Naja Nielsen, Former Chief Journalism Officer

Naja has 20 years’ experience in journalism and digital development, and served for two years as Chief Journalism Officer for Orb Media, where she was responsible for the organization’s editorial and business strategy, digital development, and managing a global collaboration model with other media partners.

Prior to that Naja was Head of News at Danish broadcaster DR, where she oversaw major news stories, rebuilt the organization’s breaking news operation and led the development of new products and tools to reach mobile and socially connected audiences.

In 2014 Naja was a visiting scholar at Stanford University, producing a report on Journalism in the Digital Age, and before that held news, current affairs and events positions at DR. She oversaw DR’s election coverage across digital, TV and radio for nearly a decade.