Tom Kearney will be joining VTDigger as its new weekend editor.
Kearney comes to VTDigger from Stowe Reporter where he held the post of managing editor. He also had an 18-month stint as a senior manager for a local news startup with YellowBook and has also served as senior manager for global editorial quality at hibu.
Additionally, Kearney has held the post of executive editor at Keene Sentinel.
Kearney is also the former president of the New England Society of News Editors; a former board member of New England First Amendment Coalition and the New England Newspaper and Press Association; and co-chair of the N.H. Committee on Judiciary and the Media.
He is also a two-time juror for Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and a member of the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Kearney’s awards include the Yankee Quill and the N.H. First Amendment Award.
