Alison Smale

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Alison Smale (born February 5, 1955 in London ) is a British journalist and UN official. From 2017 to 2019 she headed the United Nations Global Communications Department .

education

Alison Smale was born in London in 1955. She studied at the University of Bristol and at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich up to her BA in Political Science in 1977 . In 1978 she earned an MA in Journalism from Stanford University .

Journalistic career

Alison Smale started in Bonn in October 1978 as an editor at United Press International (UPI) with responsibility for Europe, Africa and the Middle East . In 1979 she took over the management of the Bonn office. During this time, the focus was on the dispute over the stationing of Pershing II and SS-20 in Central Europe, the upheavals in Iran and the Northern Ireland conflict .

From 1981 to 1998 she worked at the Associated Press (AP). As an office manager in Bonn, she observed the change in power from Helmut Schmidt to Helmut Kohl , and from 1983 to 1986 as a correspondent in Moscow, the changes initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev . In 1986 she became head of AP for Eastern Europe based in Vienna . She experienced the collapse of the Eastern Bloc states, was at Checkpoint Charlie in East Berlin on the day the Wall opened, and reported on the armed conflicts after the break-up of Yugoslavia.

During all this time she was also a popular commentator for European and American radio and television stations.

In 1998, Smale moved to the New York Times . Based in Berlin , she was responsible for the foreign policy of the weekend edition, and in 2002 she became deputy head of foreign policy for the complete edition. During this time she was responsible for reporting on the Iraq war and the Afghan war .

In 2002 she became editor-in-chief of the International Herald Tribune , and in December 2008 she became the first and so far only woman editor-in-chief of this Paris- based newspaper .

In August 2013, Smale moved to the New York Times as chief correspondent with responsibility for Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.

Activity at the United Nations

On August 9, 2017, Alison Smale was appointed Under-Secretary-General in the UN Department for Global Communications (UNDGC) by UN Secretary General António Guterres . Her predecessors were the Spaniard Cristina Gallach and, on a provisional basis, the Palestinian Maher Nasser . Melissa Fleming succeeded her on September 1, 2019 .

Appreciations

The Independent named Smale the most powerful British publicist overseas in an article about the April 2009 reorganization of the International Harold Tribune she was driving.

In 2009 she received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation .

That same year she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol Law School .

In 2013 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Hertie School of Governance .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://politeknik.de/p7067/ accessed on July 2, 2019
  2. ^ Alison Smale: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek . In: Businessweek.com . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2017-08-09/ms-alison-smale-united-kingdom-under-secretary-general accessed on June 21, 2019
  4. ↑ a b c d https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=39155024&privcapId=291619 accessed on June 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Lori Robertson: Jumping the Pond | American Journalism Review . Ajr.org. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ Jeff Sommer: The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia . International Herald Tribune. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ Alison Smale - Executives Biographies . Nytco.com (The New York Times Company). September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ Quadriga - Bundeswehr Missions: Is the Military Ready?
  9. ^ Alison Smale World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.
  10. ↑ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2017-08-09/ms-alison-smale-united-kingdom-under-secretary-general accessed on June 21, 2019
  11. ↑ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/maher-nasser
  12. ↑ https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sga1895.doc.htm accessed on December 23, 2019
  13. ↑ An Englishwoman in Paris takes the Tribune into its digital future - Press - Media . The Independent. March 30, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ https://www.italiausa.org/premio-america-edizione-2009/?lang=en accessed on February 23, 2020
  15. ↑ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2017-08-09/ms-alison-smale-united-kingdom-under-secretary-general accessed on June 21, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Smale, Alison
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and UN official
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH London