David Walmsley
Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail
David Walmsley is editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and president of the World Editors Forum, the leading global network for chief and senior editors, dedicated to defending press freedom, strengthening newsroom leadership, and advancing journalism worldwide.
Walmsley is the creator of World News Day, a worldwide initiative that brings together more than 1,000 news organisations across five continents to showcase the value of journalism and how it strengthens communities. Along with Professor Anthony Feinstein, he is a co-creator of the Toronto Moral Injury Scale for Journalists, the world’s only psychometric tool designed to identify moral injury in journalists covering traumatic and ethically complex stories.
As an executive producer, Walmsley has brought journalistic narratives to screen through acclaimed documentaries including Nike’s Big Bet and Shooting War, which explores the work of frontline conflict photographers. He serves on the steering committee of the Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism, and also sits on the advisory board of the digital media zone at Toronto Metropolitan University, the world’s number one university-based tech incubator now based in 15 countries globally.
