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Press contacts

You can contact Wikipedia founder Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales directly:

• by email - jwales (at) wikimedia.org
• by phone - contact Danny Wool at 727-231-0101.

"My travel schedule is here. I am eager to meet journalists everywhere I go. Even if I am out of the U.S. do not assume you can't reach me -- I try to stay in constant contact with email and/or phone to Danny. I speak only English, but if you want to do an email interview in some other language, we can easily find someone to assist us." -- Jimmy Wales

General press inquiries may be sent to press@wikimedia.org.

Asia

Australia

• Angela Beesley

Email: abeesley@wikimedia.org

Phone: +61 (0)3 9018 7308

The Americas

United States

• Kat Walsh, Herndon, VA

mindspillage (at) gmail (dot) com

• Mark Pellegrini, Newark, DE

mapellegrini (at) comcast (dot) net

• Samuel Klein, Boston, MA

metasj (at) gmail (dot) com

617.529.4266

Canada

• Wayne Saewyc, Vancouver, BC (English)

Amgine.Saewyc@gmail.com

Europe

Belgium Walter Vermeir walter (at) wikipedia (dot) be France Florence Devouard - Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation fdevouard (at) wikimedia (dot) org Nicolas Weeger, Paris nicolas.weeger (at) wikimedia (dot) fr Germany, Switzerland and Austria See Presse Kurt Jansson, Berlin kurt.jansson (at) wikimedia (dot) de Arne Klempert, near Frankfurt arne.klempert (at) wikimedia (dot) de Italy Elfrieda Brioschi ubifrieda (at) gmail (dot) com

Norway See Presse Chris Nyborg chris.nyborg (at) online (dot) no Sweden See Press och media Mats Halldin Email: matshalldin**at**gmail**dot**com Phone: (+46)-08-843794 or (+46)-0733-555274 UK David Gerard, Walthamstow, London Email: wp@davidgerard.co.uk Phone: 07733 223 584 or (+44) 7733 223 584 Is also a press contact for Wikimedia UK