Merja Ylä-Anttila
 Merja Ylä-Anttila    (media executive) | |
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| Born | 14 May 1960 Hämeenlinna |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Citizenship | Finnish |
| Member of | Trilateral Commission |
CEO of YLE, the Finnish public broadcasting TV and radio channels. Member of the Trilateral Commission.
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Merja Hannele Ylä-Anttila is the CEO of YLE, the Finnish public broadcasting TV and radio channels. She is a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Career
Ylä-Anttila enrolled as a student at Kauriala High School in Hämeenlinna in 1979.[1] She originally joined MTV as a summer editor for newly established news in 1982. She worked, among other things, as a domestic journalist and for a long time as a policy journalist and editor-in-chief before becoming editor-in-chief in 2001.
From 2001 to 2018, she worked as the editor-in-chief of MTV3's news and current affairs programs.[2] In 2015–2018, Ylä-Anttila was the CEO of the content production company Mediahub Helsinki, which produced MTV's news editorials.[3] Ylä-Anttila also served as Deputy CEO of MTV.
In April 2018, Ylä-Anttila was elected CEO of YLE. Ylä-Anttila is the second woman to be the director of YLE after Hella Wuolijoki.[4]
Merja Ylä-Anttila is a member of the board of the Association of Editor-in-Chiefs. In 2011, she was appointed to the board of Save the Children[5]. Ylä-Anttila has been the Chairman of the Board of PALTA, for employers in the service sector, since the beginning of 2021.[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.hameensanomat.fi/uutiset/kanta-hame/217045-lukioalumnista-saa-opinto-opasta-enemman-irti
- ↑ http://www.lansivayla.fi/artikkeli/68829-tv-uutisten-pomolle-journalismi-on-intohimo
- ↑ http://www.lansivayla.fi/artikkeli/68829-tv-uutisten-pomolle-journalismi-on-intohimo
- ↑ https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/yleisradio/ylen-toimitusjohtajat
- ↑ http://www.pelastakaalapset.fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset/?x22896=219336
- ↑ https://www.palta.fi/tiedotteet/paltan-hallitus-2021-valittu-merja-yla-anttila-puheenjohtajaksi/
