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Asheville, NC
United States

Asheville Watchdog Founding Members Tom Fiedler Dean emeritus and journalism professor at Boston University’s College of Communication; former executive editor of The Miami Herald; trustee of TheConversation.com/us; co-founder New England Center for Investigative Reporting; former president New England First Amendment Coalition; award-winning investigative and political reporter during three decades at The Miami Herald including a shared Pulitzer Prize in 1991. Sally Kestin Former investigative reporter at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Tampa Tribune and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and recipient of numerous national journalism awards, including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Steve Keeble Former executive with Thomson Reuters, owner of multiple media properties including The Times (London), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), and dozens of community newspapers in Canada and the U.S. Bob Gremillion Retired executive vice president at Tribune Publishing Co. with oversight over East Coast newspapers including the Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant and Orlando Sentinel; publisher of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel; and founder/general manager of the Chicago Tribune's 24-hour news channel, ChicagoLand Television News. David Feingold General manager and CEO of Blue Ridge Public Radio; former assistant general manager/content at Nebraska Public Radio & Television; executive editor at Reuters Television Worldwide; and national editor and London bureau chief of CNN. John Forsyth Former editor on the National Desk of The New York Times; founding editor of Fort Worth Weekly, an alternative newspaper; copy chief at FiveThirtyEight.com; assisted the startup of TheMarshallProject.org; editor and writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; and copy editor at CNBC.com. Jason Sandford Founder of the hyper-local Asheville news website, Ashvegas.com; former reporter at daily newspapers in South and North Carolina, including the Asheville Citizen-Times; and writer for European Stars & Stripes in Germany.
Asheville, NC
United States