The Global Editors Network Board meeting in Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday elected Peter Bale as the new President of GEN.
Bale is the Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Public Integrity, the global nonprofit investigative journalism organisation based in Washington, DC.
He joined the Center after three years at CNN International where he ran CNN.com and other digital products outside the United States.
The International edition of the CNN site recorded double-digit growth in users, engagement and revenue during his tenure heading teams in Atlanta, London, Dubai and Hong Kong.
The GEN Board also elected Paul Steiger, the Executive Chairman of ProPublica’s board of directors, as board treasurer.
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