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Nick Wrenn

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Nick Wrenn
Born
OccupationJournalist
Years active1990-present

Nick Wrenn was born in the United Kingdom and is Vice President of Programming and Events at CNBC International. His career in the UK and US included being Vice President of Digital Services for CNN International.[1][2][3] Nick Wrenn also worked at Facebook as a Head of News Partnerships for Europe Middle East & Africa.[4][5]

Career

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Wrenn started his career in 1990 as a newspaper reporter in England for Southern Newspapers. From 1996 to 1997 he worked for United Press International as a freelance reporter. In 1997 he started working for Reuters as a freelance reporter.[6] He joined the BBC in 1997 till 2000 as an Assistant Director, he was a member of the team that launched and grew the BBC News website.[7]

Wrenn joined CNN in 2003 as a Managing Editor.[8][9] From 2008 to 2014 he was appointed as a Vice President of CNN International Digital Services.[10][11] He then joined Facebook in 2014 and as of 2020 is Head of News Partnerships program for EMEA.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Bowser, Jacquie (2020-09-19). "CNN International promotes Wrenn to VP of digital services". Campaign Live. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ Kohli-Khandekar, Vanita (2011-04-26). "Q&A: Nick Wrenn, CNN International". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. ^ "CNN harnesses World Cup Buzz on Twitter - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  4. ^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (2018-11-19). "Is Facebook a friend to local journalism?". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. ^ "Facebook to fund trainee local newspaper reporters in Britain". Reuters. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. ^ "Facebook: 'We have a responsibility' to help local news organisations find sustainable business models | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  7. ^ "Nick Wrenn". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. ^ Twitter, Press Gazette (2007-11-26). "CNN picks strategic locations for foreign news boost". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2020-08-10. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ Hill, Adam (2003-11-28). "CNN Gives Wrenn EMEA Role". PR Week. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  10. ^ Allan (2014-10-21). "Nick Wrenn parts with CNN". CNN Commentary. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  11. ^ "CNN promotes Wrenn to digital vice-president". Marketing Week. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  12. ^ "Facebook launches major scheme to help fund local journalism". The Independent. 2018-11-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2020-08-10.