Sue Gardner
Sue Gardner (born May 11, 1967)[1] is the former Canadian executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco from 2007 to 2014. She was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets. She is currently the executive director of The Markup.[2]
Sue Gardner | |
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 Sue Gardner in 2012 | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University |
| Title | Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2014) |
Life and journalism career
changeGardner grew up in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. She is the daughter of an Anglican minister and school principal.[3] Gardner earned a degree in journalism from Ryerson University.[3] She began her career on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio in 1990. She worked on the program As It Happens at first. Gardner worked for more than a decade as a producer, reporter and documentary-maker for CBC Radio current-affairs. She also worked for Newsworld International. Her time at Newsworld dealt mainly with pop culture and social issues.[4]
In March 2006, she replaced Claude Galipeau as Senior Director. She was in charge of 150 people who worked on CBC.ca, the CBC website.[5][6]
Wikimedia and recent work
changeIn May 2007, Gardner left CBC. Soon after that, she started working with the Wikimedia Foundation. She helped as an advisor on how the foundation worked and how it was governed.[7]
In December 2007, she was hired as the Foundation's Executive Director.[8] Over the next two years, the number of employees of the foundation grew. This included the addition of a fundraising team. She also guided the foundation as it moved its office from Tampa to San Francisco.
In October 2009, the Huffington Post said Gardner was as one of ten 'media game changers of the year'. They said this because of the effect she had on new media because of her work for Wikimedia.[9]
References
change- ↑ "Sue Gardner's Blog". 17 July 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Staffers resign from news startup the Markup after ouster of editor-in-chief | CNN Business". CNN. 23 April 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedians do it for love. Really Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Globe and Mail Jul. 26, 2010
- ↑ From the Lavin Agency's profile Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "CBC clicks online" Archived 2006-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, from the Toronto Star, July 19, 2006, via the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting archives.
- ↑ From Does CBC.ca run itself? a post on a blog about the CBC.
- ↑ Wikimedia Foundation press release, June 27, 2007.
- ↑ "Sue Gardner Hired as Executive Director", Wikimedia Foundation press release
- ↑ From the series of slides for the 10 HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Media? – Sue Gardner.
Other websites
change- Sue Gardner's personal blog
- "Sue Gardner to lead Wikipedia" Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Broadcasting Company
- Radio documentary by Gardner about Al Purdy, Canadian poet, for This Morning Sunday
- "Wikipedia struggles with funding" Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, United Press International
- Wikipedia's Librarian to the World Fast Company interview
Interviews
- Video interview with Gardner on CNET News Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Audio (RAM-file) interview with Gardner Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine on radio station Sounds Like Canada, April 8, 2008
- Interview Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine with Gardner on the Wikipedia Weekly community podcast from Wikimania 2008
- Journalism is going to look different Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (CanadaEast.com)