Alvarez, Lola
EFE Agency´s General Director
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EFE Agency´s General Director since 2006.
In 2001, she joined the PRISA Group as Head of TV Projects for Latin America. She was the director and hostess of news programs in several Spanish and European television channels (TVE, BBC, RAI).
She holds a degree in history from Salamanca University and another in Information Sciences from Madrid´s Complutense University.
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Ayar, Farid
General Secretary of Federation of Arab News Agencies - FANA
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Secretary General of the Federation of Arabian News Agencies (FANA).
Reporter. He has wide experience in the work field of news agencies. In charge of the General Secretariat for a five-year period.
The Federation has a superior council, called General Assembly, which gathers annually.
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Boyd Barret, Joseph Oliver
Professor of Journalism at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
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Academician, specialized in journalism -specifically in news agencies.
Professor at Essex University, Imperial College, London´s City University, Open University and Leicester University; all in the UK.
He has authored many books and magazines on the subject of news agencies.
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Cruvinel, Tereza
Presidente - EBC Empresa Brasil de Comunicación
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She holds a degree and a Master´s degree in Communication from the Brasilia University.
She wrote a politics column in the O Globo newspaper for 22 years, until 2007; and was a commentator at the Globo News television channel.
Former political journalist for Brasilia´s Jornal, Correio Braziliense and the Jornal do Brasil.
In 2007, she directed the drafting of the bill that created the Brazil Communications Company, which was to be passed by Parliament
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Cyranek, Günter
Adviser for Communication and Information of UNESCO for Mercosur
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He holds a PhD degree in Information Engineering from Bremen University, Germany; a Master´s degree in Information from Karlsruhe University, Germany; and a Master´s degree in Pedagogy and Psychology from Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.
From 1998 to 2004, he was UNESCO´s Advisor for Telecommunication and Information for Sub-Saharan Africa, based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
Since 2004, he has been Advisor for Communication and Information for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for UNESCO´s Regional Science Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Fasano Merthens, Federico
Director en Uruguay del diario La República, la radio 1410 Am Libre, la radio 89.7 Fm Libre, el canal de televisión TV Libre, el diario digital LR 21 y Director General del Multimedio Plural.
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In the 60`s and 70`s, until the 1973 coup d´etat, he directed the Uruguayan newspapers Extra, De Frente, Democracia, El Eco and Ya. After democracy was restored, he became the director of CX Radio Nacional.
From 1979 to 1984, he directed the monthly French newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique´s edition in Spanish.
Former secretary of Culture of the Latin American Journalists Federation (Felap), former president of Uruguay´s Press Association and former member of the Executive Committee of Latin American News Agency (Alasei).
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Fernández Novoa, Sergio
Vice-President in charge of the Presidency, TELAM S.E.
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Reporter.
Vice-president of TELAM News Agency since June 2008.
Vice-president of Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA), from December 2009 to May 2010.
General Coordinator of the Federal Radiobroadcasting Committee (COMFER), from June 2003 to June 2008.
Communication Coordinator of the National Front against Poverty (FRENAPO).
General News Producer of Brazil´s O Globo network, from 1989 to 1993.
Head of Communication of Sao Paulo´s Red Voces, Brazil, from 1989 to 1993.i).
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Fogel, Jean Francois
Consultor - French Group - Sud Ouest
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Reporter and essayist. He has worked for the France Presse Agency, Paris´s Liberation newspaper, and Le Point weekly, also in Paris.
Advisor to the director of the French newspaper Le Monde, from 1994 to 2002.
Press consultant for companies.
He has authored several books on French and Latin American literature.
Consultant to European and Latin American Media on website development and digital production organization.
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Gillies, Tony
Editor in Chief - AAP Australian Associated Press
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Tony Gillies joined AAP as Editor-in-Chief in January, 2004 having spent 25 years in various editing and group roles with Rural Press, Fairfax and News Limited. Under his leadership AAP has become a multi-media agency.
In addition to editorial responsibility Gillies has had full revenue accountability for the company’s Media Services division since 2008.
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Grijelmo García, Álex
Executive President of EFE agency since 2004
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He holds a degree in Information Sciences and an official Master´s degree in Journalism and Dissemination from Madrid´s Complutense University. He graduated from IESE in Management.
He started his career as a reporter in 1977 in Spain´s Europa Press agency, where he worked for six years. In 1983, he joined the Spanish newspaper El País, where he was chief and editor-in-chief of the Madrid, Spain, Edition, Sunday, Society and Sports sections for 16 years. He was responsible for the creation of the newspaper style guide.
Director of the regional and local press network of Prisa Group in 1999 and General Contents Director of Prisa Internacional in 2002.
He has authored several books and was awarded the Miguel Delibes National Journalism Prize in 1999.
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Guerrillot, Stéphane
Chairman of the IPTC
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He has been the president of the IPTC (International Telecommunications Press Committee), as a representative of AFP since 1992.
Within AFP, he is the Head of International Technical Affairs and is also in charge of its Technological Sales department.
He graduated from ENST Bretagne (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecomunicaciones), joined AFP in 1982 as a Development engineer, filling the “Research and Development” department with achievements (and several patents) in the field of digital image and networks.
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Gusman, Mikhail S.
Vice-President of ITAR-TASS
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He graduated from Azerbaijan´s Foreign Languages University and from the Journalism Department of Baku´s Superior School of Political Sciences.
He has been the first Deputy General Director (vice-president) of ITAR-TASS since 2002; he was appointed by Vladimir Putin, Russian president at the time.
Since September 2002, he has been vice-president of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).
He is a member of the Mediasoyuz (Russia´s Media Organization) Council and of Moscow´s Reporters Union Council.
He is a representative of the Russian Federation in UNESCO´s Intergovernmental Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
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Holloway, Robert
President, AFP Foundation
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Reporter.
He started his career by covering the Portuguese Revolution of April 1974.
He has been a correspondent in New York, the United Nations, the Middle East and Australia.
He has worked for the London Times. He joined AFP in 1988.
He was a correspondent for the Australian agency. He has been deputy editor-in-chief of foreign news, editor-in-chief and deputy director, before being appointed director of the foundation.
He also worked three years for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in Paris..
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Lang, Michael
Editor-in-Chief, Austrian Press Agency
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He studied law at Vienna University.
He started his career as a freelance reporter for the Austrian press.
In 1988, he joined the Austrian Press Agency (APA). He became head of department in 1994 and three years later he was appointed deputy editor-in-chief managing an audio project for APA focusing on private Austrian radio broadcasters.
He was later appointed editor-in-chief and head of the APA division.
He is a part-time professor of Vienna University, in Austria.
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La Rue, Frank
Relator por la Libertad de Expresión, Organización de las Naciones Unidas - ONU
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Reporter and lawyer, graduated from San Carlos de Guatemala University.
He has a long career as an advocate and promoter of human rights in Guatemala. In 2003, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His work in supporting the victims of human rights violations is outstanding.
He has studied Foreign Politics in the School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University in Washington DC.
He is currently the president of Guatemala´s DEMOS Institute.
In 2008, he started his mandate as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, ending in August 2011.
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Nedomansky, Wolfgang
CEO, MINDS International - Servicio de datos para información móvil y noticias
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He joined Austria Press Agency (APA) in the 90´s as editor of Economy and Finances.
Under his direction, the agency became the leader in the business and financial information market for institutional and private Austrian investors.
Since 2005, he has been responsible for MINDS International, a worldwide network of news agencies leading the collaboration with new media businesses.
In 1999, he got his Master´s degree in Management from Vienna University.
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Pecora, Giulio
Consultant of Presidency - ANSA
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Reporter. He has spent half of his 40-year career working abroad.
He joined ANSA in 1976. He was the agency´s correspondent in Prague, Singapore and Beijing.
Back in Rome, he was appointed head of International news, and later, head of photography, making this department a member of the European Photography Agency.
After being ANSA´s deputy editor-in-chief, he set up his own consulting firm in international media.
He is currently also a consultant to ANSA´s president and CEO.
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Ruebenacker, Andrea
Head African Division, DW-AKADEMIE, German Academy for Training Journalists - FANA Training Center
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Reporter.
He started his career in 1995 in Westdeutschen Rundfunk, Cologne, Germany.
From 2005 to 2008, he was Project Manager for the Deutsche Welle Akademie in Berlin.
In 2008, he was appointed Head of the African Division at the Deustche Welles Akademie in Bonn.
He is a member of the FANA Training Center.
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Salaverria, Ramón
Doctor of Journalism, is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Navarra
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PhD in Journalism. Tenured Professor at the School of Communication of Navarre University, Spain.
Vice-president of the Journalism Studies Section, within the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the largest European organization of communication researchers.
He has authored several books on journalism and the media. Madrid´s newspaper El Mundo has repeatedly included him in its ranking of “500 most influential Spaniards”, in the Internet category.
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Seagrave, Jane
Vice President, Associated Press - AP
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Associated Press´s Senior Vice-president since 2009, she is responsible for the development of AP´s global business, marketing and product operations.
She became involved in the agency´s business area in 2003, after having worked as a reporter for AP for many years.
She started her career as a reporter doing assignments for AP in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Grant Pass, Oregon; and Boston, Massachusetts.
She graduated from Bowdoin College, and holds a Master´s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
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Spaggiari, Stefano
CEO of Expert System - Semantic software technology for the News Agencies of the third millenniun
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Founder of the Expert System, a development featuring advanced technology allowing organizations to use any available means of information, aiming at improving quality and efficiency in their decision-making process.
As general director of Expert System for over 10 years, he has turned the company into one of the main search engine companies, as evidenced by the inclusion of Expert System in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, jointly with Google, Microsoft and IBM.
He holds a degree in Computer Sciences from Modena University (Italy) and an Executive MBA from the Bologna University´s Business School (Italy).
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Tetsushi, Wakita
Japanese TV NHK´s New York Office Chief
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He holds a degree in law from Kyoto University, Japan.
He started his career in 1979 as an NHK news reporter. In 1991, he was appointed Head of Los Angeles Office, in the US.
Senior correspondent in 1995.
Head of Beijing´s General Office in 2002.
General Director for America since 2007.
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Villa, Monique
CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Delegate Council for the Thomson Reuters Foundation since 2008.
In June 2010, she launched TrustLaw, a service connecting lawyers willing to work ad honorem for NGOs, social entrepreneurs and governments in need of legal assistance.
Before joining the Foundation, she was General Director of Reuters Media and president of Action Images. Since 2001, she has transformed the image business and negotiated agreements for the media and for publishers.
She started her career in the France Presse Agency, where she has held several senior positions in journalistic management.
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