in-chief and senior news executives looking for the preservation of editorial quality when working with publishers, media owners and news suppliers as the delivery of news is transforming into new digital platforms.Activities
- The annual conference NEWS!-News World Summit- which will bring together more than 400 editors-in-chief and executives from all media platforms in 80 different countries.
- The Editors' Lab, focused on the development of mutual services, applications and content management systems (CMS) for the news media.
- The Editors' Institute which provides certify training on media strategies, newsroom integration, new information platforms and social networking technologies.
- The Editors' MarketPlace, a transactional platform between editors and suppliers for the news media.
- The Newsroom Report, which focuses on the latest changes in newsrooms worldwide; it aims to be a guide for editors on how to adapt their newsroom to cross-media strategies and to enhance editorial quality.
Board Members
- The President of GEN is Xavier Vidal-Folch, Deputy Director of El Pais (SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
). - The Vice President is Harald StanghelleHarald StanghelleHarald Stanghelle is a Norwegian newspaper editor.He was born in Vaksdal. His first role was that of editor of Vaksdalsnytt at the age of 19. He was then a journalist in Arbeiderbladet from 1982 to 1991, and in Aftenposten from 1991...
, Political Editor of Aftenposten (NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
). - The Chief Executive Officer is Bertrand Pecquerie, former director of the World Editors Forum until March 2011.
A full list of Board Members can be found here.
Over 400 editors-in-chief and senior news executives have already joined the Global Editors Network. GEN members come from all platforms (print, broadcast, digital, mobile) and represent more than 50 countries and 300 media groups around the world. Their skills' diversity, as well as the balance between editors from emerging countries and senior news executives from developed countries, stands for the building of an open journalism model for the future and the creation of new journalistic concepts and tools.