In this digital age, come meet the man who created AOL News! Also have some cake with us as we celebrate the end of another great year of SPJ.
Monday, April 18, 7:00 p.m., Park 283
Gary Kebbel is the news director who built AOL News into one of the largest news sites on the Internet, with an audience of up to 24 million people each month. (Read press articles about AOL News)
At AOL he's also the director of the largest election and politics site on the Internet and the largest government consumer portal, Government Guide.
He was the front-page editor of washingtonpost.com during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, including President Clinton’s impeachment in the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate.
He is a founding editor of usatoday.com and newsweek.com.
He was deputy editor of usatoday.com and directed its political coverage during the 1996 presidential election –- the first covered by Internet news sites.
Before moving into the online world, Gary was the graphics editor at USA Today during the Gulf War, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Gary Kebbel is an award-winning teacher and experienced public speaker.
