Juan Carlos van Meek joins the panel looking at the challenge of reaching new audiences through editorial and digital innovation. Juan is the Director of Digital Innovation and Programming at Al Jazeera Media Network. During the Arab Spring, he worked as the Executive Producer in Doha and was later appointed as the Manager of News and Current Affairs Output in 2012. He was also part of the Al Jazeera America launch team in 2013. In 2015, he moved to Istanbul to launch and take on the role of Director of News and Current Affairs for TRT World. However, he returned to Al Jazeera in 2017 to help launch their Digital Division.