For this special event as part of the albert News Consortium we are delighted to be joined by Wolfgang Blau.
Wolfgang co-founded the Oxford Climate Journalism Network – its mission is to help journalists and editors develop their coverage of climate change and support leaders in identifying the issues involved in reporting on the climate crisis.
We invite those currently working within newsrooms in an editorial capacity to join us at this special event to discuss how we can rise to ‘journalism’s greatest challenge’. The session will cover the current state of play, the role of the climate desk in 2022, Newsroom climate literacy and a discussion about the actions journalists can be taking.
There are limited places available at this session.
Wolfgang Blau – Biography
Wolfgang Blau is the former President, International and Chief Operating Officer at Condé Nast.
He oversaw the Condé Nast companies in Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as the following global functions: Product & Technology, Data & Insight, Licensing, Business Development, Delivery & Business Transformation and the Global Editorial Operations unit. Before becoming President of Condé Nast, Wolfgang was the company’s Chief Digital Officer, a role in which he initiated and managed a change of the company’s internal operating model across Asia, Europe and Latin-America towards forming the world’s most influential network of fashion and lifestyle publishing companies.
Prior to Condé Nast, Blau served as Executive Director of Digital Strategy at The Guardian and as Editor-in-chief of Zeit Online, a position that won him Germany’s Chief Editor of the Year award. He started his career as a radio news anchor and worked for seven years in California as a Silicon Valley reporter and columnist for German national newspapers and broadcasters.
As a Visiting Fellow Wolfgang looked at ways to increase journalism’s capacity to cover climate change worldwide. In 2021, Wolfgang founded the Oxford Climate Journalism Network together with Meera Selva.