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    John Wilpers works with major media companies around the world to integrate their disparate editorial operations into integrated “information engines,” thus maximizing best practices, building organizational energy, scaling innovative ideas across the company, enabling multi-platform story telling, and increasing editorial efficiency. John has spoken with publishers and editors in Germany, England, Brazil, Austria, Italy, and the United States, and restructured editorial operations in newsrooms across the U.S. John has also helped major media companies increase their relevance, reach, and revenue by researching and recruiting the world’s best bloggers to integrate in the media companies’ print and online products. To enable those media companies to satisfy their readers information needs in shared communities of geographic or topical interests, John vetted and delivered the very best local or global bloggers writing about geographic or topical niches, thus expanding the media companies’ depth and breadth of content. His clients included Reuters News Service, The Christian Science Monitor, The LA Times, Scripps Newspapers, GlobalPost, The Miami Herald, and The San Diego Union-Tribune. John was founding editor of two free dailies (The Washington Examiner, BostonNOW) and editor of a third (Boston Metro). I was editor-in-chief of an international newspaper group and founding editor of AOL/Digital City Boston. In MArch 2012, John Wilpers will be launching “Degrees2Dreams,” a site empowering college students and recent graduates with social-media-powered job search strategies to launch their careers by securing that all-important first job. Outside of journalism, John created a self-esteem-building soccer program for girls ages 2-10 that has graduated 4,000 girls since 1996 (hotshotssoccer.org). John is also a long-board surfer, and has performed as “Mother Ginger” in a Boston “Nutcracker” for 16 years.

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    John Wilpers works with major media companies around the world to integrate their disparate editorial operations into integrated “information engines,” thus maximizing best practices, building organizational energy, scaling innovative ideas across the company, enabling multi-platform story telling, and increasing editorial efficiency. John has spoken with publishers and editors in Germany, England, Brazil, Austria, Italy, and the United States, and restructured editorial operations in newsrooms across the U.S. John has also helped major media companies increase their relevance, reach, and revenue by researching and recruiting the world’s best bloggers to integrate in the media companies’ print and online products. To enable those media companies to satisfy their readers information needs in shared communities of geographic or topical interests, John vetted and delivered the very best local or global bloggers writing about geographic or topical niches, thus expanding the media companies’ depth and breadth of content. His clients included Reuters News Service, The Christian Science Monitor, The LA Times, Scripps Newspapers, GlobalPost, The Miami Herald, and The San Diego Union-Tribune. John was founding editor of two free dailies (The Washington Examiner, BostonNOW) and editor of a third (Boston Metro). I was editor-in-chief of an international newspaper group and founding editor of AOL/Digital City Boston. In MArch 2012, John Wilpers will be launching “Degrees2Dreams,” a site empowering college students and recent graduates with social-media-powered job search strategies to launch their careers by securing that all-important first job. Outside of journalism, John created a self-esteem-building soccer program for girls ages 2-10 that has graduated 4,000 girls since 1996 (hotshotssoccer.org). John is also a long-board surfer, and has performed as “Mother Ginger” in a Boston “Nutcracker” for 16 years.

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    John Wilpers works with major media companies around the world to integrate their disparate editorial operations into integrated “information engines,” thus maximizing best practices, building organizational energy, scaling innovative ideas across the company, enabling multi-platform story telling, and increasing editorial efficiency. John has spoken with publishers and editors in Germany, England, Brazil, Austria, Italy, and the United States, and restructured editorial operations in newsrooms across the U.S. John has also helped major media companies increase their relevance, reach, and revenue by researching and recruiting the world’s best bloggers to integrate in the media companies’ print and online products. To enable those media companies to satisfy their readers information needs in shared communities of geographic or topical interests, John vetted and delivered the very best local or global bloggers writing about geographic or topical niches, thus expanding the media companies’ depth and breadth of content. His clients included Reuters News Service, The Christian Science Monitor, The LA Times, Scripps Newspapers, GlobalPost, The Miami Herald, and The San Diego Union-Tribune. John was founding editor of two free dailies (The Washington Examiner, BostonNOW) and editor of a third (Boston Metro). I was editor-in-chief of an international newspaper group and founding editor of AOL/Digital City Boston. In MArch 2012, John Wilpers will be launching “Degrees2Dreams,” a site empowering college students and recent graduates with social-media-powered job search strategies to launch their careers by securing that all-important first job. Outside of journalism, John created a self-esteem-building soccer program for girls ages 2-10 that has graduated 4,000 girls since 1996 (hotshotssoccer.org). John is also a long-board surfer, and has performed as “Mother Ginger” in a Boston “Nutcracker” for 16 years.

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    John Wilpers

    248 Highland St., Marshfield, MA 02050; 617.688.0137; [email protected]; Twitter: johnwilpers

    SUMMARY: Dynamic publishing executive with significant online and print start-up experience. Now focused on building open-space, digital-first, integrated newsrooms to increase story-telling power, leverage editorial assets, scale best practices, and maximize effectiveness of editorial staff across all platforms. Has built companies to capture new markets, achieve new revenues, increase readership, realize savings, and forge alliances. Highly effective motivator known for innovative team-building methods. STRENGTHS: Innovative thinker Strategic planner PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: INNOVATION MEDIA CONSULTING, Senior Consultant, London and Barcelona, 2008-present Work with newspaper and magazine clients to integrate silo-style newsrooms into open-space, digital-first, integrated operations. Also edit annual Innovations in Magazines World Report for the world association of magazines (FIPP). Speak globally on media innovation. JOHN WILPERS MEDIA CONSULTING, President, Marshfield, MA, 2007-present Help companies increase reach, relevance, readership, and revenue with innovative strategies, including finding/recruiting/curating high-quality bloggers, and conducting newsroom idea-mining projects. Clients: Reuters LA Times Christian Science Monitor GlobalPost; Miami Herald San Diego U-T BOSTONOW, Editor-in-chief, 2006-2007 Launched free daily highlighting community involvement: Online and print publication of bloggers next to staff/wire reports plus news meeting webcasts. Base: 4k local bloggers. Blog-related revenue > $100,000. WASHINGTON EXAMINER, Editor-in-chief, 2004-2005 Led launch of second major free home-delivered daily paper in the U.S. Circulation: 262,000; Staff: 52 - Built media partnerships with: Two leading radio stations, the #2 and fastest-growing TV station, the public TV station, major political magazines, the DC tourism organization, the top nonprofits. BOSTON METRO NEWSPAPER, Editor-in-chief, 2002-2003 Led Hubs first free metro daily. Increased readership from 160k to 510k. Fastest Metro to profitability. AMERICA ONLINE/DIGITAL CITY BOSTON, Editor-in-chief/ Production Director, 1997 - 2001 Managed edit./production in 8 cities. Increased daily PVs from 25k to 200k. One of AOL's top three cities. THE INFORMED PATIENT, CEO & Publisher, Marshfield, MA, 1995 - 1997 Created news service to offer layman's English "translations" of breaking medical news via print, Internet, phone. Produced business plan, Web site. Led road shows to 17 major health insurance companies. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Editor in chief, Community Newspaper Co., Boston; Editor in chief, TAB Newspapers; Editor in chief, The Bridgeport (CT) Post; Editor in chief, Ingersoll Publications (240 daily and weekly newspapers in 17 states, Great Britain and Ireland); Editor in chief, Century Publications (a weekly group around Boston); Columnist, education editor, projects reporter, The Boston Herald; State editor, Burlington (VT) Free Press; Editor, Bradford (VT) and Woodsville (NH) weekly newspapers; Editorial writer, The Boston Globe; Editor, Palmer (MA) Journal; Asst. Editor, Government Executive Magazine, Washington, D.C. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS COMMUNITY SERVICE: Founded and run soccer skills/self-esteem program for girls ages 2-10 in 96; graduate 250 girls every yr.; raised to date $10,000 for library books. Recipient Boston College Heights Award. Hotshotssoccer.org In my 16th year performing as the Mother Ginger character in the second-largest Boston Nutcracker. Team builder & motivator Bridge-builder in community Persuasive communicator Editorial award winner

    PERSONAL: Married, 2 daughters (25, 20); excellent health; surfer, fisherman, watercolor artist, gardener

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