Media Release: BBC appoints Alex Gubbay as first social media editor
November 18th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Jobs, Media releases, Social media and blogging
While Journalism.co.uk was away conferencing, the BBC announced Alex Gubbay as its first social media editor.
Gubbay, currently interactive sports news editor for BBC sport, will take up the role in January.
He will lead ‘editorial development of user-generated content [UGC] and social media initiatives across the newsroom’, said the release, including taking over management of the BBC’s UGC hub.
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