A new Commonwealth Press Union Trust has been formed to carry on the vital work of the CPU.
The old CPU organisation was formally closed at the end of last year following a restructuring, but a new body – provisionally called The Commonwealth Press Training and Education Trust – has been formed to take forward its central mission of supporting and expanding press freedom throughout the Commonwealth.
A new Board of Trustees has been appointed including:
- Ian Beales, Secretary of the UK Editors’ Code of Practice Committee and founding editor of CPQ;
- Guy Black, Corporate Affairs Director of Telegraph Media Group and former Director of the UK Press Complaints Commission, who becomes Chairman of the new Trust;
- James MacManus, Executive Director of News International;
- Patsy Robertson, former Director of Information at the Commonwealth Secretariat;
- Bob Satchwell, Director of the Society of Editors;
- Derek Smail, Executive Chairman, Africa Media Investments; and
- John Spencer, Operations Director of the Press Association.
For further information or comment please contact Guy Black – Guy.Black@telegraph.co.uk, tel: +44207 931 3806
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