The World Printers Forum, the print community of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has announced the winners of its first Print Innovation Awards. The prize for innovations of newspapers and magazines will be presented on the first exhibition day of the IFRA World Publishing Expo – 9th October 2018 – in Berlin.
The “Print Innovation Awards” competition honours the most innovative print products and services worldwide. the competition is open to newspaper and magazine publishers as well as advertisers or advertising agencies. Because Innovation in the publishing industry is not confined to digital, the World Printers Forum has launched the Print Innovation Awards, to reward excellence in print innovation.
For its first edition, 54 organisations from 19 countries participated in the competition. The jury, composed of the World Printers Forum Board members, evaluated the entries and awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes in six categories. Judges score each entry based on the outlined criteria. All jury scores were combined to create an overall score for each entry. The scores were then totalled and the highest scoring entries determined the category winners. Judging Criteria were: Innovation, Creativity, Excellence, Customer Relevancy and Value.
The fifteen winners awarded in seven different categories, include Aftenposten (Norway), Arab News (UK), Bennett Coleman and Co, Times Group (India), Diari ARA (Spain), El Tiempo (Colombia), Funke Mediengruppe (Germany), Jang Media Group (Pakistan), Prayukti Publications (India), Presse-
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will be honoured on stage at the Networking Night of IFRA World Publishing Expo 2018 in Berlin, 9. October 2018.
