Presidente Honorário

David Schlesinger is the Editor-in-Chief of Reuters News at Thomson Reuters, where he oversees all of Thomson Reuters editorial operations and strategy. Mr Schlesinger was appointed Reuters Editor-in-Chief in January 2007, and before that, was the company's Global Managing Editor. Prior to his appointment, Mr Schlesinger was Executive Vice President and Editor of the Americas. Mr Schlesinger joined Reuters Hong Kong bureau in 1987 as a correspondent. Prior to joining Reuters, Mr Schlesinger wrote for a variety of publications from Hong Kong and had an early career as a teacher.

Mr Schlesinger is a Director for the Reuters Foundation and a Director for the Dannenberg Oberlin-in-London Program. He is also a board member of the International News Safety Institute and of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

He graduated from Oberlin College and has a Masters degree from Harvard University, where he concentrated on Chinese politics. In December 2009, Mr Schlesinger was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award for Business & Financial Reporting. Mr. Schlesinger was honored for his stewardship of the world's largest international news organization, and his commitment to preserving core Reuters values while reinventing journalism for the 21st century.

This year, among other things, Mr Schlesinger's new role at INSP will have him take part in the high-level judging panel for INSP's annual International Street Paper Awards in Norway and facilitate further partnerships between INSP, business leaders and media representatives. While some may hesitate to undertake such an active voluntary position, he is steadfast in his commitment to enabling poor and homeless people in their communities worldwide to have a voice and encounter new opportunities.

Mr Schlesinger says of his new appointment ‘INSP is an organisation I have been involved with for a few years now, both personally and through Thomson Reuters. I believe that INSP's street papers are a wonderful way for homeless people and people living in poverty to use self expression and publishing to better themselves and their position and I am truly honoured to have been asked to take on this role. I hope that together we can develop the innovative aims of this small, but highly ambitious organisation and help to nurture independent media in the UK and worldwide."

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