Wiki Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Gingras, a long-time executive at Google focusing on news, to our Advisory Board. Gingras steps into his role with extensive experience in digital media, deep engagement in the evolution of internet policy relating to the open Internet and a free press, and a strong commitment to Wiki Education’s mission.
“There are few things more foundational than building a society’s communal knowledge,” said Gingras. “Wiki Education’s effort to evangelize and develop Wikipedia authorship are critical to achieving that objective.”
Throughout his 50-year career, Gingras has focused on the advance of news and information systems in an evolving digital society – from the evolution of search engines to enabling the next generation global news ecosystem.
“Richard’s innovative spirit and deep knowledge about the web will bring invaluable insights to our work,” said Frank Schulenburg, Executive Director of Wiki Education. “His contributions will help us advance our goals and strengthen Wiki Education’s impact in the ever-evolving digital information landscape.“
For many years, Gingras served as the Global Vice President for News. In his current role, Gingras provides strategic guidance on how Google presents news to its users as well as advising Google’s efforts to enable a healthy, open ecosystem for quality journalism, including various programs to enable journalists and news providers to be effective and sustainable in our digital world.
Gingras co-founded the Center for News, Technology, and Innovation, an independent global policy research center, that seeks to encourage independent, sustainable media, and foster informed public policy conversations to maintain a free press and an open internet. Gingras also served as a member of the Knight Commission o n Trust, Media, and Democracy, and helped found the Trust Project.
His broad experience with digital ventures includes leading Salon.com, as well as positions at Apple, the @Home Network, and the Excite search engine. Gingras also serves on the boards of the First Amendment Coalition, the International Center for Journalists, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and PRX, the public media podcast network.
