Anita Zielina

Anita Zielina

Director of Innovation and Leadership
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Anita is passionate about driving digital transformation, leading culture change and implementing product thinking and innovation methods in digital media and beyond. She has over 15 years of experience in digital media and innovation, and 10 years in executive positions as Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Product Officer at DER STANDARD, STERN and NZZ Media Group. She is currently the Director of Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she is responsible for all executive programs and custom leadership training. She received an Executive MBA from INSEAD, was selected as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, has a Master of Law from Vienna University, and was a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute at Oxford University.