Chris Fusco Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, CA, US

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Top editor overseeing seven publications, including the Pulitzer-winning Press Democrat, Sonoma Magazine and North Bay Business Journal.

Houston, Texas, United States

-One of two M.E.s of Texas' largest news organization, which has been named Texas Managing Editors' Newsroom of the Year five years running.-Served as interim editor-in-chief between May and October of 2023.-Helped lead newsroom to all-time record for monthly subscriber visits in August 2023.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Helped lead the buildout of Lookout Local's first news website, LookoutSantaCruz.com, as part of a three-member executive team. Directly supervised a team of two editors, five journalists and one freelance.
• 11,500 people (in a market of 276,000) signed up to get Lookout's two daily newsletters.
• Lookout attracted 460,000 unique visitors, with total… Show more Helped lead the buildout of Lookout Local's first news website, LookoutSantaCruz.com, as part of a three-member executive team. Directly supervised a.
• Lookout attracted 460,000 unique visitors, with total pageviews nearing 1 million.
• Nearly 1,000 people signed up for Lookout memberships, even though site remained open access for first three months. Three-quarters of Lookout members opted for annual memberships, which cost $187 per year. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Named Sun-Times executive editor in May 2020 after serving as editor-in-chief, managing editor and award-winning investigative reporter, including winning a George Polk Award in 2014.
• As EE and EIC, oversaw newspaper's editorial operations, including its editorial board, and assisted Sun-Times CEO Nykia Wright in multiple business aspects of the news organization, including creation of a.
• As EE and EIC, oversaw newspaper's editorial operations, including its editorial board, and assisted Sun-Times CEO Nykia Wright in multiple business aspects of the news organization, including creation of a.
• In 16 years as a Sun-Times reporter, produced numerous investigative reports involving government corruption, crime, child welfare, transportation, nursing-home care and other subjects. Am the recipient of more than a.
• Began journalism career at the Northwest Herald in 1994 and joined the Daily Herald the following year, eventually becoming Herald's lead political reporter. Moved to Sun-Times in 2000, working as a state government.

Arlington Heights, IL

Crystal Lake, IL

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

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