Andrew Demaria has been appointed VP and managing editor of CNN Digital, International. She will be responsible for leading all editorial efforts and new initiatives across CNNI’s digital platforms and CNN Arabic.
In addition to being a senior leader for CNN Digital, CNN International and beyond, Andrew will work tightly with Debs’ newsgathering editors and managers around the world to lead CNN to more distinctive digital work on the biggest stories of the day. He will also collaborate with the sales teams to generate dazzling features and specials that appeal to both audiences and advertisers.
He will also be helping CNN to identify new audiences and opportunities in new markets, working with teams across CNN Worldwide to seize a huge global digital potential for CNN across mobile, social and desktop.
Andrew was most recently the Executive Producer for CNN Digital Asia. Before that, he was the Editor in Chief for CNN Travel where he launched and led a vertical that showcased creative work produced in 5 languages resulting in gangbuster growth.
He has spent time as a producer on the TV side and was part of the launch teams for CNN.com Asia and later CNN.com International and has had stints at the BBC and ABC (in Australia).
He hails from Melbourne and as a result embodies the two big Melburnian passions — decent coffee and Australian Rules football.
Andrew’s scope and teams span the world. To that end, he will be spotted very often in London, Atlanta/NYC, Dubai and other corners, including Hong Kong, where he will be based for the next several months as he prepares to relocate to London.
He is officially expected to start at the beginning of April.
