WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers
Daniel Van Wylick serves as Président of LAPRESSE.be and has held various prominent roles in the media industry since 1978. With experience as Directeur général des magazines and Chief editorial officer, Daniel oversees editorial strategy for a significant number of media outlets in Belgium. Additionally, Daniel holds key administrative positions in organizations such as Netevents, Ppress, Audiopresse, and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, contributing to the advancement of journalism and publishing. Moreover, Daniel has a history as Président des JFB and has worked with Belgian News Media, emphasizing a commitment to elevating French-language newspapers in Belgium. Daniel's extensive career includes leadership roles at IPM SA and Trends-Tendances, showcasing a long-standing dedication to media and communication. Daniel's academic background includes two degrees from UCL earned between 1973 and 1978.
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WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers
WHO WE ARE - WAN-IFRA is the World Association of News Publishers. Our mission is to protect the rights of journalists and publishers around the world to operate independent media. We provide our members with expertise and services to innovate and prosper in a digital world and perform their crucial role in society. With formal representative status at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe, it derives its authority from its global network of leading news publishing companies and technology entrepreneurs, and its legitimacy from its 80 national association members representing 18,000 publications in 120 countries. WHAT WE DO - We believe that business sustainability enhanced by a culture for innovation is the best guarantee for publishers to play their pillar role to advance freedom of expression in open societies. This has been a guiding principle of WAN-IFRA for seven decades of global advocacy and development work. Our mission is twofold. We deliver operational services to our individual members, be it to share knowledge on best practices, solutions to develop their organisation and business or to connect with expertise that helps them find the best solution to prosper in a digital world. We also represent our members as a global trade organisation with human rights mandate, advocating to protect the rights of journalists across the world to operate free media, coaching news media professionals in fragile states with our media development programmes.