Overview of Rotary World Magazine Press

M ore than half the Rotarians worldwide are served by one of the 31 magazines listed below. These publications are produced independently by Rotarians, distributed in more than 130 countries, and published in over 20 languages. They have a combined circulation of more than 760,000. Each magazine has a local editorial slant but includes required articles and photographs of international Rotary interest from The Rotarian.

Regional Magazine Editors Seminar

Every two years, all regional magazine editors are invited to participate in the Regional Magazine Editors Seminar. The two-day meeting provides a forum for the editors to discuss common problems and concerns, as well as an opportunity for RI to give guidance on how best to fulfill Rotary communications responsibilities.

For further information about the Rotary World Magazine Press or for sample copies, contact Candy Isaac, senior regional magazine coordinator.

Rotary Africa

Circulation - 7,500
First published in 1927
Sharon Robertson
P.O. Box 563
Westville, ZA-3630
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Phone: 27-31-267-1848
Mobile: 27-82-876-8618
Fax: 27-31-267-1849
E-mail: rotaryafrica@mweb.co.za
Web site: www.rotaryafrica.za.org

Language: English

Areas served: Botswana, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe 

Vida Rotaria

Circulation - 12,000
First published in 1955
Diego F. Esmoriz, editor
Córdoba 954
P.B. Of 24
S2000AWL
Rosario, S.F., Argentina

Phone: 54-341-4495052
Fax: 54-341-5300057
E-mail: vrotaria@vidarotaria.com.ar
Web site:  www.vidarotaria.org.ar

Language: Spanish

Area served: Argentina

Rotary Down Under

Circulation - 48,500
First published in 1965
Robert J. Aitken, editor
Rotary Down Under House
2nd Floor, 43 Hunter St.
P.O. Box 779
Parramatta, N.S.W. 2124 Australia

Phone: 612-9633-4888
Fax: 612-9891-5984
E-mail: enquiries@rotarydownunder.com.au
Web site: www.rotarnet.com.au

Language: English

Areas served: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Democratic Republic of Tonga, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu 

Rotary Contact

Circulation - 10,100
First published in 1984
Guido Vangansewinkel, editor
Av. De L’Exposition
Universelle 68
Brussels, Belgium B-1083

Phone: 32-2-420-35-00
Fax: 32-2-420-11-10 
Web site: www.rotary.belux.org

Languages: Dutch, French, and German

Areas served: Belgium and Luxembourg

Brasil Rotário

Circulation - 52,000
First published in 1924
Carlos Henrique dec. Froes, editor
Ave. Rio Branco 125/18 andar, PT 20040-006
Rio de Janeiro, R.J., Brazil

Phone: 55-21-2509-8142
Fax: 55-21-2509-8130
E-mail: diretoria@brasil-rotario.com.br
Web site: www.brasil-rotario.com.br

Language: Portuguese

Area served: Brazil 

Rotary in Bulgaria

Circulation - 2,500
First published in 1995
Nasko Nachev, publisher
1 Gladston St.
BG-4000
Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Phone: 359-32-622-396
Fax: 359-32-628-770
E-mail: abnrotary@yahoo.com
Web site: www.rotary.bg

Language: Bulgarian

Areas served: Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia

El Rotario de Chile

Circulation - 4,500
First published in 1927
Francisco Socias, editor
Casilla 413
Los Angeles, Chile

Phone: 56-43-363178
Fax: 56-43-363350
E-mail: fsocias@ctcinternet.cl  

Language: Spanish

Area served: Chile 

The Rotarian Monthly

Circulation - 11,800
First published 1960
Robert T. Yin, editor
P.O. Box 67-556
3 Fl, 18-1 Lane 14, Chi Lin Rd.
Taipei, Taiwan 104

Phone: 886-2-25418580
Fax: 886-2-5418608
E-mail: editor.rotapub@msa.hinet.net  

Language: Chinese 

Areas served: Hong Kong District 3450, Macau, Mongolia, Taiwan

Colombia Rotaria

Circulation - 3,500
First published in 1970
Enrique Jordan-Sarria, editor
Apartado Aéreo 5925
Calle 5 No. 62C-53
Cali, Colombia
Phone: 57-2-551-5380, 57-2-553-1614
Fax: 57-2-553-1614
E-mail: rotarios@norma.net

Language: Spanish

Area served: Colombia

Rotary Good News

Circulation - 2,500
First published in 1990
Svatopluk K. Jedlicka, editor
Business Centrum U Hajku
Na Porici 42
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic CZ-301 12

Phone: 420-602-432-751
E-mail: goodnews@rotary.cz
Web site: www.rotary.cz or www.rotary.sk

Languages: Czech and Slovak

Areas served: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Rotary Magazine

Circulation - 2,000
First published in 1929
Hussein Hashad, editor
19, El Shahid Mohamed El-Shebany St.
Heliopolis, Cairo
Egypt 11341

Phone: 20-2-291-8822
Mobile: 20-10-668-4089
Fax: 20-2-392-4270
E-mail: hashad@link.net  

Languages: Arabic, English, and French

Areas served: Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, and United Arab Emirates

Le Rotarien

Circulation - 39,200
First published in 1952
Christophe Courjon, editor
34, rue Pierre-Dupont, FR-69001
Lyon, France

Phone: 33-4-7200-3214
Fax: 33-4-7200-0507
E-mail: courjon@le-rotarien.asso.fr  
Web site: www.le-rotarien.asso.fr   or www.rotary-francophone.org  

Language: French

Areas served: Algeria, Andorra, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equitorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Senegal, Tahiti, Togo, Tunisia, and Vanuatu

Rotary Magazin

Circulation - 54,500
Rene Nehring, editor
Rotary Verlags-GmbH
Raboisen 30
DE-20095 Hamburg, Germany

Phone: 49-40-34-99-97-25
Fax: 49-40-34-99-97-17
E-mail: rene.nehring@rotary.de; insa.feye@rotary.de; imke.edzard@rotary.de
Web site: www.rotary.de/magazin

Language: German

Areas served: Austria and Germany

Rotary (Great Britain and Ireland)

Circulation - 61,500
First published in 1915
John Pike, editor
15 Glendale Drive
Wombourne, Wolverhampton
WV50HD England

Phone: 44-01922-627227
E-mail: john@russenpikemedia.co.uk  
Web site: www.rotary-ribi.org

David Stephenson, assistant editor
Kinwarton Road
Alcester, Warwickshire
B49 6BP England

Phone: 44-1789-765411
Fax: 44-1789-765570

Language: English

Areas served: Great Britain and Ireland

Rotary News/Rotary Samachar

Circulation - 66,000/11,300
First published in 1952/1983
Rtn. T.K. Balakrishnan, editor
Rotary News Trust
Dugar Towers, 3rd Floor
34 Marshalls Road
Egmore, Chennai 600 008
India

Phone: 91-44-421-45666 (office), 91-44-2827-8066 (home)
Fax: 91-44-2852 8818 (office)
E-mail: rotarynews@rosaonline.org   
Web site: www.rosaonline.org

Languages: English, Hindi

Areas served: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

Rotary Israel

Circulation - 1,000
First published in 1955
David Neumann
14 David Shi’moni Street
92623, Jerusalem, Israel

Phone: 972-2-678-5321
Fax: 972-2-679-1313
E-mail: neumannjerusalem@hotmail.com  

Language: Hebrew

Area served: Israel

Rotary (Italy)

Circulation - 45,000
First published 1924
Andrea Pernice, editor
c/o Ulysse network s.r.l.
Viale Bianca Maria 19
IT-20122 Milano
Italy

Phone: 39-2-7600-2984
Fax: 39-2-7600-4677
E-mail: a.pernice@ulyssenetwork.it  

Language: Italian

Areas served: Albania, Italy, Malta, and San Marino

The Rotary-No-Tomo (Japan)/(English ed.)

Circulation - 108,000/3,500
First published in 1953 
Masanobu Kanzaki, chair
Noriko Futagami, Editor (Japanese and English editions)
4th Floor, Kokuryu Shibakoen Build., 
Shibakoen 2-6-15
Minato-Ku Tokyo, 105-0011
Japan

Phone: 81-3-3436-6651
Fax: 81-3-3436-5956
E-mail: futagami@rotary-no-tomo.jp
Web site: www.rotary-no-tomo.jp

Languages: Japanese, English

Area served: Japan

The Rotary Korea/(English ed.)

Circulation - 48,000/5,000
First published in 1967
Jae-Yoon Lee, editor in chief
Eun Ok Lee, Senior Editor
Royal Bldg. #930
5 Dangju-dong, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Korea 110 721

Phone: 82-2-730-2511
Fax: 82-2-730-2515
E-mail: rotaryko@chollian.net  
Web site: www.rotarykorea.org

Languages: English, Korean

Area served: Korea

Rotarismo en México

Circulation - 13,500
First published in 1974
C.P. Jorge Villanueva, editor
Paseo de la Reforma
#195-Piso 13
Col. Cuauhetemoc 06500
México, D.F., C.P. 06500
Mexico

Phone: 52-5549-4543 or 5546-1359
Fax: 011-52-5510-3837 or 5546-1324
E-mail: rotarismoenmex@prodigy.net.mx

Language: Spanish

Area served: Mexico

De Rotarian

Circulation - 20,000
First published in 1927
Marcel Harlaar, editor
Redactie De Rotarian
Stichting Rotary Administratie Nederland
Amstel 266
NL-1017 AM, Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Phone: 31-20-4284735
Fax: 31-20-6227642
E-mail: rotarian@rotarynederland.nl  
Web site: www.rotary.nl/rotarian

Language: Dutch

Area served: The Netherlands

El Rotario Péruano (Peru)

Circulation - 3,000
First published in 1933
Juan Scander
Los Sauces 312, Santa Victoria
Chiclayo, Lambayegue Peru

Phone: 51-74-227127
Fax: 51-74-233651
E-mail: jscander@viabcp.com or scander@infonegocio.net.pe

Language: Spanish

Area served: Peru

Philippine Rotary

Circulation - 15,000
First published in 1978
PDG Mar Un Ocampo III, editor in chief 
PDG Sonny T. Ventura, managing editor
87 Visayas Avenue
Vasra, Quezon City
Philippines 1100

Phone: 632 926-7453; 632 453-3800
Fax: 632 929-1912
E-mail: office@philrotary.com
Web site: www.philrotary.com

Language: English

Area served: Philippines

Glos Rotary/Rotarianin

Circulation - 2,600
First published in 2004
Dr. Maciej K. Mazur, Publisher
Janusz Klinowski, editor in chief
Agata Zieba, managing editor
Oficyna Wydawnicza
Mazur sp. z o. o.
ul. Krupnicza 13, 50-075
Wroclaw, Poland

Phone: 48-71-7832441
Fax: 48-71-7832418
E-mail: redakcja@rotarianin.pl
Web site: www.rotary.org.pl  

Language: Polish

Areas served: Belarus, Poland, Ukraine

Portugal Rotãrio

Circulation - 3,500
First published in 1984
Artur Lopes Cardoso, Editor
Apartado 148
PT-4431-902
Vila Nova De Gaia
Portugal

Phone: 351-22-372-1794
Fax: 351-22-609-9265
E-mail: arlc@lopes-cardoso.pt

Language: Portuguese

Areas served: Angola, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe 

Rotary Norden

Circulation - 69,000
First published in 1936
Öystein Öystaa, editor in chief, Norway
Phone: 47-64-93-60-22 (office)
47-64-93-08-58 (home)
Fax: 47-64-93-29-20
E-mail: oystaa@online.no

Per O. Dantoft, Editor in Chief, Denmark (2004-05)
Phone: 45-86-55-02-36
Fax: 45-86-55-06-36
E-mail: dantoft@post2.Tel.e.dk

Håkan Nordqvist, editor, Finland
Phone: 358-9-3486-1270
Fax: 358-9-3486-1311
E-mail: hakan.nordqvist@hillandknowlton.fi  

Hinrik Bjarnson, editor, Iceland
Phone: 354-5681955
E-mail: hinrikb@simnet.is

Börje Alström, editor, Iceland
Phone: 46-60-170340
Fax: 46-63-34014
E-mail: alstrom@mh.se  

Languages: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

Areas served: Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

España Rotaria

Circulation - 5,000
First published in 2001
Elisa Loncán, editor
Calle Muntaner 266-268/ 08021
Barcelona, Spain

Phone: 34-92-200-35-39
Mobile: 34-658-82-55-80
Fax: 34-93-414-29-43
E-mail: eloncan@latinmail.com or thelmacomunica@hotmail.com

Language: Spanish

Area served: Spain

Rotary Suisse Liechtenstein

Circulation - 10,800
First published in 1926
Oliver P. Schaffner, editor in chief
Redaktion Rotary Suisse Liechtenstein
Aathalstrasse 34
CH-8613 Uster
Switzerland
Phone: 41-44-994-1666
Fax: 41-44-994-1665
E-mail: schaffner@rotary.ch  
Web site: www.rotary.ch  

Hanspeter Kleiner (Editor, French only)
Hofenstrasse 5
3032 Hinterkappelen
Switzerland
Phone: 31-901-1266
Fax: 31-901-1803
E-mail: kleiner@rotary.ch

Languages: French, German, Italian

Areas served: Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Rotary Thailand

Circulation - 8,000
First published in 1983
Editor-in-chief: PDG Som Indra-Payoong
18/37 Mu 9, Soi Watkao Bangpra, T. Bangpra, Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand  20110

Phone: 66-38-341347
Fax: 66-38-342-016
E-mail: sompayoong@yahoo.com
Web site: www.rotaryinthailand.org 

Language: Thai

Area served: Thailand

Rotary Dergisi

Circulation - 8,100
First published in 1983
Ahmet S. Tukel, editor
1571 Sokak NO: 16
TR 35 110 Cinarli-Izmir
Turkey

Phone: 90-232-461-96-42
Fax: 90-232-461-96-46
E-mail: ahmet@tukelmat.com

Language: Turkish

Area served: Turkey

Revista Rotaria

Circulation - 9,900
First published in 1992
Arturo Alvarez, executive president
Fouad Souki, editor
Maria Souki, editor
B Numero 106
Urb. Los Naranjos
San Cristóbal,
Apdo. Postal 717
Táchira, 5001 Venezuela

Phone: 58-276-344-1551
Fax: 58-276-342-9950
E-mail: fswh@telcel.net.ve
Web site:   www.revistarotaria.com

Language: Spanish

Areas served: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela