Andrew Heslop has worked for as a journalist and editor in the UK, Spain and France. He has been with WAN-IFRA since the beginning of 2010 and is responsible for editorial and communications within the Press Freedom and Media Development department. Based at the organisation’s Paris secretariat, he has worked in a number of countries across the Middle East and North Africa as part of WAN-IFRA's on-going efforts at supporting independent and emerging newspapers in the region.