Richard Gingras

chair Village Media

Richard Gingras chairs the board of Village Media and is a co-founder and board member of the global Center for News, Technology, and Innovation.

He spent 15 years at Google, serving as the company’s global vice president for news, overseeing various product efforts as well as the Google News Initiative. Gingras also engaged on news-related public policy matters around the world. Gingras helped found Salon.com, the second digital pure play after Wired. He served as editor of two digital media properties, the first in 1980.

Gingras serves on the boards of several journalism and policy related organizations, including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the International Center for Journalists, the James W Foley Legacy Foundation, the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, and the advisory council of the Frontline documentary series.

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