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

71 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My RSS feed

Walter Neary’s Experience

• Lakewood City Council

  City of Lakewood, Wash.

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

  Elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2007

• Public Relations Director, Washington State

  Comcast

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CMCSA; Telecommunications industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

• 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:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My RSS feed

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

•    National Association of Science Writers
•    Comcast leadership network past and present

Walter Neary’s Honors:

Elected to Lakewood City Council, 2003 and 2007

Walter Neary’s Contact Settings

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• getting back in touch