European Alliance of News Agencies explained

European Alliance of News Agencies
Abbreviation:EANA
Type:Nonprofit
Registration Id:CH-035.6.031.208.5
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Headquarters:Bern, Switzerland
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Membership:33 news agencies
Membership Year:2023
Language:English
Sec Gen:Alexandru Ion Giboi
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Clemens Pig
Board Of Directors:Fabrice Fries
Stefano De Alessandri
Elmir Huremović
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The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) is a federation of news agencies in Europe. The organisation was founded on 21 August 1956 and is based in Bern at the seat of the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (sda). EANA's predecessor Agences Alliées was founded in 1924 and was active until World War II when its activities were discontinued.[1]

According to its statutes, the purpose of EANA is "to safeguard and promote the common interests of its members", "to secure that member news agencies can work as providers of unbiased news".[2] EANA also states that it supports the principles of freedom of the press and shall strive to facilitate for member news agencies to work in accordance with these principles.

According to a London School of Economics study on news agencies published in 2019, "[b]ecause of their extensive embeddedness within national media systems, as well as their significant engagement with key stakeholders, news agencies offer a fruitful but neglected focus for a comprehensive and comparative study aiming to understand these structural changes in the contemporary media environment".[3]

Since 21 September 2018, Peter Kropsch, the CEO of the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), had been the President of EANA.[4]

For two years since 26 September 2014, Clive Marshall, the CEO of the British news agency Press Association (PA), had been the President of EANA.[5]

Jonas Eriksson, the CEO of the Swedish TT News Agency, was the President of EANA between 2016 and 2018.[6]

EANA offers each year a quality award to its members. In 2015, the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its Global News Director, Michèle Léridon, have been awarded the EANA Award for Excellence 2015.[7]

Membership

, there are 33 members of the European Alliance of News Agencies:[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA). newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 12 April 2023.
  2. Web site: EANA Statutes. newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 12 April 2023.
  3. Web site: 6 February 2019. The Future of National News Agencies in Europe. lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics. 12 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Spinner-Just. Michael. 26 September 2018. European Alliance of News Agencies electing new President, Secretary General and Board Members. wan-ifra.org. World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. 12 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224256/http://www.wan-ifra.org/articles/2018/09/26/european-alliance-of-news-agencies-electing-new-president-secretary-general-and-. 21 February 2019. dead.
  5. Web site: 26 September 2014. PA's CEO elected president of EANA. pressassociation.com. Press Association. 12 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20141009021310/https://www.pressassociation.com/Aboutus/PressOffice/2014-09-26/PAs-CEO-elected-president-of-EANA/. 9 October 2014. dead.
  6. Web site: Kovacova . Michaela. 23 September 2016. Sweden's Jonas Eriksson Becomes New EANA Chief. NewsNow. News Agency of the Slovak Republic. 12 April 2023.
  7. Web site: 1 April 2015. Agence France-Presse wins European News Agency Award. newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 12 April 2023.
  8. Web site: EANA Member agencies. newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 12 April 2023.

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