Director General of the AA Senol Kazanci (Source: istanbulgercegi.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) attaches much importance to its professional and friendlycooperation with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Director General of the AA Senol Kazanci hassaid.
Kazanci made the statement during a recent interview with VNA reporters on the thresholdof the 44th Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) under thetheme “For a professional and innovative journalism”in Hanoi, Vietnam, from April18-20.
Reporter: The OANA becomes stronger thanksto the responsible participation of each member news agency. Could you pleaselet us know which forms of cooperation should the agencies enhance to turn theOANA into a more efficient organisation?
Mr. Senol Kazanci: First of all, I would like to congratulateVietnam News Agency for their efforts to host 44th OANA EBMsuccessfully.
As it is stated in the OANA statute, the goal of the organisation is toexchange experience and encourage cooperation between the member agencies. Forthis purpose, we think OANA members should develop their bilateral cooperationby signing agreements based on free news and visual content exchange. We also suggestthat OANA members should conduct more often media visits to their counterpartsto establish stronger relations via the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Reporter: Which measures has the Anadolu Agency taken towin public trust as a mainstream information source?
Mr. Senol Kazanci: AA was established on April 6, 1920,during the Turkish Independence War with the mission of “heralding Anatolia’svoice to the world.”
Till today, AA is still attached to itsmission. It is not an easy task for a news agency to grow continuously andincrease production while keeping up the quality of its services. Currently, AAis the dominating primary news source for the Turkish media. This proves thatAA has won the public trust as the mainstream news source in Turkey.
In order to win global public trust andextend its global reach, we needed to work harder each and every year. As oftoday, AA increased its broadcast languages up to 13, positioned itself in aglobal photo distribution network with its high quality photos, increased thenumber of its worldwide offices to 41 and representatives to 100, signedcooperation agreements with 70 leading news agencies and gained subscribers from76 countries. Presently, AA is providing news services with the staff from 124different nationalities.
Reporter: Thank you very much,Sir.-VNA
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