Building peace in the minds of men and women

World Press Freedom Day 2018

Thu, 3 May - 14:15 to 15:45

Parallel Session 14

Andrew Heslop

Director - World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)

Andrew has worked for over 12 years as a journalist and editor across print and online in the UK, Spain and France. He has been with WAN-IFRA since the beginning of 2010 and was previously responsible for editorial and communications in the Press Freedom and Media Development team. He has led the organisation's media freedom work since 2014. Based in Paris, he has worked in a number of countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of WAN-IFRA's on-going efforts to defend press freedom, promote the safety of journalists, and support independent news publishers.