Garcia, Associate Publisher of Novedades de Quintana Roo, S. A. de C. V., Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, was elected president during the IAPA’s 58th General Assembly held recently in Lima, Peru. He succeeds Robert J. Cox, assistant editor The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.
Garcia will be joined in his term of office by 1st Vice President Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois and by the 2nd. Vice President Alejo Miro Quesada Cisneros, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Treasurer is Earl Maucker, The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Secretary, Robert J. Caldwell, The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California; and Executive Director, Julio E. Muñoz.
The Honorary Chairman of the Executive Committee is Robert U. Brown, Editor & Publisher, Nueva York; President, Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C., and Vice President Robert J. Cox, assistant editor The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.
The President of the Scholarship Fund is Jaime Mantilla Anderson, Hoy, Quito, Ecuador; Vice-Chairmen, Rosario Arias de Galindo, El Panamá América, Panamá, Panamá; Francisco Montes, El Diario de Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina, and Paul K. Scripps, E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California. Treasurer, André Luis Jungblut, Gazeta do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brasil; Secretario, Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz.
The Chairman of the Board of the Press Institute is Raúl E. Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; President, Júlio C.F. de Mesquita, O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Vice-Presidents, David Adams, St. Petersburg Times, Florida; Eduardo Alemán, El Carabobeño, Valencia, Venezuela; Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California; Jaime Câmara Júnior, O Popular, Goiânia, Brasil; José Santiago Healy, El Imparcial, Hermosillo, México; Bob Rivard, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas. Treasurer, Aldo Zuccolillo, ABC Color, Asunción, Paraguay; Secretary, Luis Alberto Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Executive Director, Julio E. Muñoz, and Director, Ricardo Trotti.
The following are the presidents and vicechairmen of the IAPA committees:
Freedom of the Press and Information: Rafael Molina, Ahora, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Vice Chairmen, Jaime Câmara, Jr., O Popular, Goiânia, Brasil; Nélida Esther Rajneri, Diario Río Negro, General Roca-Río Negro, Argentina and Edward Schumacher The Wall Street Journal Americas, New York.
Awards: Juan Luis Correa, La Prensa, Panamá, Republic of Panamá; Vice Chairmen, William E. Casey, Dow Jones & Co., New York, New York and Gerardo Garcia Gamboa, Novedades de Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Chapultepec: Eduardo Ulibarri, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica; Vice Chairmen, James McClatchy, McClatchy Company, Sacramento, California and Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California.
Finances: Alejandro J. Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida;
Vice Chairmen, Felipe T. Edwards, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile and Argentina
S. Hills, Angel Ramos Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Foundations: Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas; Vice Chairman,
Paul K. Scripps, The E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California.
Future Sites: Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, California; Vice Chairman, Luis Alberto Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Impunity: Alberto Ibargüen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; Vice Chairmen, Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala and Bob Rivard, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas.
International Affairs: Horacio Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida; Vice Chairmen Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Paul K. Scripps, E. W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California.
Worl Summitt: Saturnino Herrero, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vice Chairman, Andrés Garcia Lavin, Novedades de Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, México and Edward Seaton, The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas.
Legal: Héctor Dávalos, Novedades de Acapulco, México; Vice Chairmen, Winston Robles, La Prensa, Panamá, Republic of Panama and William O. Nutting, Wheeling News-Register, Wheeling, West Virginia.
Membership (USA & Canadá): Scott C. Schurz, Hoosier Times, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana; Vice Chairman, Peter G. White, National Post (Southam Inc.), Toronto, Canada.
Membership (Latin America & the Caribbean): Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vice Chairman, Harold Hoyte, The Nations, Barbados.
Membership (Orientation): Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Vice Chairmen, Gonzalo Leaño Reyes, Diario Ocho Columnas, Zapopán, Jalisco, México and Scott C. Schurz, Hoosier Times, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana.
Newspaper In Education: José Santiago Healy, El Imparcial, Hermosillo,
Sonora, Mexico; Vice Chairmen, Tom Fiedler, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
and Andrés Mata Osorio, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela.
Nominations: Roert J. Cox, The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina.
Program: Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; Vice Chairmen, Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.; Jorge E. Fascetto, El Día, La Plata, Argentina and Alejandro Miró Quesada Cisneros, El Comercio, Lima, Peru.
Inter – American: Tony Pederson, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas; Co-Chairmen,
Horacio Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida; Luis Gabriel Cano,
El Espectador, Bogota, Colombia; Oliver F. Clarke, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica;
Jorge E. Fascetto, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; Jack Fuller, Tribune
Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; Andrés Garcia Lavin, Novedades
de Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, México; Argentina S.
Hills, Angel Ramos Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Alberto Ibargüen,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; Raúl E. Kraiselburd, El Día,
La Plata, Argentina; James McClatchy, McClatchy Company, Sacramento, California;
Edward Seaton, The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas y Jayme Sirotsky, RBS,
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Journalist at Risk: Enrique Santos Calderón, El Tiempo, Bogotá,
Colombia; Vice Chairmen, Miguel Antonio Franjul, Listín Diario, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic and George Benge, Gannett Co. Inc., McLean, Virginia.
The Inter American Press Association is a non-profit organization among whose
objectives is the defense of freedom of expression and of the press in the Americas,
the protection and defense of the interests of the press and journalism, the
fostering of high standards of professionalism and business conduct, the promotion
of the exchange of ideas and information leading to the technical and professional
development of the press, and the dissemination of the fundamental principles
of a free society and individual liberty.
The Association comprises more than 1,300 members representing newspapers and
magazines throughout the Western Hemisphere. The IAPA‘s headquarters in
located at the Jules Dubois Building, 1801 SW 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129.
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