Kenny Yum, The Huffington Post Canada
Original nomination:
Kenny Yum, The Huffington Post Canada
Original nomination:
Kenny took the helm of the Huffington Post, leaving a great job at The Globe and Mail. He has taken a news site that many scoffed at in the beginning and now has been able to attract talent, build audience and ensure the online news site has credibility.
I know from the people who work under him, he remains a calm, measured and fair manager. I know the other news sites now use the Huffington Post as a benchmark for how quickly news can be turned around, for size and layout and of course, different ways to tell stories. He should be an example to others in the news industry, that it is possible to find success in other places than traditional media news companies.
Second nomination:
Kenny Yum oversaw the launch of the Huffington Post into Canada, the online news site's first international edition. In a year and a half, he's made the Huffington Post Canada into one of the largest news sites in the country.
Under his direction the site has launched two large-scale original editorial series, on income inequality and millennials in Canada. Kenny also oversaw the creation of a French language version of HuffPost in Quebec and editions in Alberta and B.C.
An innovative newsroom leader, Kenny has created a news site that has become a vibrant and important voice in Canadian media and a model for online journalism.