Steve Elliott Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix

Founded a news wire through which student reporters win regular play with 30-plus Arizona media clients, including The Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune, as well as national news outlets through McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Have developed content and curriculum so what started as top students writing stories out of the Arizona State Capitol has grown into a rich multimedia reporting experience producing text, images, video and many types of interactive elements. Led… Show more Founded a news wire through which student reporters win regular play with 30-plus Arizona media clients, including The Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune, as well as national news outlets through McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Have developed content and curriculum so what started as top students writing stories out of the Arizona State Capitol has grown into a rich multimedia reporting experience producing text, images, video and many types of interactive elements. Led implementation of and oversee the Cronkite News website (cronkitenewsonline.com), integrating content from Cronkite News Service operations in Phoenix and Washington, the Cronkite NewsWatch nightly newscast and other Cronkite School reporting initiatives. Launched and oversee social media outlets including Twitter (@cronkitenews) and Facebook (/cronkitenewsonline). Show less

Honolulu, New York City, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Phoenix, New York City

Key roles include Phoenix chief of bureau from 1998-2003, hiring, directing and evaluating a staff of 14, overseeing coverage for daily newspapers in Arizona and for national and global audiences, representing the company with editors around the state and managing relationships with freelance photographers; AP’s first director of internal communications (New York); and deputy director of newspaper markets (New York). Worked in Honolulu (newsman), on the national editing desk in New York and as… Show more Key roles include Phoenix chief of bureau from 1998-2003, hiring, directing and evaluating a staff of 14, overseeing coverage for daily newspapers in Arizona and for national and global audiences, representing the company with editors around the state and managing relationships with freelance photographers; AP’s first director of internal communications (New York); and deputy director of newspaper markets (New York). Worked in Honolulu (newsman), on the national editing desk in New York and as a newsroom manager in Milwaukee (news editor) and San Francisco (assistant chief of bureau for Northern California/Northern Nevada). Directed coverage including the arrest of Theodore Kaczynski in Montana (1995), the breaking cycle of the Atlanta Olympics bombing (1996) and the conviction and resignation of Arizona Gov. Fife Symington (1997). Show less

Mba, General Business-Evening Program (Downtown)

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Arts, Religious Studies And Journalism

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa