Media

Publisher

Commercial & Public Media

Photo

Fine Art – Private Commission

Assignment – Editorial & Advocacy

Present
– Publisher / IN Business Madison, Madison (WI) and Insight on Business, Appleton (WI). Based in Madison WI & Nashville TN.

Previous
– Principal / DNC LLC. worked with publishers, media outlets, and community-centric non-profit organizations. Regularly partnered with organizations to navigate communications, community affairs, brand positioning, crisis management, and business transformation. Areas of focus included curated creative works, media structure, executive management, operational restructure, product development, revenue strategies, and sales management.

– Regional president / Gannett Company. In this role, served as president and publisher of Greenville (SC) News, and Citizen-Times in Asheville (NC).

– Regional president / E.W. Scripps Company. Served as president, publisher, and chief revenue officer of Naples Daily News & associated regional titles. This 2013 case study profiles Naples Daily News team; conducted and published by the Pew Institute and Research Center for Excellence in Journalism.
http://www.journalism.org/2013/02/11/naples-daily-news-restructuring-sales-operation/

– Vice president and general manager / Naples Daily News; E.W. Scripps Company. Member of senior leadership team in planning and construction of Naples Daily News headquarters, and print production facility; completed in 2009.

– President & publisher / Washington Jewish Week, serving greater Washington D.C.

– Vice president / advertising / Journal Newspapers, later becoming The Washington Examiner.

– Associate publisher / Detroit Jewish News and Style Magazine, member of operating committee.

– The Kansas City Star, Capital-Cities ABC. Roles in advertising sales, and production.

– The Oakland Press, Capital-Cities ABC. Pre-press production & quality assurance manager. Managed transition of analog to digital photographic production process.

– Photojournalist / Freelance: Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, New-Times, and L.A. Magazine / Los Angeles.

– Staff photojournalist: The Chandler Arizonan – Tribune, Cox Media / Arizona.

Photo/Art – Dave remains active in fine-art, and editorial photography. Recent work includes commissioned portraits, assignments in non-profit sector, publishing, and contributor to Getty Images. Dave is a past member of National Press Photographers Association.

Community – Associated with various non-profit organizations, Dave has served as member board director of Asheville Art Museum, Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Greenville Chamber of Commerce Advisory board, Asheville HUB, Naples Chamber of Commerce, Artis-Naples, Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce, IMAGINE Solutions, and the Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida.