Sue Gardner
| Sue Gardner | |
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 Sue Gardner in December 2012 |
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| Born | May 11, 1967 Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Residence | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University |
| Salary | $196,878 (FY2011)[1] |
| Title | Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation (2007–present) |
Sue Gardner (born May 11, 1967[2]) is a Canadian journalist. She is the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and previously was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.
In 2012, she was ranked as the 70th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. It was especially noted that she "...led the full-day Wikipedia blackout in protest against SOPA".[3]
Gardner announced in early 2013 that she would step down from her position with Wikipedia once a successor had been found.[4]
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Life and journalism career [edit]
Gardner grew up in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of an Anglican minister and school principal.[5] She received a degree in journalism from Ryerson University.[5] She began her career on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio in 1990 on the program As It Happens, and worked for more than a decade as a producer, reporter and documentary-maker for CBC Radio current-affairs and for Newsworld International, focusing on pop culture and social issues.[6]
In March 2006, she succeeded Claude Galipeau as senior director of the division of 150 new media staff developing CBC.ca, the CBC website and Internet platform.[7][8]
Wikimedia and recent work [edit]
In May 2007, Gardner resigned from CBC, and shortly thereafter began consulting for the Wikimedia Foundation as a special advisor on operations and governance.[9]
In December 2007, she was hired as the foundation's executive director.[10] Over the next two years, she oversaw growth of the staff including the addition of a fundraising team, and an office move from Tampa to San Francisco.
In October 2009, Gardner was named by the Huffington Post as one of ten "media game changers of the year" for the impact on new media of her work for Wikimedia.[11]
On March 27th, 2013, Gardner announced she would be leaving her position at the Wikimedia Foundation. She states that the Wikimedia Foundation is doing well now but that the Internet is not. She will be helping in that area in her future.[12]
References [edit]
- ^ "Charity Navigator".
- ^ "Sue Gardner's Blog". Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Sue Gardner. Forbes. Accessed August 23, 2012.
- ^ "Please read: an announcement from Wikimedia Foundation ED Sue Gardner". Wikimedia Blog. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ a b Wikipedians do it for love. Really. Globe and Mail. July 26, 2010
- ^ From the Lavin Agency's profile.
- ^ CBC clicks online by Tara Perkins. Toronto Star. July 19, 2006, via the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting archives.
- ^ Does CBC.ca run itself?. The Tea Makers. March 2, 2006
- ^ Wikimedia Foundation press release, June 27, 2007.
- ^ "Sue Gardner Hired as Executive Director", Wikimedia Foundation press release. December 3, 2007
- ^ From the series of slides for the 10 Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Media? – Sue Gardner. HuffPost. March 18, 2010
- ^ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/27/sue-gardner-departure-announcement/
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sue Gardner |
- Sue Gardner's personal blog
- "Sue Gardner to lead Wikipedia" Canadian Broadcasting Company
- Radio documentary by Gardner about Al Purdy, Canadian poet, for This Morning Sunday
- "Wikipedia struggles with funding", United Press International
- Wikipedia's Librarian to the World Fast Company interview
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Wikinews has related news: Interview with Sue Gardner of the Wikimedia Foundation |
Interviews
- Video interview with Gardner on CNET News
- Audio (RAM-file) interview with Gardner on radio station Sounds Like Canada, April 8, 2008
- Interview with Gardner on the Wikipedia Weekly community podcast from Wikimania 2008
- Journalism is going to look different (CanadaEast.com)
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- 1967 births
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
- Canadian chief executives
- Canadian women business executives
- Living people
- People from Bridgetown
- People from Northumberland County, Ontario
- People from San Francisco, California
- Ryerson University alumni
- Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Wikipedia personalities
