European Alliance of News Agencies

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European Alliance of News Agencies
AbbreviationEANA
Formation21 August 1956; 68 years ago (1956-08-21)
TypeNonprofit
Registration no.CH-035.6.031.208.5
HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
Membership (2023)
33 news agencies
Official language
English
Secretary General
Alexandru Ion Giboi
President
Clemens Pig
Fabrice Fries
Stefano De Alessandri
Elmir Huremović
Websitewww.newsalliance.org Edit this at Wikidata

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.[2]

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

As of 2023, there are 32 members of the European Alliance of News Agencies:[8]

Former join as suspended

Notes

  1. ^ Suspended on 27 February 2022 for "violation of the purpose of EANA as it is laid out in the Statutes of the Alliance, not being able to provide unbiased news, which stand at the core of EANA's mission statement".[9]

References

  1. ^ "About The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA)". newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "EANA Statutes". newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Future of National News Agencies in Europe". lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ^ "PA's CEO elected president of EANA". pressassociation.com. Press Association. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ^ Kovacova, Michaela (23 September 2016). "Sweden's Jonas Eriksson Becomes New EANA Chief". NewsNow. News Agency of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Agence France-Presse wins European News Agency Award". newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ^ "EANA Member agencies". newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ^ "The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) suspends TASS from Alliance pending exclusion decision". newsalliance.org. European Alliance of News Agencies. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.