David Jiménez (journalist)
David Jiménez (Barcelona, 1971) is a Spanish journalist. In May 2015 he became director of the newspaper El Mundo, in replacement of Casimiro García-Abadillo.[1]
Biography
Jiménez was born in Barcelona in 1971. He is a graduate in journalism by the University of Barcelona and began working in 1994 for the newspaper El Mundo, in its Madrid edition. In 1998 he started working as a correspondent in Asia and the Middle East, and has especially covered the conflicts of Afghanistan, Kashmir and of East Timor.[1][2]
Path
In 2014 he obtained a Nieman scholarship from the University of Harvard that has allowed him to work in the Half Lab of the Technological Institute of Massachusetts (MIT) on the digital challenges of the press.[3]
In April 2015 he was appointed director of the newspaper El Mundo, in replacement of Casimiro García-Abadillo, that had occupied the charge since the cessation of Pedro J. Ramírez, on 30 January 2014.[2]
References
- ^ a b «El Consejo de Administración de Unidad Editorial nombra a David Jiménez director de EL MUNDO.
- ^ a b «Unidad Editorial releva a García-Abadillo al frente de ‘El Mundo’.
- ^ David Jiménez, nuevo director de 'El Mundo' tras la destitución de García-Abadillo, en El Periódico de Catalunya, 01/05/2015