Eason Jordan

Eason T. Jordan is the director of operations and communications at the Malala Fund, the education-focused foundation founded by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai. He joined the Malala Fund in January 2014.
Previously, he served as general manager of NowThis News, an upstart video news network distributed primarily via mobile devices and social networks.The New York-based company debuted in the fall of 2012. Its primary audience is the digital generation, millennials. In its first months since launch, NowThis News garnered viewers in 216 nations and territories.
From 2005 until 2012, Jordan was an entrepreneur who launched and led several small companies, including Poll Position, Headline Apps, and Praedict.
Prior to that, he worked for 23 years at CNN (1982-2005), where he served as the network's chief news executive and president of newsgathering and international networks. He is the recipient of four Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards and the DuPont...