Kinsey Wilson

Board Member

New England Newspapers Inc

Dec 2020 - Current (5 years 9 months)

Founder and Head of Newspack

Automattic

Feb 2020 - Current (6 years 7 months)

A grant-funded open-source technology solution used by 300 independent news organizations to publish great stories, manage their technology needs and find a path to financial sustainability.

Strategic Advisor

Hark Audio

Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 8 months)

President WordPress.com

Automattic

Mar 2018 - Feb 2020 (2 years)

Digital Media Executive

The New York Times

Feb 2015 - Feb 2018 (3 years 1 month)

Editor for Innovation and Strategy Executive Vice President Product & Technology Principal digital officer for The New York Times, operating at the intersection of news and business. As a member of the executive committee, led a team of more than 900 developers, designers, data analysts and editors responsible for guiding the company’s digital strategy and for creating products that gave expression to New York Times journalism, including the pioneering podcast The Daily. During this period The Times saw its audience grow to nearly 100 million monthly unique users and more than 2.5 million paying digital subscribers.

EVP & Chief Content Officer

NPR

Feb 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 9 months)

Oversaw NPR’s worldwide news gathering, programming and digital operations. Positioned NPR as a leading digital innovator and pioneered new forms of radio listening including NPR One, a popular one-touch digital listening platform. During this period, NPR’s journalism was recognized with major awards including the duPont-Columbia, Peabody and Emmy awards.

Senior Vice President and General Manager | Digital Media

NPR

Oct 2008 - Feb 2012 (3 years 5 months)

Senior executive in charge of NPR’s digital vision, technology and product development with shared responsibility for its online news and music staffs.

Executive Editor

USA TODAY

Dec 2005 - Oct 2008 (2 years 11 months)

Senior news executive with shared responsibility for 460-person worldwide news gathering organization. Responsible for strategic planning, product development and day-to-day news management of print and online operations.

VP & Editor in Chief

USA TODAY

Apr 2000 - Dec 2005 (5 years 9 months)

Principal news executive in charge of award-winning online operation that delivers breaking news, sports, entertainment and financial information to more than a million readers a day. Also involved in setting strategic direction, developing content partnerships, syndication and distribution opportunities, technology initiatives and new online ventures.

Editor of Daily News

Congressional Quarterly

Jan 1999 - Jan 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Principal news executive in charge of daily print and online news operations.

Editor of New Media

Congressional Quarterly

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Principal news executive in charge of electronic publishing operations. Spearheaded development of six subscription web sites and the transformation of CQ's dial-up legislative tracking service into a market-leading Web-based delivery system.

Managing Editor, Washington Alert

Congressional Quarterly

Jan 1996 - Jan 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Directed editorial operations of CQ's dial-up legislative tracking service. Developed real-time news gathering operation that laid the groundwork for the migration of CQ's online services to the web.

Reporter

Newsday

Jan 1988 - Jan 1995 (7 years 1 month)

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