The University of Kansas

Georgetown Preparatory School

Senior Director/North America, Innovation Media Consulting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I work with magazines and newspapers around the world (most recently in Prague, Norway and Washington) to integrate editorial operations to achieve greater editorial breadth and depth of coverage and expanded delivery of that coverage across multiple platforms. Integration ensures that best practices are shared throughout the organization and that the editorial department operates as a single unit dedicated to meeting the needs of the reader whenever and wherever they may be.

Innovation Media Consulting

Senior Director/USA

I help business executives communicate clearly, concisely, powerfully, and in their own unique style to ensure every document does its job and contributes to the success of their company. I have been an editor for more than  four decades, working with hundreds of writers of all ages and levels of expertise who were writing in a variety of genres from news and business to legal, medical, nonprofit, entertainment, consulting, etc.

John Wilpers Editing

President

Music transcends almost everything: race, age, geography, politics, and just about anything else that separates people these days. Music brings people together. Music's "language" is universal. Music allows you to meet people you might otherwise never encounter and share a common passion.In my global travel with Innovation Media Consulting helping newspapers and magazines transition to the 21st century publishing model, I get to visit many cities and, this year, decided to start exploring jazz and blues clubs. I video snippets of performances, and interview the musicians after the gig to talk about why they play the way they do, what they're trying to say, how they came to jazz or the blues, etc. The resulting posts and videos offer a glimpse into a world of music otherwise inaccessible to most of us. Check out the blog (<a href="https://globalrhythms.net">https://globalrhythms.net</a>) and sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss a single cool jazz or blues artist! (<a href="https://globalrhythms.net/sign-up-for-global-rhythms-newsletter/">https://globalrhythms.net/sign-up-for-global-rhythms-newsletter/</a>)

Global Rhythms

Founder & Author

Degrees2Dreams empowers college students and recent graduates to launch their careers using social media to showcase their skills, raise their profiles in their fields, build a network of powerful people, and stand out from the crowd. We train students in the creation of:• Interactive resumes (using QR codes to show videos of themselves and their best reference)• "Me Sites" that are their online digital portfolios• "Passion Blogs" that showcase the skills they want an employer to see they have and to raise their profile in their chosen field• A social media marketing campaign of themselves to the key players in their field, and• An informational interview strategy that gets them on the radar screens of those key players and plugged in to the network where most of the hiring action happens.We use one-to-one and group consulting sessions with our trained staff (all recent grads who've been where the student is) to help them convert their degree into that critical first position in their dream career.

Degrees2Dreams

Founder/CEO

Research and recruit high-quality bloggers to increase the breadth and depth of Scripps online content offerings and, thus, our relevance, readership, reach and revenue.

Scripps Newspapers

Global Blog Coordinator

Working as a consultant in the role of Global Blog Coordinator, I search for and recruit the very best bloggers in the world in selected niches for the Monitor. I have delivered over 100 of the world's best economy, astronomy, and food bloggers to date. When we launched the economy bloggers, we tripled the traffic to the Monitor's Money page in just two weeks. We have had similar success with the astronomy bloggers. We will be launching the food bloggers in the fall of 2010.

The Christian Science Monitor

Working as a consultant, I researched and recruited the best 3-10 bloggers in 47 countries and 10 themes for the launch in Jan. 2009 of the new international online news service, GlobalPost. I continue to manage the company's relationship with and home page promotion of existing bloggers as well as recruiting new bloggers.I also manage the site's Study Abroad program. We recruit students from universities around the United States who are going abroad to write news and diary dispatches from their home country as well as from their travels. We publish the works of approximately 25 students a semester twice a week.

GlobalPost

Director of Global Blog Development

I designed and created the <a href="http://Breakingnews.com">Breakingnews.com</a> site. It was an aggregation site that stood out from the larger news aggregation sites in that we had human editors choosing each and every story from a wide variety of news sources. We added unique reader features that enabled readers to get much more involved in the news, if they chose. We also add whimsy with our Odds and Animals section. The site was sold to Microsoft Corp. later in 2009.

BreakingNews.com

Editor-in-chief

We research and recruit high-quality bloggers for major media companies (Reuters, Christian Science Monitor, Scripps Newspapers, GlobalPost, LA Times, etc.) to increase the breadth and depth of their content offerings and, thus, their relevance, readership, reach and revenue. I also consult with magazine companies on implementing newsroom integration and digital innovations.

John Wilpers Media Consulting

CEO/Founder

I launched a new free daily newspaper highlighting community involvement through publication in the newspaper of bloggers and the webcasting of the daily news meeting. More than 5,000 bloggers called BostonNOW home and published regularly. Circulation grew 30% in three months.

BostonNOW

Led launch of second major free home-delivered daily paper in the U.S. Circulation: 262,000; Staff: 52-	Directed conversion of suburban daily (Journal Newspapers) into The Examiner. Led the repositioning, redesign of the paper as well as the hiring and reorganization of the newsroom.-	Built media partnerships with: Two leading radio stations, the #2 and fastest-growing TV station, the public TV station, major political magazines, the DC tourism organization, the top nonprofits

The Washington Examiner

Founding Editor & Editor-in-Chief

Responsible for editorial operation of Boston’s first free metro daily.• 	Increased readership by 160,000 to 510,000, reversing 20,000 loss• 	Helped double ad revenue in a 17 months.• 	Developed campaigns to assist many Boston nonprofits.• 	Member, Metro International Editorial Board.

Boston Metro

Editor-in-Chief

Managed editorial & production operations in eight cities._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Site named _____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART147ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____Best of Boston_____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART148ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ in 1999 by Boston Magazine._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Increased daily page views from 25,000 to 200,000 to #3 city on AOL._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Streamlined ad production system._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Helped close big ad deals._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Built largest entertainment guide database in AOL._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Built high-energy team with innovative team-building techniques.

AOL/Digital City Boston

Provided layman's English "translations" of up-to-the-minute, condition-specific medical news and patient education services via print, Internet, and phone._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Produced business plan, marketing materials, editorial content, and Web site._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Led presentations to investors and 17 major health insurance cos.

The Informed Patient

Publisher and CEO

- ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Directed creation of prostate cancer magazine for financier Michael Milken.

The Patient Information Network

Editor-in-chief, CNC (70+ newspapers), 1991-1994Editor-in-chief, TAB Newspapers (14 newspapers), 1990-1991_____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Coordinated editorial operations of new chain, starting with 14 papers growing to more than 70 publications with 400 editorial employees in eastern MA._____ILLEGAL_CHAR_SSSTART149ILLEGAL_CHAR_EEEND_____ 	Created charity drives in 110 communities, public debates, investigative series, training seminars, innovative reader-interaction promotions, and redesign/reorganization projects.