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Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than doubled its annual revenues, supported a 21% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation. |
Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than doubled its annual revenues, supported a 21% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation. |
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Gardner, a seasoned journalist, was formerly head of CBC.ca, the website for the [[ |
Gardner, a seasoned journalist, was formerly head of CBC.ca, the website for the [[w:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], one of Canada's most prominent and best-loved cultural institutions. Under her leadership, CBC.ca won many international awards for excellence, and grew to become Canada's most popular news site. Gardner started her career in 1990 as a producer with CBC's "As It Happens," an internationally-recognized groundbreaking news and current events radio program. She has worked in radio, television, newspapers, magazines and online. |
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*[[m:User:Sue Gardner|Sue Gardner's userpage on Meta]] |
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Sue Gardner is the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia – the world's largest and most popular encyclopedia, which is free to use and free of advertising. Wikipedia contains more than 14 million volunteer-authored articles in over 250 languages, and is visited by more than 330 million people every month, making it the number five most-popular website in the world.
Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than doubled its annual revenues, supported a 21% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation.
Gardner, a seasoned journalist, was formerly head of CBC.ca, the website for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, one of Canada's most prominent and best-loved cultural institutions. Under her leadership, CBC.ca won many international awards for excellence, and grew to become Canada's most popular news site. Gardner started her career in 1990 as a producer with CBC's "As It Happens," an internationally-recognized groundbreaking news and current events radio program. She has worked in radio, television, newspapers, magazines and online.