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On November 28 and 29, an IAPA delegation headed by President Milton Coleman, together with Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz and Development Director Viviana Bianchi, held a series of meetings in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. News media and civil society representatives from that nation offered their support to the Association’s work. The IAPA also met with the two leading Dominican presidential candidates. (Page 3)

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Cádiz: A rendezvous with historyThe IAPA will travel to Cádiz, the oldest city in Spain, to hold its 2012 Midyear Meeting from April 20-23. On extending the invitation, the president of the Cádiz Press Association, Fernando Santiago Muñoz, declared, “We will do all that is asked of us and will make every effort to make the meeting a total success. The 2012 Cádiz celebration will link our city more closely to Latin America and you will be our guests of honor.” (Page 2)

MEETING COINCIDES WITH BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

On November 2, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos added his signature to the Declaration of Chapultepec in a ceremony paying homage to the journalists who “had given their lives in honor of the truth and in defense of our freedom.” The signing coincided with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Association of Colombian Newspapers (Andiarios), and was followed by an IAPA Chapultepec Project forum on press freedom held the next day in Bogotá. (Page 4)

Santos (center) is the 60th head of state to sign the Declaration. Photographed with him (l. to r.) are the members of the IAPA delegation in Bogotá: Miguel Henrique Otero, El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela; Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru; IAPA President, Milton Coleman, The Washington Post, Washington, DC; and IAPA Executive Director, Julio E. Muñoz.

Colombian press martyrs honored

On November 14 and 15, the IAPA traveled to Venezuela and emphasized its call for press freedom in this South American nation during several student forums held at two universities and a public library. The forums had the support of three Venezuelan state governors, among them the presidential candidate of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles, who signed the Declaration of Chapultepec. (Page 4)

IAPA receives supportin Dominican Republic

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Cádiz was founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 B.C. Its original name was Gadir, or “walled place.” Muslim domination of the peninsula began in the year 711 A.D. with the Islamic conquest that followed the overthrow of the local king, Don Rodrigo, during the Battle of Guadalete. King Alfonso X of Castile, also known as “The Wise One”, conquered and occupied Cádiz in 1262 and converted its ancient Arab mosque into the first cathedral. In 1265, Cádiz was named a “city” and was incorporated into the Castile crown after the death of the last Marquis of Cádiz. The 16th Century saw the rebirth of Cádiz, whose port became the portal for commerce with the recently discovered New World. Cádiz became the base of the Spanish Armada during the rise of the Bourbons in the 18th Century.

The province of Cádiz belongs to the Autonomous Community of Andalusia and is made up of 43 townships. It is 22 miles away, or a half-hour drive from Jerez, site of the international airport. Cádiz has a population of 135,000 and Jerez of 200,000. n

Through the centuries

Phoenician ruins of Gadir or Gades.

As guests of honor, IAPA members will travel to Cádiz, Spain’s oldest city, to hold their Midyear Meeting from April 20-23, 2012.

The Association’s meeting in this city overlooking the Atlantic Ocean coincides with the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the signing of Spain’s Constitution known as the “Pepa.”

The Constitution, preceded only by those of the United States (1787) and France (1791), established unrestricted freedom of expression for all Spaniards.

The hosts have announced that preparations for the meeting include the possible participation of the Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy. Other probable guests include Felipe González, prominent members of the Spanish and European press, and many

CÁDIZ CONVENTION CENTER TO BE MIDYEAR MEETING SITEPROGRAM TO FEATURE REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPEAN PRESS

other individuals whose names will be presented to the IAPA for consideration.

The event will be held at the modern Convention Center in the city’s historic district, a comprehensive building furbished with an array of meeting rooms, the latest technology and simultaneous interpretation equipment, a restaurant for lunches,

and a central room for exhibit booths.

The Center is built on the old structures of a tobacco factory and a grain exchange

market. It is a solid and attractive building made of brickwork and glazed tiles, with details reminiscent of English factories and touches of the traditionalist style.

The building contains the “Hercules Collection,” a permanent exhibition of contemporary works by local artists. n

•The “Pepa” was signed in 1812 establishing that: “All Spaniards have freedom to write, print, and publish their political ideas without the need for a license, review or approval prior to publication, under the restrictions and responsibilities imparted by law.” The document represents the first official decree on Freedom of the Press, rejecting censorship and paving the way for modern journalism.

•The host organization , the Cádiz Press Association, was

founded in 1909. I t offers training programs in Morocco and the Philippines with an emphasis on the use of Spanish, and in Equatorial Guinea on digital communications.

• Cádiz is one of Andalusia gastronomic centers. Its cuisine is without doubt the richest and most varied of the region. Typical products include vines, olives, and cereals. Well known and abundant sea delicacies include dogfish, dab, sole, tuna, prawns, shrimps, and “cañaillas,” a regional favorite. n

Of general interest

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UPCOMING

MEETINGS2012

Midyear MeetingCádiz, SpainAbril 20 – 23Meliá Hotel/

Playa Victoria Hotel/Senator Parque Central

68th General AssemblySão Paulo, BrazilOctober 12-16

São Paulo Rennaisance Hotel

2013Midyear MeetingPuebla, México

(Dates and Hotel T.B.A.)69th General Assembly

Denver, ColoradoDenver Brown Palace

(Date T.B.A.)

Two memorable moments at the 67th General Assembly held in October in Lima: (Above) IAPA officers receive a special recognition in the chambers of Peru’s National Congress. (At right) Newly elected IAPA President Milton Coleman is congratulated by Host Committee Chair, Gustavo Mohme, following Mr. Coleman’s inaugural speech.

Fond memories of Lima

During his visit to Santo Domingo, IAPA President Milton Coleman noted that in the Dominican Republic there were no reports of serious problems with regards to the work of journalists and the news media, but that this did not imply that the situation was perfect.

Coleman spoke at a lunch with executives of news-media outlets, privately owned companies, and civic organizations in a bid to strengthen links between the IAPA and leading representatives of Dominican society.

During the lunch, both Coleman and IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz spoke about the support needed by the organization to continue its work in defense of the principles it upholds throughout the Americas.

According to Muñoz, the global economic crisis has had an impact on the organization, declaring that if financial support was not sustained at present levels, IAPA’s work would be affected. He added that if that were to happen, the road would be left open to dictators and other interest groups that were uninterested in freedom and who attacked journalists by shutting down media outlets and curtailing citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and information.

Editors of the newspapers Listín Diario, Miguel Franjul; El Día, Rafael Molina Morillo; El Nuevo Diario, Persio Maldonado; Osvaldo Santana of Multimedios del Caribe, and Ruddy González of Diario a Diario were present at the event. Mr. Franjul is also regional vice chair for the Dominican Republic of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information.

Among others, the following business representatives were also present: José Miguel Bonetti of the Mercaid

TIES STRENGHTENED WITH DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S CIVIL SOCIETYMEETINGS WITH BUSIBNESSMEN, POLITICIANS, AND ACTIVISTS

Business Group; José Luis Corripio Estrada of the Corripio Group; Ramón Menéndez, executive of the Central Romana Corporation, and José Mármol, executive of Banco Popular Dominicano.

Representatives of Dominican civil society included Servio Castaños Guzmán, executive vice president of the Institucionalidad y Justicia foundation, and Samir Chami Isa, coordinator of Participación Ciudadana, among others.

The IAPA delegation also met with Dominican Republic leading presidential candidates Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Presidential elections are scheduled for May 20, 2012. n

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The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations will meet in Miami during December 8-9 under the auspices of the IAPA. The agenda for the one-day meeting on the 9th includes a review of main problems facing freedom of expression and of the press around the world. During the meeting, the IAPA will present the major conclusions that emerged from its 67th General Assembly held in Lima, Peru, in October.

The organizations that make up the Global Coordinating Committee are: the IAPA; the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-Ifra); the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); the International Association of Broadcasting (IAB); the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC); the International Press Institute (IPI), and the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP).

In June this year, during its meeting in Vienna, Austria, the Coordinating Committee unanimously passed a resolution in which it expressed concern at “the deterioration of freedom of expression in the Americas.” n

IAPA WELCOMES COORDINATING COMMITTEE IN MIAMI

The Declaration of Chapultepec was signed by the governors of the states of Táchira, César Pérez Vivia; of Miranda, Henrique Capriles, and of Zulia, Pablo Pérez, as well as by Maracaibo mayor Evelyn Trejo de Rosales and the mayor of the Baruta township in Caracas, Gerardo Blyde.

Capriles, a presidential candidate, said he signed the document “with a great commitment” and that he preferred having a critical media to “a media that only sold lies.” The chair of the IAPA’s Chapultepec Committee and publisher of the Caracas newspaper El Nacional, Miguel Henrique Otero, stressed the relevance of the Declaration of Chapultepec in countries where its principles were not observed and where threats against freedom of expression existed during his presentation at the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas.

POLITICAL LEADERS AND STUDENTS JOIN IAPAIN SUPPORT OF FREE SPEECHIAPA DELEGATION TRAVELS TO THREE VENEZUELAN STATES

During the forum at the University of the Andes in Táchira, Gov. Pérez Vivas declared, “In Venezuela, a political system that admits diversity and plurality does not exist.” That same day, at the Zulia state Public Library and before an audience of more than 100 students, Maracaibo Mayor Trejo de Rosales lauded the Declaration, saying, “Its 10 principles constitute rights acquired at birth.” Taking part in this ceremony was the regional vice chair of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for Venezuela, Gilberto Urdaneta, of the newspaper El Regional del Zulia, who gave a summary of the main problems facing the press in his country.

For his part, the chancellor of the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Francisco José Virtuoso, announced that the Chapultepec principles formed the basis of the curriculum of the School of Communications and, in front of an audience of more than 300 students, he issued a call for the adoption of these precepts in their future professions. The program also had the participation of Argentinean journalist and lawyer Adrián Ventura, who served as IAPA Chapultepec Project Ambassador. n

Capriles holds the Declaration of Chapultepec alongside Miguel Henrique Otero, chair of the IAPA Chapultepec Committee. (Photo by Globovisión)

Táchira Governor César Pérez signs the Declaration of Chapultepec. At left, Miguel Henrique Otero, and at right, IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz.

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Mexican historian, author, and journalist Enrique Krauze was chosen as the winner of the 2012 Chapultepec Grand Prize by a jury that met during the IAPA 67th General Assembly in Lima, Peru, on October 14-18.

The IAPA will formally present the award during its Midyear Meeting in Cádiz, Spain, to be held from April 20-23, 2012.

Together with writer and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, Krauze was an active participant in the 1994 conference that gave rise to the Declaration of Chapultepec. In addition, for more than 20 years he collaborated with Paz in the magazine Vuelta, of which he was news editor (1977-1981) and managing editor (1981-1996). In 1992, he founded Editorial Clío publishing company, of which he is the editor. He also occupies the position of editor in Letras Libres, the cultural magazine he founded in 1999. He has authored numerous books and essays, including the series “Biografía del poder” (Biography of Power) (1987); “La presidencia imperial” (The Imperial Presidency) (1997), and “Tarea política: La construcción de la democracia” (The Political Task: The Building of Democracy) (2000).

The Declaration of Chapultepec sets

AWARD RECOGNIZES KRAUZE’SSERVICE TO PRESS FREEDOMWRITER LINKED TO THE DECLARATION OF CHAPULTEPEC

The IAPA has been awarding its Chapultepec Grand Prize since 1998. The list of previous recipients include: Federico Mayor Zaragoza, UNESCO; Arthur O. Sulzberger, The New York Times Company; Dana Bullen, World Press Freedom Committee; Jorge Santisevan, Peru Ombudsman; Claudio Grossman, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR); Anthony Lewis, The New York Times; Santiago Cantón, IACHR; Ricardo Lorenzetti, Argentine Supreme Court; Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Universal, Caracas; José Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch; and Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa. The prize has also been awarded to two institutions for their contributions to the defense of press freedom – the Inter-American Human Rights Court and the World Bank.

Previouswinners

out the ten necessary principles within a society that would enable an independent press to carry out its role in a democracy. It was adopted on March 11, 1994 in Mexico City within the framework of an IAPA hemispheric conference on freedom of expression. Since then, it has been signed by 60 heads of state from the Americas and has become the standard that enables to measure the level of press freedom existing in countries of the hemisphere. Its text was fundamental in the drafting of the 2002 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression. n

The Mexican writer attended the 1994 conference that gave rise to the declaration of basic press freedom principles.

Two training courses for editors, reporters, and news photographers were held by the IAPA in Mexico City and Zacatecas, Mexico, from November 28 to December 2. Courses focused on technological audiovisual advances and on innovative means of detecting situations of risk for journalists working in that country.

The first course held in the Mexican capital on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29, focused on the effective use of audio, photography, and video online, and on how to minimize risks while reporting. The main speaker for the technological aspects of the course was Argentinean expert Ignacio Corbella. The subject of coverage under risk was discussed by journalists María Idalia Gómez, Jorge Luis Sierra, Javier Garza, and Ricardo Trotti.

The second seminar, held on December 1 and 2 in Zacatecas, had the objective of training reporters on how to perform their work more safely, without putting their lives at risk. The seminar titled “Lessening Risks, Safe Coverage” counted with the participation of the above-mentioned specialists and the expert Bernardo Gómez del Campo. n

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MAUCKER OPTS FOR POLITICS AFTER AN OUTSTANDING CAREER IN JOURNALISM

In March 2012, the IAPA will hold a conference in collaboration with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and American and Stanford universities to address legal aspects concerning the press in the hemisphere.

The symposium is part of IAPA’s Chapultepec Project’s activities and is designed for law students, journalists, and news media attorneys.

One of the main objectives is to make students and news media lawyers aware of the legal mechanisms and resources available through the inter-American system and how to apply them.

Stanford University’s School of Law is regarded as one of the most prestigious schools in the United States, along with Yale’s and Harvard’s. Stanford is known as the alma mater of late former IAPA president James McClatchy, a person instrumental in the efforts that led to the creation of the Chapultepec Project.

Among the event participants, to be held at American University’s School of Law in Washington, DC, are the executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Santiago Cantón, attorney Gregorio Badeni, and Claudio Grossman, dean of said school. n

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Former editor of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, newspaper Sun-Sentinel, Earl Maucker, announced that he will run for the post of councilmember for the city of Lighthouse Point, located north of Miami, in pursuit of a new stage in his life as public servant after decades in journalism.

Maucker, a former IAPA president (2007-2008), retired in 2010 after 30 years as editor and later on executive editor of the Sun-Sentinel. In January this year, he was chosen to fill a vacancy for a few months in the Lighthouse Point city council. Later on he became a member of the council’s Zoning Board. He has now made public his decision to run as a candidate in the January 31 elections.

As a journalist, Maucker had a distinguished career. In 2006, he was chosen “Leader of the Year” in Broward County, and in 2007, the magazine Editor & Publisher named him “Editor of the Year.” For eight years, Maucker acted as Board Member of the Association of Executive Editors of the Associated Press.

“Throughout my career in the newspaper and for most of my adult life, I was involved in local government. I always regarded my position of journalist as being one of service to the People, and even more, I regarded it as being one of observer, analyst and commentator of local politics. I would now like to bring this perspective to the city council,” Maucker said on announcing his candidacy. n

LEGAL RESOURCESTO PROTECTJOURNALISTS

American University’s Law School in Washington, DC, will be the venue for the conference.

ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM

Earl Maucker

(L. to r.): IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz, Development Committee Co-Chairman Fabricio Altamirano, 2010-2011 President Gonzalo Marroquín, Avianca-Taca Communications Director Claudia Arenas Bianchi, current IAPA President Milton Coleman, and International Affairs Committee Chair Jorge Canahuati.

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Agreement made with airlineSAME OBJECTIVES STRESSEDDuring the IAPA General Assembly held in Lima from October 14-18, IAPA officers signed a cooperation agreement with the airline Avianca-Taca that will serve to support the activities and training programs of the hemispheric wide organization. Outgoing IAPA President Gonzalo Marroquín said, “The agreement shows how there can be an alliance between different sectors and companies when they share the same objectives, which in this case are those of contributing to and improving the quality of journalism in our hemisphere.” The airline’s communications director, Claudia Arenas Bianchi, declared that the two entities had common interests “as communication facilitators and guarantors of press freedom in each country” and “in the area of air transportation services that unite people, families, and companies, as effective contributors to the growth and development of communities.” n

Following the resignation announcement by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) Executive Secretary, Santiago Cantón, to be effective December 31, 2012, the IACHR, through resolution 01/2011, set a calendar for the process of identifying the most qualified person for the post and sending his/her name to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for their appointment, based on the Commission’s Bylaws and Regulations.

During its 143rd session, the Commission delineated the terms of reference for the call for applications for the post of Executive Secretary. According to the calendar drawn up by the IACHR, once said call is made public, the period for submission of candidacies will be open until May 1, 2012. The identification of the final candidate will take place in July 2012 and will be followed by a transition period beginning in October 2012. The final candidate will begin exercising his/her Executive Secretary functions on January 1, 2013. n

Process announcedfor Santiago Cantónsuccession

Nine national press organizations presented the “Fight for Freedom of Expression” award to Ricardo Trotti, IAPA Press Freedom Director, during an interval in the reading of country-by-country reports during the 67th General Assembly held in Lima, Peru, in October.

Trotti is the author of the book “The Hurting Freedom of the Press: In Search of Lost Ethics” and other works on the rights of Latin Americans to freedom of expression. Since 1993, he has worked for the IAPA, where he also heads the Association’s Anti-Impunity Project and the Press Institute.

During his acceptance and gratitude speech, the Argentinean journalist said he regarded the award as

an honor, especially because it came from organizations whose work is fundamental for journalism in the countries where they operate. The press organizations that awarded the prize include: the Argentine Association of Journalistic Entities (ADEPA), Brazil’s National Press Association (ANJ); Chile’s National Press Association (ANP); the Colombian Association of Newspaper and News Media Editors and Publishers (Andiarios), the Ecuadorean Association of Newspaper Editors and Publishers (AEDEP); the Mexican Association of Newspaper Editors and Publishers (AME); the Venezuelan Press Bloc (BPV); the Peruvian Press Council (CPP), and the Dominican Republic’s Center for Freedom of Expression. n

TROTTI AWARDED PRIZE BY GROUP OF PRESS ORGANIZATIONS

In BriefAT THE UN, – On October 18, the dean of American University School of Law, Claudio Grossman, in his role as chair of the United Nations Anti-Torture Committee, presented a report to the UN General Assembly. American University visiting professor Juan Méndez also gave a report as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Inhuman and Degrading Treatments or Punishments. Grossman and Méndez also took part in a press conference and in a special panel discussion on “Rehabilitation of Survivors of Torture,” jointly presented by Denmark’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

INNOVATION. - Three renowned technology researchers, the director of the Michigan Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Joi Ito; the author of “Born Digital” and Harvard University law professor, John Palfrey, and Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, joined the Board of Trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. “The addition of these three seminal thinkers and key actors in the world of media innovation is a giant leap forward for Knight. They will challenge and help guide us toward an even more entrepreneurial approach to media innovation and how it impacts communities,” said Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen.

IDENTITY. - The Florida newspaper St. Petersburg Times announced that it will change its name to Tampa Bay Times beginning in 2012. With the largest circulation in Florida, the newspaper indicated that with this change, it hoped to better represent the majority of its readers, who live outside of St. Petersburg.

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> FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND INFORMATIONChair: Gustavo Momhe, La República, LimaVice-Chairs: Roberto Rock, El Universal, Mexico, D.F.; David Natera Febres, Correo del Caroní, Puerto Ordaz> IMPUNITYChair: Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico, D.F.> INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSChair: Jorge Canahuati, La Prensa, San Pedro Sula> CHAPULTEPECChair: Miguel H. Otero, El Nacional, Caracas> INTERNETChair: Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata > AWARDSChair: Francisco Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima> FINANCE AND AUDITChair: Hugo Holmann, La Prensa, Managua> DEVELOPMENTCo-Chairs: Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami; Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador; Edward Seaton, The Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas> LEgALChair: Armando Gonzalez, La Nación, San José> MEMBERSHIP – NORTH AMERICACo-Chairs: Bruce Brugmann, The Guardian, San Francisco, Pierre Manigault, Evening Post Publishing Co., Charleston> MEMBERSHIP – LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEANCo-Chairs: Paulo de Tarso Nogueira, O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo; Armando Castilla, Vanguardia, Saltillo; Christopher Barnes, The Gleaner, Kingston> FUTURE SITESChair: Cristina Aby-Azar, Wall Street Journal Americas, New York> PROgRAM Chair: Jaime Mantilla, Hoy, Quito> NOMINATIONSChair: Gonzalo Marroquín, Siglo XXI, Ciudad Guatemala> STRATEgIC DEVELOPMENTChair: María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali> COMMUNICATIONSChair: Fernán Saguier, La Nación, Buenos Aires

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NEW OFFICERSHonorary Life PresidentSCOTT C. SCHURZHerald TimesBloomington, IndianaPresidentMILTON COLEMANThe Washington PostWashington, D.C.1st Vice PresidentJAIME MANTILLA A. Diario HoyQuito, Ecuador2nd Vice PresidentELIZABETH BALLANTINE

The Durango HeraldDurango, ColoradoTreasurerVIVIAN-ANNE GITTENSThe Nation NewsFontabelle, BarbadosSecretaryBARTOLOMÉ MITRELa NaciónBuenos Aires, ArgentinaExecutive DirectorJULIO E. MUÑOZMiami, Florida

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Argentinean photographer Daphne Dougall de Zileri, wife of Enrique Zileri Gibson, Chair of the board of the magazine Caretas, passed away on October 21. The IAPA sent condolences to Mr. Gibson on behalf of all members of the organization.

Dougall, the daughter of Scottish parents, was 75 and had been under medical treatment. She was the mother of current Caretas editor, Marco Zileri, and had four other children – Drusila, Diana, Doménica and Sebastián.

On reporting on her death, the newspaper La República said, “By all accounts, she was one of the individuals responsible for what Caretas is today, as she stood by Enrique Zileri during the years when he suffered political persecution. Daphne knew how to combine her husband’s hectic life with the warmth of family life, always important to her. n

Deathmourned

The executive director of Bolivia’s National Press Association (ANP), Juan Javier Zeballos, died from pulmonary embolism on October 26 at the age of 68 in La Paz. He was regarded as a teacher among new generations of journalists in this country.

Zeballos was known for his defense of freedom of expression. He created the Unit to Monitor and Guard Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression, which since 2008 has made several denunciations regarding the curtailment of these rights. He also drafted the ANP’s Code of Ethics, and played a part in the creation of the Journalistic Ethics Tribunal and the Foundation for Journalism. For many years, he worked as a correspondent for Reuters in several Latin American countries, and in Bolivia, he was managing editor of the newspapers Última Hora, El Mundo and La Razón. n

Farewell to bastion of Bolivian journalism

Larry Allison , editorial page editor of the Long Island, California, Press-Telegram newspaper, died from pneumonia complications on October 30 at the age of 77.

For 54 years, All ison worked in all the paper ’s departments and was an admired and respected professional within the paper and among Long Island community leaders.

He was described as a man “of class and elegance,” from whom his colleagues and friends used to seek advice.

Just a few days before his passing, he was working in the Press-Telegram newsroom. He was also a member of the IAPA Board of Directors.

Former Press-Telegram Public Relations Director, Kathy Berry , called his death a loss “not only for his paper, but for the newspaper industry.”

The newspaper ’s former executive editor, Rich Archbold , added, “He was a true pressman who had ink in his veins.”

All ison is survived by his wife of 57 years, Patricia, and his son Larry Jr. n

LARRY ALLISON LEAVES AN EMPTY PLACEHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE IAPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Allison was a leader in the newsroom of the Press-Telegram of Long Island.

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On November 10, former IAPA President Edward Seaton and Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz wound up an inspection visit to Denver, the venue for the 2013 General Assembly.

The IAPA officers met with executives of the local newspaper Denver Post, who backed holding the event in that city and contributed to defining some of the strategies to be used in organizing the General Assembly.

During their visit to the Denver area, they also met with the Colorado State Governor, to whom they extended an invitation to the Assembly. Muñoz and Seaton inspected four hotels as possible venues for the General Assembly; the Denver Brown Palace, one of the city’s most characteristic hotels, was the chosen one.

The IAPA officers also held a meeting with a senior executive at Western Union, a company with headquarters in Denver that does business in almost all the Latin American countries. n

SUPPORT IN DENVERFOR 2013 ASSEMBLY

The IAPA has just published a book titled “Stories and Sketches,” portraying 360 journalists from the Americas that were recipients of IAPA scholarships. The compilation spans more than half a century, since the program came into existence.

Some 120 journalists from nearly all the countries in the Western Hemisphere render brief accounts, anecdotes, and memories of their personal experiences during the academic year they spent studying at a university far away from their countries of origin and in a language other than their own.

The training scholarships for young professional journalists are given each year through a special IAPA fund financed by voluntary contributions from members, various institutions, and individuals whose names are included in the book, published in English and Spanish versions. n

VIRTUAL SEMINAR.- Digital journalism professor at the Open University of Catalunya, David Sancha, will hold a webinar on new digital content platforms. The free seminar will be held on December 14, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (EDT ) and will examine various examples of journalistic products designed for tablets, with an evaluation of their productive, technological, graphic, and commercial possibilities. Sancha is also director of digital projects of the studio Cases i Associats, where he has taken part of the graphic redesign and functions of online editions of Latin American and European newspapers. To register, please go to www.institutodeprensa.com.

IN BUENOS AIRES.- The next annual “Cost and Revenue” seminar that the Press Institute offers in conjunction with the Media Management Center of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, will take place July 29-31, 2012, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

SPORTS.- From June 14-15, 2012, the Press Institute will hold a meeting of Latin American sports papers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This event will have the support of the sports newspaper Lance!, with circulation in a number of Brazilian cities.

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