Richard Leonard Email & Phone Number

Vero Beach, Fl, Us

Available for staff, temporary or project remote writer/editor. Volunteer political writer/editor for Democrats of Indian County. (FL)

New York, Ny

The Fedcap Group manages 23 nonprofits across the U.S. that serve more than 300,000 people in need across the U.S. (https://fedcapgroup.org/companies/) Currently working for a campaign to reduce opioid deaths in New Hampshire.

Vero Beach Fl

United States

Vero Beach Fl

Near 5 million residents of Florida live in managed communities. A state-licensed Community Association Manager (CAM) assists the boards of directors of condominium and homeowner associations in managing all affairs of the community; advising boards on the complex state statutes governing self-managed associations; budgeting & planning and oversight of contractors.Challenging but hardly satisfying.

Founded a niche recruiting firm targeting new media talent for foundations, non-profits and start-ups in greater Washington, D.C. area. Suspended the enterprise due to the declining economic environment and for personal reasons.

- Developed recruiting strategies to support Gannett’s transformational mission to significantly increase the sophistication and reach of our news Web sites. - Responsible for recruiting and placing executive and managing editors through internal promotions and external hires. - Successfully recruited skilled professionals for two critical teams in start-up Digital Division: Audience & Research and Content & Development.- Mentored scores of Gannett hires, from experienced editors to… Show more - Developed recruiting strategies to support Gannett’s transformational mission to significantly increase the sophistication and reach of our news Web sites. - Responsible for recruiting and placing executive and managing editors through internal promotions and external hires. - Successfully recruited skilled professionals for two critical teams in start-up Digital Division: Audience & Research and Content & Development.- Mentored scores of Gannett hires, from experienced editors to reporters, as they grew in roles and responsibility.- Conceived and guided the development of Gannett’s first candidate database accessible to all hiring managers. Show less

Directed national news recruiting efforts. - Led team of recruiters and support staff, using a variety of strategies to identify and refer talent to hiring managers across the U.S.- Placed as many as 225 full-time journalists annually, with a minority placement rate of between 33 percent and 48 percent. Gannett was recognized as the news industry leader in diversity.- Personally responsible for recruiting news executives, including executive and managing editors. (More than 70… Show more Directed national news recruiting efforts. - Led team of recruiters and support staff, using a variety of strategies to identify and refer talent to hiring managers across the U.S.- Placed as many as 225 full-time journalists annually, with a minority placement rate of between 33 percent and 48 percent. Gannett was recognized as the news industry leader in diversity.- Personally responsible for recruiting news executives, including executive and managing editors. (More than 70 placed during my tenure.) - Planned strategic and operational objectives for all major news-oriented conventions across the U.S. Assembled and led teams of Gannett field recruiters at those venues.- Directed Gannett’s national college recruiting campaign. Personally visited at least six colleges a year. Show less

Several

Executive Editor● Appointed to first executive editor post after 10 years at The Journal-News, Westchester-Rockland counties, NY, where I last served as managing editor.● Led newsrooms at four different Gannett community newspapers: The Daily Journal (Vineland, NJ), the Valley News Dispatch and North Hills News Recorder in suburban Pittsburgh and the Courier News in Central New Jersey.● In Vineland I guided the combination of two lackluster dailies into a vibrant newspaper that… Show more Executive Editor● Appointed to first executive editor post after 10 years at The Journal-News, Westchester-Rockland counties, NY, where I last served as managing editor.● Led newsrooms at four different Gannett community newspapers: The Daily Journal (Vineland, NJ), the Valley News Dispatch and North Hills News Recorder in suburban Pittsburgh and the Courier News in Central New Jersey.● In Vineland I guided the combination of two lackluster dailies into a vibrant newspaper that practiced revelatory journalism on a scale far beyond its size, and was recognized with a record 21 awards by the New Jersey Press Association.● Executive editor of the Valley News Dispatch outside of Pittsburgh, consistently the Gold Medal winner in the Pennsylvania state association awards. While there, I conceived, helped launch and later was named executive editor of a new daily newspaper in the adjacent region of the North Hills. Reviewers from the Newspaper Association of America referred to The News Record as the best newspaper in the country under 50,000 circ. ● At the Courier News, I amplified the talents of a strong editing staff by recruiting superb reporters, copy editors and design talent. I scoured the strongest journalism schools, attended conventions of journalists of color and brought in recruits to interview from across the Northeast. I recruited our lead designer, however, from Scotland. The Courier News repeatedly was named top newspaper under 50,000 by the NJPA. Show less

White Plains And Nyack, Ny (Circ. 200,000)

Appointed managing editor after six years as a reporter, city editor and metro editor. During this time WRN launched a morning editor, Today, which was published until the introduction of USA TODAY. The Journal News won multiple awards for excellence from Gannett and the New York press association. While Managing Editor, the Rockland County edition of The Journal News (circ. 50,000) was a finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy award for public service reporting.

M.S., Journalism

B.A, History & Sociology