John Winters Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Area

An upscale monthly magazine targeting newcomers to the Coweta and west Fayette counties area. we also have a strong social media presence and a powerful digital platform that puts our clients in front of these newcomers before they even arrive.

Newnan, Georgia

Winters Media is a niche media company. We are publishers of The Weekly, a thrice-monthly zoned, direct mail newspaper focusing on events and advertisers around the city of Newnan and Coweta County, Georgia.. We also publish The Paper, a 10,000 circulation newspaper focusing on "what to do, see and eat" in our great community. Another free distribution product hitting high traffic and visibility areas, and direct mailed to high-end subdivisions.

Newnan, Georgia

Oversaw all aspects - news, advertising, classified, marketing, circulation - for our newspaper located outside of Atlanta in beautiful Newnan. We published Wednesday through Sunday with a circulation of 9,300. Our other products included the bi-monthly Newnan Coweta Magazine (12,000) circulation; My Connection, a 21,300-circulation free weekly and other niche publications.Newnan Coweta Magazine was named second best in the state (all divisions) by the Georgia Press Association. Website - times-herald.com - named second best in the state (all divisions) by GPA. Personally won best editorial page and best editorial writing by GPA in Division B.Successfully shut down aging presses and production department and transitioned to another newspaper for printing our newspaper. The switch saved money and doubled full-color capability and nearly tripled insert slots. Continued to improve revenue despite facing six-digit loses in legal advertising and major drops in classifieds and inserts. When I left in June of 2016, the newspaper was in the black for the first time in several years.

Newnan, Ga.

Took over as general manager after approximately one-third of staff was cut by outside consulting group. Primary job was to stem bleeding and build morale. Conducted first readership survey to determine what readers wanted and did not want. Implemented those changes that included a major redesign to accommodate customer requests. After creating an aggressive budget, the newspaper continued to improve its bottom line every year despite major losses of non-retail advertising.

Newnan, Georgia

Cover public safety, law enforcement and crooks and robbers. Write a weekly column on life with the Little Black Dress and the SONs of Thunder.

Everyone Needs A Sam is about seeking mentors and finding guidance and counsel - what the Bible calls wisdom - that stays with you a lifetime.http://everyoneneedsasam.comStudy guide to "Sam" now available.My third book - The Little Black Dress and the SONS of Thunder ~ Recipes on Life and Food, is now out.From digging to China to nearly blowing up a waverunner to sinking a catamaran, we've done it all. Yet we've also faced death far too soon. But through it all, we know God is still in controlVisit: http://justflipthedog.com

• Oversaw the design and construction of one of our company’s most ambitious undertakings – a national political web site to inform the public on the issues and the positions of those running for president. I handled all editorial content on the site, http://www.activote.com, and worked with the editors of our newspapers on their local ActiVote mirror sites, which focused on their respective state and local candidates. Besides handling the editorial content, I also worked with our corporate marketing and advertising staff to sell sponsorships on the various web sites. A key purpose of ActiVote was to encourage residents to get involved in the political process through marketing and promotion of the sites.

• Re-established the company’s news service to provide editorial content – news, editorials, features, entertainment and sports – to our 27 daily newspapers and several weeklies with a combined circulation of more than 600,000. Sold the service to several newspaper clients throughout Georgia. Oversaw several major editorial special sections involving the reporting staffs of our newspapers throughout the country. We also developed a powerful advertising and marketing program – the “How-To Guide” – coupled with editorial content that we sold to newspapers across the country. Worked to develop other advertising revenue streams for our clients and newspapers. An in-depth overview of the news service is available at http://www.morrisnewsservice.com

• Top executive reporting directly to the Publisher as senior day-to-day manager. Oversaw 116 employees at this 23,500-daily, 25,000-Sunday circulation newspaper in Central Nebraska. Served as interim editor and circulation director during searches for new staff. Played a key role as marketing director to create partnerships with local businesses focusing on improving education and community involvement. Wrote a weekly column and served on the editorial board. Served as the lead for the national Newspaper Association of America’s Partners Program, an intensive program designed to improve the efficiency of newspapers and develop better ways to market newspapers to the communities they serve. Our newspaper won the state’s “General Excellence” award as well as numerous other journalism awards

• Senior executive overseeing 55 employees at the 7,000-daily, 8,000-Sunday circulation paper in Alaska’s capital city. Our news team won and placed in several Alaska Press Association awards and the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association’s under 10,000-circulation category. A special 64-page tab, “Between Two Worlds,” a year-long project looking at the impacts of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, was cited by our chairman as one of the company’s top journalism endeavors. Oversaw our marketing, advertising and newsrooms for our Celebrate 2000 project, a massive undertaking to unite the community as we entered a new century. Our advertising and marketing program, coupled with our editorial content, was considered one of the top three best among our 27 newspapers and generated more than $400,000 in revenue. Our web site won the Newspaper Association of American’s top Internet web site award in 2000 for our circulation size.

Washington, D.C.

Covered congressional delegation with emphasis on Energy Department and the nuclear materials production complex.

Augusta, Georgia

Lead government reporter covering city and county government. Primary responsibility was coverage of Savannah River Site, a key Energy Department complex involved in the making of nuclear materials for the nation's nuclear materials complex.

Two Bachelor'S Of Arts, Journalism, American History

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta

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