Matt Wells
Vice President, News, EMEA at CNN
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Wells is an experienced editorial leader with 25+ years in national and international newsrooms and 11 years in senior digital roles, currently serving as Vice President, News, EMEA at CNN. He has built and led multiplatform news operations, set digital programming strategy, and overseen global alerting and homepage teams to drive audience growth across linear and digital channels. Previously he conceived industry-standard liveblogs, launched podcast teams, and helped establish The Guardian’s US operation, demonstrating a consistent knack for product-minded newsroom innovation. Based in London, he combines deep editorial judgment with cross-functional product and audience experience, and—despite a concise GitHub bio—maintains a maker’s mindset toward tooling and workflow improvements.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Combined honours, French and History, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Combined honours, French and History at University of Birmingham
English, French
Github Skills (82)
bundle10
laravel10
php10
php-framework9
uppercase9
lowercase9
inflector9
oauth9
laravel-framework9
singular9
symfony-bundle9
symfony9
plural9
player8
chunks7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mattwells/fpp
Dec 2016 - Feb 2022
Falcon Player
Contributions:5 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 2 months
audiofalconplayer
mattwells/GearSwap
Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 7 months
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