Former Vice President & Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Former Executive Editor & Vice President at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
- Vice President, Studio Production & Operations at AOL
- Executive Director, Editorial Operations at AOL
- Group Programming Director, News & Sports at AOL
- Director, Sports Channel at AOL
- Acting Managing Editor/Assistant Managing Editor at washingtonpost.com
- Sports Editor at washingtonpost.com
- Sportswriter/Copy Editor at The Washington Post
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- American University
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Jim Brady’s Experience
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Former Executive Editor & Vice President
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
(Public Company; WPO; Online Media industry)
November 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 3 months)
Was responsible for the editorial strategy and direction of washingtonpost.com. Managed a staff of 100 employees.
Led the development of a web strategy that resulted in the following major awards for washingtonpost.com: two consecutive Best Overall News Site awards from the Newspaper Association of America, three consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for Best Non-Broadcast Affiliated Web Site, one Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site award from Editor & Publisher, a People’s Choice Webby for Best Newspaper Site, a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism, more than a dozen National Press Photographers Association video awards and more than 100 White House News Photographers Association video awards.
Served as a consultant to the CEO of WPNI from February 2004 through November 2004, focusing primarily on project and process management. -
Vice President, Studio Production & Operations
AOL
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
September 2002 — May 2003 (9 months)
Managed the group responsible for the scheduling, management, production and launch of all products for AOL’s U.S. and international services.
Provided oversight of the group’s two main functions: supporting the daily programming efforts of the service, and developing core AOL products such as e-mail, instant messaging and client releases.
Managed a full-time staff of 120 and contractor staff of 30, comprised of the following groups: Engineering, Production, Photo, Operations, Project Management and Product Integrity. -
Executive Director, Editorial Operations
AOL
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
September 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Created, developed and managed AOL’s Editorial Operations group, which supervised the daily operations of the company’s 80-person programming organization. Managed a full-time staff of 14.
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Group Programming Director, News & Sports
AOL
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
October 2000 — September 2001 (1 year)
Managed the AOL News group, which included the News, Sports, International and Government channels. Responsible for overall strategy, development of new businesses, partner relations and staff management. Managed a full-time staff of 24.
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Director, Sports Channel
AOL
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
March 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Managed the AOL Sports Channel, which included oversight of daily programming decisions and the development of new programming strategies, products and revenue streams. Managed a full-time staff of seven.
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Acting Managing Editor/Assistant Managing Editor
washingtonpost.com
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; WPO; Online Media industry)
June 1998 — March 1999 (10 months)
Supervised the daily programming of washingtonpost.com’s home page, news digest and section fronts. Participated on senior management team that drove strategy for budgeting, staffing and managing the site’s relationship with The Washington Post newspaper. Managed a matrixed full-time editorial staff of 25 and a part-time staff of 15.
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Sports Editor
washingtonpost.com
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; WPO; Online Media industry)
April 1995 — June 1998 (3 years 3 months)
Supervised daily updating and programming of washingtonpost.com’s sports section. Managed a full-time editorial staff of four and a part-time editorial staff of 12.
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Sportswriter/Copy Editor
The Washington Post
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
February 1987 — March 1995 (8 years 2 months)
Wrote more than 1,400 articles in six-plus years with The Post’s sports department. In addition to reporting duties, worked as a sports copy editor and composing room editor. Primary reporting responsibilities included coverage of local college teams, such as the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Georgetown, George Washington and smaller colleges. Served as backup for beat writers covering the Redskins, Bullets, Capitals and Orioles.
Jim Brady’s Education
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American University
BA , Print Journalism , 1985 — 1989
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