BIOGRAPHY

John specializes in blending traditional and new media to increase an information organization’s reach, relevance, and revenue. John vets and delivers the highest quality local or global bloggers writing about specific geographic or thematic subjects to enhance the breadth and depth of content made available to a publication’s readers and to enhance the publication's community of shared interests. 

John’s clients have included the LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, GlobalPost.com, Miami Herald, San Diego Union-Tribune, and BostonNOW. John was also the founding editor of multiple city sites in AOL’s Digital City network. John has launched more free dailies than any U.S. editor, served as editor-in-chief of an international newspaper group, and been an editor at multiple daily newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

Outside of publishing, John is the founder of a self-esteem building soccer program that has graduated 4,000 girls since 1996 (hotshotssoccer.org). He is also a long-board surfer, and has performed as “Mother Ginger” in a Boston production of  “The Nutcracker” for the 15 years.