Walter Neary

Current

Lakewood City Council at City of Lakewood, Wash.
Public Relations Director, Washington State at Comcast

Past

Assistant Director, News and Community Relations at University of Washington
Business/Technology editor at The Olympian
Business/Tech Editor, The Olympian at Gannett

Editor, The Lakewood Journal at Sound Publishing
Reporter/Night Editor at The Californian

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Education

Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
University of San Francisco
Jesuit High School, Sacramento

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Walter Neary’s Experience

Lakewood City Council

City of Lakewood, Wash.

(Government Administration industry)

2004 — Present (5 years)

Elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. Advocate for responsible government and tourism as a form of economic government. Co-founder of the Lakewood History Museum. Currently experimenting with a blog about local elected officials who blog and use social media, as most of what I see about that topic revolves around the federal government: http://electing2blog.blogspot.com/
Public Relations Director, Washington State

Comcast

(Public Company; CMCSA; Broadcast Media industry)

2004 — Present (5 years)

Responsible for community, media and social media relations in south and east King, Pierce, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Kitsap and Spokane counties. Manage our local website.
Assistant Director, News and Community Relations

University of Washington

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years)
Business/Technology editor

The Olympian

(Telecommunications industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Business/Tech Editor, The Olympian

Gannett

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Editor, The Lakewood Journal

Sound Publishing

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years)
Reporter/Night Editor

The Californian

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

1987 — 1993 (6 years)

Walter Neary’s Education

Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

MS , Journalism , 1983 — 1984
University of San Francisco

1979 — 1983
Jesuit High School, Sacramento

HS , 1974 — 1979

Additional Information

Walter Neary’s Websites:

Walter Neary’s Interests:

public relations, technology, municipal government, historic preservation, living history, newspapers and media, new media, virtual worlds

Walter Neary’s Groups:

Lakewood First Lions, Lakewood Historical Society, Historic Fort Steilacoom Association, Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Science Writers, Public Relations Society of America