Media|Pokkinen currently works as the head of Yle’s Sports and events unit and responsible editor.
Yleisradio the new responsible editor-in-chief for news and current affairs is Panu Pokkinensays Over. Pokkinen will start in the position by January 1, 2025.
Pokkinen currently works as the head of Yle’s Sports and events unit and responsible editor. In addition to Yle, he has worked as the chief news editor of Iltalehti and the news manager of Ilta-Sanom.
By education, Pokkinen has a master’s degree in social sciences and a master’s degree in military science.
“It is an honor to take responsibility at the top of Finnish journalism in a situation where artificial intelligence and the fragmentation of society challenge the national media,” says Pokkinen in the press release.
Pocky In his new role, he is responsible for Yle’s Finnish-language news and current affairs activities and acts as the responsible editor of the unit. He is part of Yle’s management team and reports to Yle’s current CEO Merja Ylä-Anttila.
Ylä-Anttila says in the press release that Pokkinen has shown a “strong ability to renew operations” as the head of the Sports and events unit.
Yle current editor-in-chief Jouko Jokinen, 65, will retire later this year. He was appointed Yle’s corresponding editor-in-chief in 2017.
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