Christos Gavalas

Led the Truly Media product, a collaborative fact-checking and verification platform co-developed with Deutsche Welle; expanded into new geographic markets and segments, including universities; designed and launched training and capacity-building programs to generate new revenue; managed product roadmap and cross-functional coordination between technical teams, partners, and editorial users; led dissemination work packages for European projects (EDMO, SHIELD vs Disinfo, MedDMO), coordinating consortium-wide social media and website activities to meet KPIs.

Wrote long-form features on insurance and financial services, focusing on how technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain drive digital transformation in the sector; analyzed and communicated the impact of these changes on policyholders and broader society, with particular attention to younger generations and evolving consumer expectations.

Managed CNN Greece's Web TV operation, leading a team to deliver a digital-first news schedule; executive producer and anchor of the outlet's first web daily newscast; oversaw live special coverage of the 2020 US presidential elections; produced interview-based series on Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the evolution of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and implications of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.