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The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists. We are dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

Interviews with Our Speakers

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In the run up to our World Congress we will be featuring a series of interviews with our speakers.

In our interview this week, we spoke to Rajesh Kalra, Chief Editor of the Times of India group’s online presence, and the group’s editor of innovations, about how India’s media landscape is developing. Read the full transcript here.

We also spoke to Errol Barnett, host of "iReport for CNN", the monthly show on CNN International that collates the best submissions of CNN's user-generated news service. Here you can read the full feature and transcript.


The full interview feature with Jeff Howe – contributing editor of Wired magazine, famous for coining the term “crowdsourcing” is available here.

We asked Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product Manager at Google News and Susan Pointer, Director of Public Policy & Government Relations for SE Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Google - about Google News' and Google's role in the media as well as its commitment to freedom of information (read the full feature here).

Also read interviews with:
Guy Black, Former Director of UK Press Complaints Commission
Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, English News, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India
Elmar Thevessen, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of News at ZDF, Germany
Sergej Danilov, Investigative reporter for Radio Expres and a blogger on SME.sk, Slovakia
Dan Rather, Anchor and Managing Editor, “Dan Rather Reports,” HDNet, New York, USA
Bill Nichols, Managing Editor, Politico, Arlington, USA

 

It's Summertime, But Not Too Late to Register

Many of you will now be planning your summer vacation, but as we enter the last few months of preparation for the IPI World Congress, make sure you don't miss out! If you haven't registered yet, it's not too late. Our latest offer of 890 EUR still saves you almost 20% off the regular Congress fee.

Plus - enjoy the best hotel rates! Enjoy the very heart of Europe. Vienna is so easy to reach (15% discount on Austrian Airlines flights) and easy to stay in - 165 € per night at the Hotel Savoyen Vienna
* Limited number of rooms!

Be a part of this year's only global, news-generating conference for all types of media!

If you haven't made any holiday plans, yet why not combine a vacation with the Congress? Come to the IPI World Congress from 11-14 September, then take advantage of our post Congress tours and enjoy the sights of Slovakia and the warmth and hospitality of its people. Vienna and Bratislava sightseeing tours are also available for accompanying persons during the Congress.

60th Anniversary Celebration

In October 1950, 34 editors from 15 countries met at Columbia University in New York to form a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

The idea for such an organisation evolved in the aftermath of the Second World War. IPI was founded on the belief that a free press would contribute to the creation of a better world.

Learn more about IPI and our 60-year-long struggle for freedom of media:

    1950 - 1959
        1960 - 1969

    1970 - 1979         1980 - 1989

    1990 - 1999
         2000 - 2009

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