J. Keith Moyer

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J. Keith Moyer
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Born
Joseph Keith Moyer

(1952-08-31) August 31, 1952 (age 71)
Nationality American
Education Satellite High School
Santa Fe College
University of Florida
OccupationEditor/Publisher
Employer(s) The News-Press (1986–1990)
Arkansas Gazette (1990–1991)
Democrat and Chronicle (1991–1994)
The Fresno Bee (1994–2001)
Star Tribune (2001–2007)
University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication (2010–2016)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (2016–present)
SpouseMarilyn
Children3

Joseph Keith Moyer (born August 31, 1952) is an American publisher and editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal . Moyer joined on February 5, 2016, as editor-in-chief, leaving his faculty position of six years at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication. [1] He became publisher on March 26, 2018. [2]

Moyer was president and publisher of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2001 to 2007. He had earlier been publisher and president for The Fresno Bee from 1997 until 2001. [3]

Moyer joined McClatchy in 1994 as The Fresno Bee's executive editor. [4]

Moyer also held top newsroom roles at Gannett's The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida, Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, Westchester-Rockland Newspapers in White Plains, New York and Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock, Arkansas. [5]

In Fort Myers, Moyer served as editor of The News-Press from 1986 until 1990; during that time, he oversaw coverage of poor social conditions faced by African Americans in Southwest Florida that won the 1990 Grand Prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for "Far from the Dream," a 12-part series of stories. [6]

He is a 1977 graduate and Alumni of Distinction from the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Florida. [7]

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References

  1. Busch, Kristina. "U professor named Las Vegas Review-Journal editor-in-chief". The Minnesota Daily. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. Moyer, J. Keith. "J. Keith Moyer". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  3. "Retirement Announcement". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2007.
  4. "Former Bee publisher Keith Moyer to Lead Las Vegas Review-Journal newsroom". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  5. "Moyer named as new publisher of Las Vegas Review-Journal". AP NEWS. March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  6. "1973: A look back at Southwest Florida". The News-Press. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  7. "J. Keith Moyer". UF College of Journalism and Communications. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.