Bale at the Freedom of Expression Awards in April 2019 Peter Bale (born 15 September 1962) is a New Zealand-born journalist and editor. In August 2017 he was named the launch editor of '' WikiTribune'', a position he held only briefly. Bale previously served as director of the

Center for Public Integrity The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) is an American nonprofit investigative journalism organization whose stated mission is "to reveal abuses of power, corruption and dereliction of duty by powerful public and private institutions in order to ...

from 2014–2016 after a long career in journalism. He lives in New Zealand.

Early life and career

Bale was born in

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, and grew up in

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. He graduated from Penrose High School and started in journalism at the Auckland ''

Western Leader ''Western Leader'' is a local newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand. It is owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It was launched in 1963 and is published three times a week. The newspaper operates from the John Henry Centre on Pioneer Street in Henders ...

''. In 1981 he joined the ''

Wairarapa Times-Age The ''Wairarapa Times-Age'' is the regional daily paper for New Zealand's Wairarapa where it is prepared, and published in Masterton. Though its roots are deep in Wairarapa's community, it joined a national combine in 2002 only to leave the co ...

'', followed by three years at the Wellington '' Evening Post'' covering politics.Heine, Conrad (29 September 2011)
Peter Bale Interview
''Noted'' In 1985, he took a position with ''

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was esta ...

'' in Sydney, and later moved to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. After 15 years at ''Reuters'', he then went into online journalism as a founder of FTMarketWatch.com and an online editorial director for News Corporation's ''

Times Online ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fo ...

''. He later became an executive producer for MSN UK.

2011 to present

In 2011, Bale joined

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...

as the Vice-President of CNN International Digital.Martin, Jen. (3 April 2011)
Peter Bale named VP, GM of CNN International Digital
''

''Bartlett, Rachell (4 April 2011)
Peter Bale to leave MSN for new digital role at CNN
journalism.co.uk In December 2014, he was named CEO of the

, replacing

William Buzenberg William "Bill" Buzenberg is a journalist and news executive. He is the former executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, a post from which he stepped down at the end of 2014. Education Buzenberg is a graduate of Kansas State Universi ...

.Ehley, Brianne (2 December 2014)
Former CNN International’s Peter Bale to Lead the Center for Public Integrity
''Ad Week''(2 December 2014)
Peter Bale to head investigative journalism body in Washington
''The Baron'' The Panama Papers leak to the Center occurred during his time as CEO.(6 April 2016)
Peter Bale at the Crux of Panama Papers Leak
''NZ Edge'' In November 2016, Bale left the Center to "pursue other international media opportunities" and John Dunbar was named as his successor. In August 2017, Bale was announced as the launch editor of '' WikiTribune''. He no longer was with WikiTribune by 24 April 2018."is to was" edit by Peter Bale
WikiTribune user log, 24 April 2018.

References

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