Global Editors Network
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| established = 1 March 2011
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Bertrand Pecquerie, CEO
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The Global Editors Network (GEN) was an international association of over 6,000 editors-in-chief and media executives with the mission of fostering digital innovation in newsrooms all over the world. GEN had three main programmes: Editors Lab, the Data Journalism Awards, Startups for News, as well as an upcoming hub for the international data journalism community. The organisation’s flagship event, the GEN Summit, gathered over 830 participants from 70 countries. The GEN newsletter was read weekly by more than 13,800 subscribers. It is a non-profit, non-governmental association.
Its goal was to empower newsroom leaders to innovate by breaking down the barriers between traditional and new media.{{Cite web|title=Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)|url=https://gfmd.info/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=[BETA] Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)|language=en-GB}} GEN also strived to demonstrate the value of data journalism so that information can be gathered and shared to define an open journalism model for the future, and create new journalistic concepts and tools.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2011/03/29/medias-creation-d-un-reseau-mondial-des-redacteurs-en-chef_1499938_3236.html|title=Médias : création d'un réseau mondial des rédacteurs en chef|newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=29 March 2011 |publisher=Le Monde}}
The GEN Community was launched in September 2014. The GEN Community website enabled people to connect, share, compare, collaborate on new media projects. Prototypes from the Editors Lab program and the Data Journalism Awards were also featured on the GEN Community. There were more than 1,600 projects and 3,900 members on the GEN Community. The GEN Community was supported by the Open Society Foundations.{{cite web|url=http://community.globaleditorsnetwork.org|title=GEN Community|website=Community.globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2015-07-21|archive-date=2014-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011151117/http://community.globaleditorsnetwork.org/|url-status=usurped}}
GEN was established to respond to the increasing risks journalism faces,{{cite web|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/global-editors-network-launches-under-former-wef-leaders/s2/a543429|title=Global Editors Network launches under former WEF leaders|date=28 March 2011 |publisher=Journalism.co.uk}} as media must be relevant and constantly innovate. Its role was to gather editors with different knowledge sets and to start a dialogue with engineers, developers and digital innovators. Its founding members were leading editors and top executives at The Washington Post, El País, BBC, Le Monde, Aftenposten, The Guardian, Clarìn, and many other media brands worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/|title=About GEN|website=Globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2014-03-14|archive-date=2014-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314223653/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/|url-status=usurped}} It was a nonprofit organisation, financed through grants, membership, participation to the annual GEN Summit, sponsorship and donations.
The Global Editors Network announced on 7 November 2019 that it would cease its activities due to a lack of sustainable finances.
Mission
GEN's objective was to promote newsroom innovation, foster new storytelling methods, and define the future of journalism by empowering editors-in-chief and senior news executives when working with publishers, media owners and news suppliers, as the delivery of news migrated to digital platforms.{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/manifesto/|title=GEN Manisfesto|website=Globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2014-03-14|archive-date=2014-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314193759/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/manifesto/|url-status=usurped}} Editors on all platforms were confronted with the same challenges in news production. It was more obvious every day that they are members of the same community, all driven by a journalistic imperative and a common goal: how to invent tomorrow's journalism and to make it sustainable.
The senior news executives who founded the Global Editors Network (GEN) were convinced that news producers and newsrooms across all platforms – print, broadcast, online, mobile and wire services – face comparable challenges. The association encouraged multilateral cooperation and collaborated with media development bodies and international journalism associations.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Activities
The GEN Summit conference gathered every year more than 750 editors-in-chief, journalists, data journalists, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs.,{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2015/06/18/actualidad/1434630344_852781.html|title=La audiencia se vuelve impaciente... busca la noticia en el móvil o en vídeos|first=Ana|last=Pantaleoni|date=18 June 2015|accessdate=3 June 2018|newspaper=El País}}{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000017633042/Bezahlsysteme-und-Nachrichten-Uhren-erleben-einen-Boom|title=Bezahlsysteme und "Nachrichtenuhren" erleben einen Boom - derStandard.at|website=DER STANDARD|accessdate=3 June 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gensummit2017.org/ |title=Home | GEN Summit 2017 |access-date=2017-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162742/https://www.gensummit2017.org/ |archive-date=2017-01-04 |url-status=dead }} and became one of the most popular media conferences.[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-list-international-journalism-conferences-2017-abigail-edge] {{dead link|date=June 2018}} This conference also included the Data Journalism Awards ceremony, one of the main programmes of GEN, along with Startups for News, and the Editors Lab final.
The GEN Summit took place in the following cities:
- 27–30 November 2011:{{cite web|url=https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2011/|title=GEN Summit 2011|website=GEN|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110015752/https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2011/|url-status=usurped}} Hong Kong
- 30 May-1 June 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2012/|title=GEN Summit 2012|website=GEN|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110015247/https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2012/|url-status=usurped}} and 19–21 June 2013:{{cite web|url=https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2013/|title=GEN SUMMIT 2013|website=GEN|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523160759/https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/gen-summit-2013/|url-status=usurped}} Paris
- 11–13 June 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.wochit.com/global-editors-network-gen-summit-2014-partners-wochit/|title=GEN Works With wochit To Provide Real-Time Coverage - wochit|date=5 June 2014|website=Wochit.com|accessdate=3 June 2018}} and 17–19 June 2015:{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Barcelona
- 15–17 June 2016:{{cite web|url=https://www.observatoiredesmedias.com/2016/05/10/gen-summit-2016/|title=GEN Summit 2016 : à Vienne du 15 au 17 juin 2016 - L'Observatoire des médias|date=10 May 2016|website=Observatoiredesmedias.com|accessdate=3 June 2018}} Vienna
- 21–23 June 2017:{{cite web|url=https://ijnet.org/en/blog/4-revealing-takeaways-gen-summit-2017|title=4 revealing takeaways from the GEN Summit 2017|website=ijnet.org|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-date=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224034/http://ijnet.org/en/blog/4-revealing-takeaways-gen-summit-2017|url-status=dead}} Vienna
- 30 May–1 June 2018:{{cite web|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/06/consciously-uncoupling-where-does-the-relationship-between-publishers-and-platforms-stand-now/|title="Consciously uncoupling": Where does the relationship between publishers and platforms stand now?|website=Nieman Journalism Lab}} Lisbon
The GEN Summit 2019 took place in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 15th of June at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.{{cite web|url=https://www.gensummit.org/|title=GEN Summit 2019|website=Globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2018-08-14|archive-date=2018-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103155043/http://www.gensummit.org/|url-status=dead}}
The Data Journalism Awards, the first international contest recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism.{{cite web|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/data-journalism-awards-sponsored-by-google-open-to-entries/s2/a547525/|title=Google-sponsored Data Journalism Awards open to entries|website=Journalism.co.uk|date=19 January 2012 }} In 2015, a total of 14 winners were selected from a shortlist of 78 by a jury panel led by Paul Steiger from ProPublica.{{cite web|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vangdata/20150619/54432401028/ganadores-data-journalism-awards.html|title=Los 14 ganadores de los Data Journalism Awards|website=Lavanguardia.com|date=19 June 2015 }} In 2016, 12 winners were chosen among 471 submissions.{{cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-won-some-prizes/|title=We Won Some Prizes|first=David|last=Firestone|date=16 June 2016|website=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=3 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.datajournalismawards.org/past-winners/|title=Past Winners - Data Journalism Awards|website=Datajournalismawards.org|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721043509/https://www.datajournalismawards.org/past-winners/|archive-date=21 July 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2017, 12 winners were chosen among 573 submissions.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/globe-unfounded-investigation-wins-international-data-journalism-award/article35437307/|title=Globe Unfounded investigation wins international data journalism award|accessdate=3 June 2018|newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite web|url=https://www.datajournalismawards.org/|title=Data Journalism Awards — The first international awards recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide|website=Data Journalism Awards|accessdate=3 June 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103155105/https://www.datajournalismawards.org/|url-status=dead}} In 2018, 12 winners were chosen among 630 entries from 58 countries.{{cite news|url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/06/11/egypts-infotimes-wins-2018-gen-award-for-data-journalism/|title=Egypt's InfoTimes wins 2018 GEN award for data journalism}}
The Data Journalism Den was a global hub solely dedicated to data journalism. It was a place built for journalists, coders, designers, experts, consultants, companies, foundations, volunteers, NGOs, and everyone involved or interested in the use and development of data journalism.
The Editors Lab, a worldwide series of hackathons where teams of journalists, designers and developers compete in the development of innovative journalism tools, content and apps. These are hosted by newsrooms all over the world. Past editions were in: Poland,{{cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/10,82983,17682864,Editors__Lab___Gazeta_Wyborcza__Hackdays__.html|title=Editors' Lab: "Gazeta Wyborcza" Hackdays|website=Wyborcza.pl}} France,{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/communiques-presse/editors-lab-le-parisien-hackdays-les-medias-a-l-assaut-de-l-open-data-08-10-2013-3207347.php|title=Editors Lab - Le Parisien Hackdays : les médias à l'assaut de l'Open Data|website=Leparisien.fr|date=8 October 2013 }} Netherlands,{{cite web|url=https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/220/tweedaagse-editorslab-competitie-bij-de-nos|title=Tweedaagse EditorsLab-competitie bij de NOS|website=Over.nos.nl|date=8 April 2015 }} Turkey,{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/editors-lab/editors-lab-in-istanbul/|title=The Sharq Forum Editors Lab|website=Globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2015-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909223052/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/editors-lab/editors-lab-in-istanbul/|archive-date=2015-09-09|url-status=usurped}} UK,{{cite web|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/ideas-to-improve-the-news-industry-from-bbc-newshack/s2/a565429//|title=Ideas to improve the news industry from BBC NewsHack|website=Journalism.co.uk|date=9 June 2015 }} Spain,{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/08/actualidad/1433781329_383116.html|title=Una pirámide alimentaria para las noticias del futuro|newspaper=El País|date=8 June 2015 }} Germany,{{cite web|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/jetzt-auf-szde-snowden-im-gespraech-sehr-enttaeuschend-dass-deutschland-whistleblowern-kein-asyl-geben-will-1.3222072|title=Snowden: Sehr enttäuschend, dass Deutschland Whistleblowern kein Asyl geben will|date=3 June 2018|accessdate=3 June 2018|website=Sueddeutsche.de}} Indonesia, India,{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/toi-wins-delhi-editors-lab-hackathon-enters-final/articleshow/58347251.cms|title=TOI wins Delhi Editors Lab hackathon, enters final |newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=3 June 2018}} and more. The Final occurs during the GEN Summit and gathers the winning teams of each Editors Lab event. The purpose of Editors Lab is to ″break the barriers between the editorial and technical teams.″.{{cite web|url= http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/17/17497/center-ceo-elected-president-global-news-organization|title=Center CEO elected president of global news organization|website=Publicintegrity.org}} The Editors Lab program partnered with Rappler for the sake of providing hackathons for Southeast Asian Nations.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/bulletin-board/138405-philippines-editors-lab-2016|title=WATCH: Rappler, GEN host hackathon for leading media orgs in PH|work=Rappler|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/bulletin-board/184848-rappler-manila-leg-4m-asia-data-journalism-training-cfi|title=Rappler hosts Manila leg of 4M Asia data journalism training|work=Rappler|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en}}
Startups For News is an international competition that rewards the most innovative startups disrupting the media industry. GEN selects startups that challenge the status quo with new editorial services for newsrooms or new ways of delivering journalistic content. During the GEN Summit, the winning startups from each category have the opportunity to pitch their work to GEN’s network of media innovators. The startups are also able to showcase their product in a dedicated ‘Startups for News’ area at the GEN Summit exhibitors room. The winner of the Startup For News Final 2015 was SourceRise,{{cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351431/global-editors-impressed-by-startup-site-matching-journalists-to-on-the-ground-international-sources/|title=Global editors impressed by startup site matching journalists to on-the-ground international sources|website=Poynter.org|access-date=2015-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727102612/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351431/global-editors-impressed-by-startup-site-matching-journalists-to-on-the-ground-international-sources/|archive-date=2015-07-27|url-status=dead}} and Trint, a transcription company, won in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://futurezone.at/thema/start-ups/trint-gewinnt-startups-for-news/205.060.076|title=Trint gewinnt "Startups for News"|website=Futurezone.at|date=17 June 2016 |accessdate=3 June 2018}} In 2017, the startup Flourish won, while Urbs Media was a runner-up in the competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.slush.org/news/insight/flourishing-news-gen-summit/|title=Flourishing News From GEN Summit - Slush 2018|date=5 July 2017|website=Slush.org|accessdate=3 June 2018}} In 2018, Vigilant won the competition.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/startups-for-news/and-the-winner-of-startups-for-news-2018-is-vigilant-82d364921020|title=And the winner of Startups for News 2018 is… Vigilant! |date=11 June 2018 }}
In 2018, GEN partnered with the European Forest Institute to launch the pilot project Lookout360°,{{cite web|url=http://blog.virtuality-paris.com/2017/11/17/lookout360-call-for-applications/|title=Call for applications : Lookout360° pour apprendre le reportage immersif}} which supports journalists produce 360-degree videos on climate change and people’s lives. Lookout360° is the pilot project of a 6-month immersive storytelling accelerator programme. It combines in-field training and 3-month mentorship to support journalists produce immersive stories with a focus on climate change.
Climate Publishers Network – Ahead of the UN Climate Change Summit (COP21) in Paris, 25 media organisations from around the world created a new publishers network{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/2015/how-the-guardian-is-getting-news-orgs-around-the-world-to-share-climate-change-content/382750/|title=How The Guardian and GEN are getting news orgs around the world to share climate change content|website=Poynter|date=5 November 2015 |accessdate=3 June 2018}} to collaborate on their coverage of climate change. The initiative was coordinated by the Global Editors Network.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2015/06/23/powerful-publishers-pushing-for-action-on-climate-change-locally-and-globally/|title=Powerful alliances pushing for action on climate change, locally and globally - Croakey|date=23 June 2015|website=Blogs.crikey.com.au|accessdate=3 June 2018}} The Climate Publishers Network (CPN) provided a mutual syndication of articles related to climate change free of charge during the run-up to COP21. Each media organisation was able to re-publish material without having to worry about license fees.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/21/news-organisations-climate-change-content-guardian|title=Global news organisations agree to share climate change content|newspaper=The Guardian}}
Digital Journalism Massive open online course (MOOC), in French, in conjunction with Rue89 and First Business MOOC. GEN has coordinated three MOOCs since the launch.{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/mooc/|title=GEN is producing Digital Journalism MOOC in French|website=Globaleditorsnetwork.org|access-date=2015-07-21|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626201248/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/mooc/|url-status=usurped}}
GEN Study Tours – Launched in 2013, the study tours programme aims to help discovery and practice sharing between editors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/study-tours/|title=VR Study Tours|website=GEN|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-date=2018-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103155044/https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/study-tours/|url-status=usurped}}
Board members
The 14 GEN Board Members{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/the-age-the-sydney-morning-herald-join-climate-change-media-network-20150521-gh6zon.html|title=About GEN|website=Theage.com.au|date=21 May 2015 }} were executives from news organisations such as Mic, ProPublica, El País, Clarín, Rappler, Cheddar, Aftenposten, etc.
The President since September 2018 was Jim Roberts (editor-in-chief, Cheddar.com, replacing Cory Haik, former publisher of MIC and Peter Bale (former Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Public Integrity),{{cite web|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/17/17497/center-ceo-elected-president-global-news-organization|title=Center CEO elected president of global news organization|website=Publicintegrity.org}} after two years. The previous GEN Presidents were Xavier Vidal-Folch, Deputy Director of El País, and Ricardo Kirschbaum, the General Editor of Clarín.{{cite web|url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/presse/article/global-editors-network-le-reseau-mondial-des-redacteurs-en-chef|title=The Global Editors Network, le réseau mondial des rédacteurs en chef|website=Inaglobal.fr}}
Bertrand Pecquerie was the CEO of the association until its closure in November 2019.{{cite web|url=http://myndset.com/2015/03/bertrand-pecquerie/|title=The future of journalism – interview with Bertrand Pecquerie, CEO of the Global Editors Network|website=Myndset.com}}
Closure
The Global Editors Network announced on 7 November 2019 that it would cease its activities due to a lack of sustainable finances. CEO Bertrand Pecquerie said In a statement that it had become increasingly difficult to maintain a balance between GEN’s three main funding sources and to further diversify them. The GEN board explored a number of options to continue GEN's work, but concluded they would not be enough to sustain the organization.{{Cite web |url=https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/farewell/ |title=The Global Editors Network announces its closure |access-date=2019-11-07 |archive-date=2019-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107192036/https://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/about-us/farewell/ |url-status=usurped }}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130929072000/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/ Official website]}}
- [http://datajournalismden.org The Data Journalism Den]
- [http://datajournalismawards.org/ GEN Data Journalism Awards website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106220646/https://www.datajournalismawards.org/ |date=2017-01-06 }}
- [http://gensummit.org/ GEN Summit website]
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