Fuller, whose term lasts to October 2004, succeeds Andrés García, editor of the Cancún, Mexico, newspaper Novedades de Quintana Roo.
Other officers elected during the IAPA’s 59th General Assembly in Chicago, Illinois, October 10-14 included 1st vice president Alejandro Miró Quesada Cisneros, of El Comercio, Lima, Peru, and 2nd vice president Diana Daniels, of The Washington Post Co., Washington, D.C.
Earl Maucker, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was re-elected treasurer, Juan Luis Correa, La Prensa, Panama City, Panama, was appointed secretary and Julio E. Muñoz continues as executive director.
The Executive Committee, the organization’s governing body, has as honorary chairman Robert U. Brown, Editor & Publisher, New York; as chairman Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida, and as vice-chairman Andrés García, Novedades de Quintana Roo, Cancún, Mexico.
The IAPA Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships in the Americas, has as president Jaime Mantilla Anderson, Hoy, Quito, Ecuador; as vice presidents Alfredo Jiménez de Sandi, El Economista, Mexico City., Mexico; Carlos Salinas, El Diario de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico; Paul K. Scripps, E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California; as treasurer André Luis Jungblut, Gazeta do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil; as secretary Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and also executive director Julio E. Muñoz.
Appointed to head the IAPA Press Institute, which is responsible for the professional advancement and training of journalists, were Raúl Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina, as chairman, Robert J. Caldwell, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, as president; as vice-presidents David Adams, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida; Eduardo Alemán, El Carabobeño, Valencia, Venezuela; Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California; Jaime Câmara Júnior, O Popular, Goiânia, Brazil; José Santiago Healy, El Imparcial, Hermosillo, Mexico; Bob Rivard, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas; as treasurer Aldo Zuccolillo, ABC Color, Asunción, Paraguay; and as secretary Luis Alberto Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Press Institute will also have the support of an Advisory Board made up of John Alius, Demócrito Dummar, José Roberto Dutriz, Francisco Fascetto, Gerardo García, Harold Hoyte, Gonzalo Leaño, Jaime Mantilla, Sergio Muñoz, José Antonio O´Farrill, Colin Phillips, Carlos Schaerer, Jayme Sirotsky and Keith Spore, as well as the participation of IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz and Press Institute Director Ricardo Trotti.
Also elected during the IAPA meeting were the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the organization’s working committees:
Freedom of the Press and Information: chairman, Rafael Molina, Ahora, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; vice-chairmen, Jaime Câmara, Jr.; O Popular, Goiânia, Brazil; Tom Fiedler, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; Andrés Mata Osorio, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela; Nélida Esther Rajneri, Río Negro, General Roca, Argentina.
Awards: honorary chairman,, Robert J. Cox, The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina; chairman, William E. Casey, Dow Jones & Co., New York, New York; vice-chairman, Gerardo García Gamboa, Novedades de Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Chapultepec: honorary chairman, James McClatchy, McClatchy Company, Sacramento, California, chairman, Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California; vice-chairmen, Andrés Mata, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, and Armando González Rodicio, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica.
Finance: chairman, Scott C. Schurz, Hoosier Times, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana; vice-chairmen, Felipe T. Edwards, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, and Argentina S. Hills, Angel Ramos Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Foundations: chairman, Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas; vice-chairmen, Alberto Ibargüen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, and Paul K. Scripps, The E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California.
Future Sites: chairman, Liza Gross, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; vice-chairman, Alfredo Jiménez de Sandi, El Economista, Mexico City, Mexico.
Impunity: honorary chairman, Danilo Arbilla, Búsqueda, Montevideo, Uruguay; chairman, Alberto Ibargüen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; vice-chairmen, Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Bob Rivard, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas.
International Affairs: honorary chairman, Horacio Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida; co-chairmen, Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina; vice-chairman, Guadalupe Mantilla, El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador.
World Summit on the Information Society: honorary chairman, Andrés García Lavín, Novedades de Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico; co-chairmen, Andrés García, Novedades de Quintana Roo, Cancún, Mexico, and Saturnino Herrero, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; vice-chairman, Alejo Miró Quesada Cisneros, El Comercio, Lima, Peru.
Legal: honorary chairman, Raúl Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; chairman, Héctor Dávalos, Novedades de Acapulco, Mexico, vice-chairman, William O. Nutting, Wheeling News-Register, Wheeling, West Virginia.
Membership (United States & Canada): chairman, Bruce B. Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California; vice-chairman, Peter G. White, Hollinger, Inc. Toronto, Canada.
Membership (Latin America & the Caribbean): co-chairmen, Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and André Jungblut, Gazeta do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil; vice-chairman, Harold Hoyte, The Nation, Barbados.
Membership (Orientation of New Members): chairman, Nélida Esther Rajneri, Río Negro, General Roca, Argentina; vice-chairman, Gonzalo Leaño, Ocho Columnas, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Newspaper in Education: chairman, José Santiago Ealy, El Imparcial, Hermosillo, Mexico; vice-chairman, Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru.
Nominations: chairman, Andrés García, Novedades de Quintana Roo, Cancún, Mexico.
Program: chairman, Alejo Miró Quesada Cisneros, El Comercio, Lima, Peru; vice-chairman, Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
Inter-American: honorary chairman, Jorge E. Fascetto, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; chairman, Tony Pederson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; co-chairmen, Horacio Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida; Luis Gabriel Cano, El Espectador, Bogotá, Colombia; Oliver F. Clarke, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica; Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; Andrés García Lavín, Novedades de Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico; 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, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas, and Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Journalists At Risk: honorary chairman, Júlio C.F. de Mesquita, O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; chairman, Enrique Santos Calderón, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia; vice-chairman, José Rubén Zamora, El Periódico, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The Inter American Press Association is a not-for-profit organization among whose objectives are the defense of freedom of expression and of the press in the Americas, the protection of the interests of the press and journalism, the encouragement of high standards of journalism and business conduct, the promotion of exchange of ideas and information contributing to the technical and professional development of the press, and the dissemination of the basic principles of a free society and individual liberty.
The IAPA has more than 1, 300 members representing newspapers and magazines
throughout the Western Hemisphere. Its headquarters are located in the Jules
Dubois Building, 1801 SW, 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129. For further information,
visit the Web site www.sipiapa.org
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