Press/Contact

Primary press contacts

Please note that these contacts are only for press inquiries from journalists and only about Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia Foundation.

We do not wish to receive any press release or newsletter, nor any documentation about your organization.

If you are looking for contacts about the content of one of the projects we support, please see local contact pages, such as Wikipedia:Contact us.

General press inquiries should be sent to: press@wikimedia.org

By phone - contact Sandra Ordonez, Communication Manager at +1-727-231-0101

You can contact Wikimedia Foundation chair Florence Devouard (aka "Anthere") directly

• by email - fdevouard (at) wikimedia.org

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

• by email - jwales (at) wikimedia.org

Regional press contacts

To obtain a interview contact in your area or speaking your language, beyond those listed below, talk to Sandra at the Wikimedia Foundation office. She maintains a list of dozens of specialty contacts.

Australia

• Angela Beesley

Melbourne

Email: abeesley@wikimedia.org

Phone: +61 (0)3 9018 7308

The Americas

United States

• Kat Walsh - Herndon, VA, Member Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation

kat (at) wikimedia (dot) org

• Mark Pellegrini, Newark, DE

mapellegrini (at) comcast (dot) net

• Dan Rosenthal, Washington, DC

drosenthal (at) wikimedia (dot) org

Canada

• Nicholas Moreau, Toronto ON (English)

nicholasmoreau@gmail.com

Europe

Finland Timo Jyrinki timo (dot) jyrinki (at) hut (dot) fi +358 43 200 5020 Joonas Lyytinen joonas (dot) lyytinen (at) ri (dot) fi +358 45 63 99 700 France email: press-fr (at) wikimedia (dot) org Florence Devouard - Chair Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation Pierre Beaudouin - Chairman Wikimédia France Germany and Austria email: press-de (at) wikimedia (dot) org Kurt Jansson - Chairman Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Phone +49 (0)30 - 610 74 581 Arne Klempert - Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Phone +49 (0)700-WIKIMEDIA (+49-700-945463342)

Italy Frieda Brioschi - Chair Wikimedia Italia, Member Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation Email: fbrioschi@wikimedia.it Poland See Biuro prasowe Dariusz Siedlecki Email: dariusz.siedlecki@wikimedia.pl Phone: (+48) 0 516 306 220 Switzerland press (at) wikimedia (dot) ch Frédéric Schütz, +41 (0)79 820 40 44 (French, English) Nando Stöcklin, +41 (0)62 751 39 42 (German, English) Ilario Salvatore Valdelli, (+41) 76 482 13 71, or valdelli@gmail.com (Italian) UK James Forrester, London Email: jdforrester@gmail.com Phone: +44 (0)20 7193 1193 Skype: jdforrester 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

• Norway: Chris Nyborg, chris.nyborg (at) online (dot) no , see also Presse

Note that most press contacts do not speak in an "official" capacity, merely as recognised and trusted volunteers.

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