Greg Matthews Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Direct KENS 5's digital media staff and work with key stakeholders around the station to grow our digital presence and expand our digital platforms.
• Lead KENS 5's digital team of producers, writers and photographers.
• Create KENS 5 & TEGNA digital strategies for web, mobile and social media platforms.
• Develop new revenue-generating digital projects with sales/editorial components.
• Serve as an editorial leader to develop award-winning content concepts.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Direct KENS 5's content convergence and integration projects: > Mobile app development: Build content-focused app sections, including XML data, dynamic design and branding for KENS 5 apps and other niche market apps.
• Lead KENS 5 website/mobile re-launch project: > Serve as KENS 5 project leader working with Gannett national site rollout team to convert all digital content to new website and mobile formats > Coordinate KENS 5.
• Develop KENS 5 staff's skills as a training leader: > Serve as KENS staff "Super User" for ENPS newsroom editorial system, providing training and guidance during rollout > Develop and maintain written style standards.

San Antonio, Texas

• Manage station's editorial content initiatives on newly launched website and smartphone/tablet apps.
• Oversee digital content producers and share resources of market-leading newsroom to build a digital news brand that after one year was already outperforming other San Antonio TV stations online.
• As a CMS trainer for Belo Corp. websites, traveled to company sites across the country to teach newsroom staffs how to use a new content management system.
• Use background in editing and design to improve quality of newsroom product, both online and on air.

Springfield, Missouri

• Management responsibilities for all editorial content and structures on website serving southwest Missouri.
• Work directly with executive editor to conceptualize web packages and develop strategies for site growth and expansion.
• Direct and assist staff in designing story packages and other feature treatments of daily news content.
• Direct editorial portions of web redesigns, Publicus content management system conversion and newsroom system filter upgrade.
• Coordinate with newsroom editors to develop award-winning online coverage and to advance Gannett corporate online goals.
• Assumed additional title of “Delivery Desk Editor/Days” in 2007. Responsible for daytime newspaper production supervision.

Greater Chicago Area

• Editorial management responsibilities for website serving four daily and thirteen weekly newspapers in the Chicago suburbs.
• Direct and assist staff in designing story packages and other feature treatments of daily news content.
• Work closely with webmaster and online sales manager to develop strategies for site growth and expansion.
• Coordinate with newspapers' editorial staffs to develop award-winning online news coverage.

Des Moines, Iowa

• Designed and edited front page of newspaper three to four nights per week, working directly with top newsroom editors, photographers and graphic artists to create appealing designs.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and edited front page of newspaper three nights per week for 11 daily local editions serving Westchester County, N.Y. Also coordinated publication of the Rockland Journal News and the Bronxville Review.

Bachelor Of Journalism, News Design (Cum Laude Honors)

Activities and Societies: Student Society for News Design, Columbia Missourian staff, The Maneater staff, Marching Mizzou, Mini Mizzou.

Education record

• Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, April 2004 > Online Editors leadership fellowship • Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Education record

• TEGNA Corporate training sessions: > Leadership Conference: Leading for Engagement, Performance, Collaboration & Change, August 2023 •.