Dom Needler Head of Operations Gfinity

Dom has spent the last five years of his career working in the gaming digital publishing space – in this time, he has driven the launch & growth of Gfinity PLC’s Digital Media group from 1 site with 400k MAUs to 12 brands reaching 16m MAUs. 

With a focus on business operations, project management, M&A & content strategy – Dom has extensive experience in achieving growth in the digital entertainment world through multiple avenues. 

Dom is most interested in exploring the future of digital publishing & how the use of artificial intelligence & the Metaverse will play a much bigger role in how brands communicate & engage with their audiences whilst also streamlining & opening up new ways to produce content for target audiences.

Damian Radcliffe Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism at University of Oregon and Fellow at the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia University University of Oregon and Columbia University

Damian Radcliffe is a journalist, researcher, and professor based at the University of Oregon. He is also a three-time Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies (JOMEC), and a life fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). In Spring 2023, he will be a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University.

With over 25 years of experience in the media industry, Damian has worked in editorial, strategic, research, policy and teaching roles in the USA, Middle East and UK. He has worked across all platforms (audio, TV, digital and print) and all media sectors (commercial, public, community and non-profit, regulatory and academia). He continues to be an active journalist, writing regular features for Digital Content Next, the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet), What’s New in Publishing, journalism.co.uk and other outlets. His work focuses on digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, and the evolution – and practice – of journalism.

As an analyst, researcher and trainer, he has worked with a wide range of additional industry and academic organizations including the BBC World Service, Facebook, FIPP, INMA, Thomson Reuters Foundation, World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the United Nations. He has been quoted on issues relating to digital media and journalism by major outlets such as AFP, BBC News, Business Insider, Editor & Publisher, NPR, The New York Times, Snapchat, Wired and Voice of America. As a freelance journalist, his work has been published by leading publications and trade outlets such as the BBC, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Harvard’s Nieman Lab, HuffPost, PBS MediaShift, Poynter, TheMediaBriefing and ZDNet.

Originally from the UK, Damian lives on the west coast of the US with his wife and three young children. He holds a BA in Modern History and MA (Oxon) from the University of Oxford.