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As the global financial crisis is forcing newspaper companies world-wide to reduce staff and other resources, the annual Forum, to be held from 22 to 25 March in Hyderabad, India, will focus on the growing newsroom challenge of

“Doing More with Less”.



Full details of the Forum, which runs concurrently with the World Newspaper Congress and Info Services Expo 2009, the annual global meetings of the world¹s press, can be found at http://www.wanindia2009.com



The events, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and hosted by the Indian Newspaper Society, are expected to draw 2,000 newspaper publishers, chief editors, managing directors, CEOs, and other senior

newspaper executives at a time when the global financial crisis is putting additional pressure on newsrooms



The Forum sessions include:



- Tailoring your digital offerings to reader behaviour, which will focus on

how news is consumed and read online and how editors can use knowledge about

reader behaviour to adapt their online newsrooms. The presentation will be

made by Iñaki Palacios and Francisco Amaral, Directors of Spain¹s Cases I

Associats, one of the main consultancy firms for redesigning newspapers and

reorganising newsrooms.



- Future of Journalism versus Future of the Newspaper, which is dedicated to

the challenges of producing quality journalism in the digital age. A panel

of editors will consider such questions as: Is quality journalism possible

without a print edition? Is there a future for newspapers without breaking

news? Are shrinking newsrooms the main threat to quality journalism? The

panel includes Jaideep Bose, Editor-in-chief of the Times of India, James

Orr, Online News Editor of The Christian Science Monitor (USA), Alan

Rusbridger, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian (UK), and Mahfuz Aman,

Editor-in-chief of The Daily Star in Bangladesh.



- Integrated Newsrooms: New workflow, new storytelling, new positions, which

will examine how newspapers worldwide have adapted to the 24-hour newsroom.

The session will examine the new strategic jobs and positions that

editors-in-chief must fill, the best practices for digital storytelling, and

more. Speakers include Neil Benson, Editorial Director for the Regionals

Division of Trinity Mirror (UK), Kate Marymont, Vice President/Information

Center Content for Gannett (USA), and Marco Pratellesi, Editor-in-chief of

Corriere della Sera online in Italy.



- Is Investigative Journalism Giving Up on Newspapers?, which will examine

the impact of shrinking newsrooms on investigative journalism and its impact

on the traditional newspaper role as watchdog of democracy. The session will

feature Nick Davies, Senior Reporter for The Guardian (UK), Paul Steiger,

Editor-in-chief and Founder of Propublica.org (USA), and Harinder Baweja,

Co-Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka (India).



- Entrepreneurial Journalism: The Growing Influence of Online-Only News,

which will examine new online ventures launched by former editors-in-chief

who want to exploit online news delivery opportunities they believe are

being overlooked by their former employers. Speakers include Rafat Ali, CEO

and founder of paidcontent.org (USA), Frédéric Filloux, Editor, Schibsted