Ryan Powell
IPI
Head of Innovation and Media Business
Vienna, Austria
He is the International Press Institute's head of innovation and media business, leading and designing a portfolio of training and funding programmes supporting independent media pursuing diversified revenue models, audience engagement and future proofed editorial formats through innovation methodologies worldwide. Before joining IPI, he was head of an Austrian magazine's product and publishing divisions, and advised independent media outlets in Europe and Africa on revenue diversification and product strategy. He published in and reported for the Center for International Media Assistance, World Bank, CNN International, Huffington Post and others from Dar es Salaam, Berlin, Istanbul, Accra and Vienna. He holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and a BA from Suffolk University.