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David Kansas (born March 28, 1967) was the president of American Public Media until a restructuring in March 2022. [1] He had also served as chief operating officer of American Public Media Group, a position he assumed in 2011. [2] He was formerly an editor with The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com.

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Career

Prior to taking the COO role at American Public Media Group, Kansas was a journalist living in London and working for The Wall Street Journal . While working for The Wall Street Journal, Kansas has written about a number of topics such as European financial systems and the stock market. [3] He was the editor of The Wall Street Journal 's Money & Investing section, author of the books The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It and The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook. [4]

Kansas is also former president of a personal finance online venture FiLife.com between Dow Jones and IAC/InterActiveCorp. [5] Prior to that, he also served as editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, working for site founder Jim Cramer and served on the board of directors. [6]

In 2016, Kansas was named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication at Bethel University. [7]

Personal life

Kansas attended St. Paul Academy from kindergarten to grade 12. During his time there, he participated in football, basketball, and baseball. Every spring the school would have a musical, which he also participated in. He served as the treasurer of the Student Activities Committee and was also a member of the state tournament winning Quiz Bowl for both his junior and senior year. [8] He spent a year at Macalester College and then obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 from Columbia College of Columbia University. [8] [9] Since June 21, 2008, he has been married to Monica Kansas (née Schulz).

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