Mark Jones

Current

• Global Community Editor at Reuters
• Global Community Editor at Thomson Reuters

Past

• Editor, Reuters AlertNet at Reuters Foundation
• Content Director at Infoshare Europe Ltd
• Reporter/Producer at BBC

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Education

• University of Bristol

Recommended

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Connections

183 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog

Mark Jones’s Summary

Online and social media executive with ten years experience in running websites including the award-winning Reuters AlertNet (www.alertnet,org) and Reuters Africa (http://africa.reuters.com)

Mark Jones’s Specialties:

My specialism is social media and news. I'm responsible for Editorial aspects of all Reuters consumer website projects in this area.

Mark Jones’s Experience

• Global Community Editor

  Reuters

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTR.L; Online Media industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  * Advising on Reuters Media's Community strategy -- aggregation of third party
  blogs, acquisition of user-generated content, sharing functionality
  * Raising profile of Reuters journalists by increasing the transparency of editorial
  processes and enabling interaction with users
  * Leading formulation of internal policies, guidelines and training for journalists'
  social media activity

• Global Community Editor

  Thomson Reuters

  (Online Media industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• Editor, Reuters AlertNet

  Reuters Foundation

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 6 months)

  The AlertNet Editor is responsible for the content, marketing, editorial, development, operations and publicity for this humanitarian news portal.

• Content Director

  Infoshare Europe Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  February 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 9 months)

  Responsible for integration of editorial, data and site functionality

• Reporter/Producer

  BBC

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  1990 — 1994 (4 years )

  Reported, produced, presented on BBC Radio business programming and reported for BBC1's Business Breakfast.

Mark Jones’s Education

• University of Bristol

  BSc , Economics , 1979 — 1982

Additional Information

Mark Jones’s Websites:

• My Blog

Mark Jones’s Groups:

•    Reuters Foundation Alumni
•    Online Community Manager

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