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WAN-IFRA launches Mobile and Editorial Webinars for Emerging Markets

Thursday 08. May 2014 - The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today announced the launch of the Emerging Markets Webinar Series, weekly one-hour virtual workshops on editorial and mobile topics for its past and present media development project participants and other interested parties.

Topics for the webinars, which will run between May and September 2014, will include ‘the future face of mobile and digital advertising’, ‘how to use social media to build an audience,’ ‘newsroom management’, ‘monetizing your mobile products,’ and more.
Leading Swedish newspaper executive Gunnar Springfeldt will lead the first webinar, on 27 May at 12 pm CET, on the new face of mobile and digital advertising. Other webinar trainers include Penny Jones, Head of International Business Development for The Guardian, Assem el Bassal, General Manager of Masrawy Linkonline in Egypt, Paula Fray, a leading South African editorial trainer, and others.
“We are delighted to be offering this webinar series to our Media Development participants, and others who wish to attend,” said Melanie Walker, WAN-IFRA’s Head Consultant for Media Development. “The series offers value-added training to current project participants, and it is an opportunity for ‘graduated’ participants to also tap into WAN-IFRA’s extensive network of media executives and trainers in a convenient, cost efficient way.”
The webinars will be held weekly from 12:00-13:00 GMT