David Kennard Email & Phone Number

Fayetteville, Nc, Us

Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

I am the executive editor of The Robesonian, where I manage the newsroom and oversee the news coverage on all platforms — print, digital and social media.

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Summerville, South Carolina, United States

Provo, Ut

Manage all news section editors. Develop community news sources and contacts. Oversee cost controls related to the news department. Develop digital standards and manage daily online goals. Run daily news meetings, editorial board meetings, etc. Key Accomplishments: Repurposed universal copy desk to a regional design center. Established an online culture within all departments of the newsroom. Developed newsroom training series for staff. Earned 2014 General Excellence award from Utah Press Association. Feature story considered by Pulitzer Prize committee.

Mansfield, Ohio

Manage the editing and pagination process of five daily newspapers in north central Ohio. Direct all print and online content creation of Mansfield News Journal and Bucyrus Telegraph forum. Direct oversight of five newsroom managers and 24 employees.

Direct all editorial duties of a 25,000 circulation business magazine.

Circulation 5,000.Direct all news coverage for daily newspaper and associated special sections.Work with community leaders to promote positive local stories and programs.Develop editorial opinions for the newspaper and run the editorial board.Paginate daily newspaper and special sections.Develop sources, write stories and shoot photos on deadline.Manage department budgets and special projects.Key Accomplishments:Established a culture of covering breaking news on deadline.Began long-range planning to provide better coverage of complex community issues such as economic development, politics and cultural diversity.Hired and trained a talented staff of reporters and editors to provided better news coverage. "Overall we have a very good staff; probably as good as I've had here." *- Publisher Leonard Martin.

- Develop news sources for daily breaking news coverage.- Report on breaking news events -- fires, shootings, crashes.- Report/write general interest news items- Write a weekly community profile column.

Prepare, monitor and adjust annual department budgets.Promote company products in the community - news, online, direct mail. Conduct performance reviews, hire/fire, etc. Coach and train editorial staff and coordinate news coverage. Write weekly column and regular opinion pieces.Act as community liaison: Direct citywide media day event, serve on community tourism board, serve on Chamber of Commerce audit committee, direct election forums, etc. Key Accomplishments:Launched a high school football section, "The Blitz."Instituted weekly advertising sales strategies with ad reps based on news content.Created local editorial board and met weekly as a team of staff and community members.Directed redesign of newspaper, including content and layout.Successfully streamlined an oversized staff to take advantage of partnerships with sister publications.Created news partnerships with community organizations - county fair board, YMCA, tourism board, etc.Launched online version of newspaper, merged online staff with news staff.Earned multiple awards from Associated Press and within Brown Publishing for graphics, general excellence, and Front page layout. Introduced full-page pagination to the Universal Desk.Expanded the weekly entertainment section to include local movie, music, and theater reviews.

Managed a staff of seven copy editors. Produced graphics for print and online editions.

Manage copy desk of five editors.Develop daily news budgets.Manage flow of local and wire copy.Edit local graphics.Key Accomplishments:Trained copy desk/sports desk in use of full-page pagination.Created newsroom style guide, source list and other tools.Developed locally produced weather page.

Direct a seven-person newsroom and pool of stringers.Act as community liaison attending service organizations and other community functions Write editorials, features.Train and coach staff in use of newsroom computers and systems.Key Accomplishments:Trained staff in practice of full-page pagination.Introduced "usable news" features to paper - gas prices, local business info, weather, etc.Created newsroom style guide.Designed front-end system to more efficiently sort local and wire news.Redesigned/updated front page nameplate and other style elements.

Coordinate and plan news coverage by five news reporters and freelance writers.Edit all copy.Design, layout and paginate pages.Develop community contacts and promote newspaper.Hire and train editorial staff.Key Accomplishments:Coordinated transfer from paste-up to full-page pagination and introduced new front-end system for writers.Created a local editorial board with locally written editorials.Created a "rant and rave" feature for the editorial page.Partnered with circulation manager to increase circulation by 5 percent.Created newsroom style guide.Introduced online content by taking advantage of the "new" World Wide Web.Recognized by Society of Professional Journalists for layout and design

Coordinate and plan news coverage by five news reporters and free-lance writers Edit all copy.Design, layout and paginate pages.Develop community contacts and promote newspaper.Hire and train editorial staff.

School, Journalism

I studied journalism and public opinion while at the University of Colorado.

Bs, Journalism

I studied journalism and public opinion while at CU-Boulder.

Communication

During the two years I studied at BYU, I worked toward a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis in mass communications.

School, Communications

Aa, Business Management

High School Diploma