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Executive Program
The Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, now in its fourth year, is proud of its participants who push for transformation in the news industry and change their organizations by developing resilient strategies, successful products and sustainable business models.
Below are members of the Class of 2024 cohort, as well as the Class of 2023, Class of 2022 and Class of 2021 cohorts.
The Class of 2024 cohort participants hail from 10 countries including Canada, China, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Japan, Romania, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2023 cohort participants represent 12 countries including Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Germany, India, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2022 cohort participants represent seven countries including Brazil, Finland, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2021 cohort participants represent 10 countries including Chile, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.
2024 Cohort

Deanna Buckman
Director, Business Development
Dotdash Meredith

Oliver Haustein-Teßmer
Editor-in-Chief, Lausitzer Rundschau | Märkische Oderzeitung
LR Medienverlag GmbH

Hui (Lulu) Ning
Editor-in-Chief
Initium Media
2023 Cohort

Carolina Arteta Caballero
Consonante Program Director
Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)

Zeljka Lekic-Subasic, Ph.D.
Head of Office
Office of the Eurovision News Exchange for Southeast Europe (ERNO)
2022 Cohort
2021 Cohort

Susanne Amann
Managing Editor
DER SPIEGEL

Ana Arriagada
Cofounder and Executive Director
El Soberano

Thierry Backes
Managing Editor
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Lauren Berry
Global Managing Editor for Data-Driven News and Deputy NYC Bureau Chief
Bloomberg LP

P. Kim Bui
Director of Audience Innovation
Arizona Republic

Rosy Catanach
Vice President of Product, Publishing
The New York Times

Styli Charalambous
CEO and Publisher
Daily Maverick

Jonah Comstock
Director of Content Developer and Editor-in-Chief
HIMSS Media

Alexander Droessler
Digital Transformation & Product
Nordkurier

Ethar El-Katatney
Former Young Audiences Editor
The Wall Street Journal

Daisuke Furuta
Google News Lab Teaching Fellow
Tokyo

Maye Primera
Researcher / Producer
NBCU Universal / Telemundo Enterprises

Abbie Scott
Deputy Managing Editor
Financial Times

Almudena Toral
Executive Producer
ProPublica

Graham Watson-Ringo
Managing Editor
San Antonio Report

Mary Wilson
Director of Communication and Engagement
A + Colorado
Contact Us
Do you have a question about our executive program? If so, please contact us.

Niketa Patel
Senior Director of Leadership Programs
niketa.patel@journalism.cuny.edu
Twitter @niketa