EuroNews, the pan-European television news channel, has appointed Luis Rivas as Editorial Director.
Luis Rivas, 45, joined EuroNews in 1993 as Chief Editor and in January 2003 he became acting Editorial Director. Luis is an experienced journalist who has held several editorial roles with the Spanish state broadcaster TVE, most notably as correspondent in Moscow and Budapest. Luis has also worked for the Spanish weekly magazine El Tiempo and for the audio-visual department of the Spanish press agency EFE, where he produced news programs for Latin America.
Philippe Cayla, President of EuroNews said: “I’m delighted to see Luis Rivas apppointed as Editorial Director of EuroNews, composed of 160 multilingual journalists working in 7 different languages. Luis has led the channel through its excellent coverage of the Iraq war and seen our European audience more than double.”
Luis Rivas said: “In 10 years of existence, EuroNews is today a major player among news channels in Europe. We intend to reinforce this role and develop it outside the borders of our continent. EuroNews is a unique and fascinating project, because it’s the only information channel offering news from a European, rather than a national, perspective.”