Managing Editor at Bristol Herald Courier
Johnson City, Tennessee Area
- Current
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- Managing Editor at Bristol Herald Courier
- Managing Editor at Media General
- Past
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- Managing Editor at The News Virginian
- Contributor at People Magazine
- Staff Writer at The Oregonian
- Staff Writer at The Spokesman-Review
- Special Projects Editor at Pensacola News Journal
- Staff Writer at Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Education
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- Middle Tennessee State University
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J. Todd Foster’s Summary
More than a quarter century of award-winning journalism for a variety of newspapers and magazines. Combination old school and innovator who stressses breaking news first on the Web and then expanding the story and using narrative writing for the newspaper story.
J. Todd Foster’s Specialties:
Overall newsroom management; Web-first strategy on breaking news; investigative reporting; using online, searchable databases to drive Web traffic.
J. Todd Foster’s Experience
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Managing Editor
Bristol Herald Courier
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Top editor at 40,000-circulation daily on Virginia-Tennessee line. Also regional editor over seven weeklies in Southwest Virginia. Liaison with our convergence partners, TriCities.com and WJHL-TV News Channel 11.
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Managing Editor
Media General
(Newspapers industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
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Managing Editor
The News Virginian
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
February 2003 — October 2006 (3 years 9 months)
Managed the newsroom at a 7,500-circulation daily in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Contributor
People Magazine
(Public Company; Publishing industry)
December 1998 — February 2003 (4 years 3 months)
Full-time contributor on the Eastern Seaboard. Covered breaking news, politics and investigative topics. Big storiers included the hunt for Osama bin Laden; the Sago, W.Va., mining disaster; the day trader shootings in Atlanta; and the Chandra Levy murder case.
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Staff Writer
The Oregonian
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
June 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 3 months)
Investigative reporter and prison beat writer on The Oregonian's crime, justice and public safety team.
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Staff Writer
The Spokesman-Review
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
January 1992 — June 1996 (4 years 6 months)
Covered the environment, local politics and investigative topics for 100,000-circulation newspaper in the Washington-Idaho region.
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Special Projects Editor
Pensacola News Journal
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
September 1989 — January 1992 (2 years 5 months)
Investigative reporter/editor for metro newspaper on the Florida Panhandle.
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Staff Writer
Chattanooga Times Free Press
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
April 1985 — September 1989 (4 years 6 months)
Covered medicine and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
J. Todd Foster’s Education
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Middle Tennessee State University
B.S. , Journalism , 1980 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Assistant sports information director.
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J. Todd Foster’s Interests:
Investigative reporting, all things newspapering
J. Todd Foster’s Groups:
Member, Investigative Reporters & Editors
Member, Society of Professional Journalists
Member, Freedom of Information Council, Tennessee Press Association
Member, advisory committee to East Tennessee State University journalism school
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Virginia Press Association
J. Todd Foster’s Honors:
Member of Pulitzer Prize finalist team, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., breaking news (1993)
First place, Best Local Story, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (2008)
41 Virginia Press Association awards 2003-08
Two Blethen Awards
Two Best of the West awards
Member, Middle Tennessee State University journalism Wall of Fame
Two Tennessee Press Association awards
11 Media General Inc. MegaAwards
Winner, D. Tennant Bryan Award for Best News Story (2006)
Two-time Reporter/Writer of the Year, Pensacola News Journal (1990 adn 1991)
Runnerup, Stickel Award, for best reporter/writer at The Oregonian (1997)
Fellow, Knight Digital Media Center, University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication (2009)
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