Interactive Media Executive
Rochester, New York Area
- Current
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- Director of Digital Publishing at Gatehouse Media, Inc.
- Past
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- VP/Interactive Media at The Bakersfield Californian
- Director of New Media at Ventura County Star
- Online Editor at Affinity Group Inc.
- Publisher at East County Online
- Reporter at The Daily Californian
- Co-Publisher/Managing Editor at The Beacon
- Education
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- Point Loma Nazarene University
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Howard Owens’s Summary
Once published a small bi-weekly newspaper; worked as a reporter and editor at a small daily; started on the Web in 1995 as co-publisher of the first group of US weeklies on the web; started running virtual communities in 1997; joined the online staff of the Star in 1999 as a content producer. Promoted to director position in 2004. Joined GateHouse Media in 2006. Background includes news reporting, sales and Web programming.
Howard Owens’s Specialties:
New media; virtual communities/user-generated content/social networking; multimedia, especially video; Cold Fusion and general Web programming; business strategy.
Howard Owens’s Experience
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Director of Digital Publishing
Gatehouse Media, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
September 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Responsible for online content strategy and implementation for Gatehouse Media's 101 daily and more than 250 weekly newspapers.
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VP/Interactive Media
The Bakersfield Californian
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)
Oversee online operations for The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield.com). Defined business strategy; advised on content strategy and drove increase in video production; instituted user profiles and social networking and site redesign; increased revenue. As a result, Bakersfield.com has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Digital Edgy and it won the Inland Press Association's general excellence award.
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Director of New Media
Ventura County Star
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ssp; Online Media industry)
October 1999 — August 2005 (5 years 11 months)
Starting 2004, supervised online operations for the Ventura County Star. From 1999 through 2005, the Star's site won top honors from Editor & Publisher, the NAA and ONA.
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Online Editor
Affinity Group Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
September 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Created online community for recreational vehicle owners, oversaw online publication of AGI's print magazines (Highways, MotorHome and Trailer Life).
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Publisher
East County Online
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
July 1995 — January 1997 (1 year 7 months)
Founded East County Online, the first chain of weekly newspapers with Web sites. ECO featured not only content from our affiliated six community weeklies, but original content, a Web directory of local businesses, reader submissions (now called user-generated content) and a community club (now called virtual community). In 1995, a Wired Magazine poll found that ECO was the 66th most popular news Web site.
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Reporter
The Daily Californian
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
Reporter, wire editor, weekend editor at various times.
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Co-Publisher/Managing Editor
The Beacon
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 1986 — January 1987 (1 year 1 month)
The Beacon was a bi-weekly serving the Ocean Beach and Point Loma communities in San Diego.
Howard Owens’s Education
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Point Loma Nazarene University
Literature 1985 — 1987
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor, The Point
Additional Information
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Howard Owens’s Interests:
Guitar, gardening, roses, blogging.
Howard Owens’s Groups:
American Legion, American Rose Society, New Media Federation board member, chair of the audience development committee, past president San Diego Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Howard Owens’s Honors:
Several regional awards for news reporting, feature writing, opinion writing and page design.
Howard Owens’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
