Here is the daily wrap-up from Hyderabad, India, on the final events of the 62nd World Newspaper Congress, 16th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2009.
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UK former Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, says all journalism is investigative.
Nick Davies spoke about his view on investigative journalism during WAN-IFRA 2009 World Newspaper Congress - World Editors Forum.
A lot of news today consists of garbage such as celebrity news, he said.
Editors Forum: Podcast: Mahasweta Samajdar on women editors in India
Mahasweta Samajdar is an editor for Swarnakshar Prakasani Private Limited in Kolkata, India. In her country, women editors are few, but she says that she did not have problems rising to her position.
Editors Forum: Aroon Purie: the key to investigative journalism is passion
Is investigative journalism giving up on newspapers? "No!" stressed Aroon Purie, the founding chairman and editor-in-chief of the India Today Group.
Purie, a well known journalist in India, spoke earlier this afternoon on a panel discussing the abandonment of investigative journalism in newspapers.
"You need smart journalists, determined journalists, people who have a passion for this," Aroon explained.
Newspaper Congress: Trends: Don't Count on Digital Revenue
WAN-IFRA Joint CEO Timothy Balding presents the 2009 World Newspaper Trends report in the opening joint session of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum on Tuesday afternoon. Under the conference slogan "Newspapers: A multi-media growth business," Balding presents statistics that, in some regards, would argue the claim.
Abhijit Majumder, executive editor, MID DAY, India, detailed how MID DAY's use of cross-media increased readership and revenue through print, online, radio and mobile media.
He said that they came to the realization that there’s no way they could outdo television and they needed to find other ways to increase readership.
Editor's Forum: Outsourcing is key
Arun Jethmalani, CEO of ValueNotes, discussed outsourcing. He said his company is a research company and they do a lot of research on media. One of the subjects being discussed is outsourcing in the media.
Outsourcing is not new to the newspaper industry. For some time, newspapers have used freelancers.
A UK managing editor says outsourcing should not replace editorial staff, but it is helpful.
Managing Editor of the Press Association, John Spencer, detailed his view on editorial outsourcing during the WAN-IFRA 2009 World Newspaper Congress - World Editors Forum.
"In editorial outsourcing, trust is everything," he said.
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