Bob Brown

About

* Editor, reporter and writer, with a heavy dose of social media & search engine optimization/audience development expertise mixed in * Managing editor/content strategist for the Mass.gov website for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts * Editor of The Swellesley Report, a hyperlocal news site about Wellesley, Mass., that's been around since December, 2005, and Natick Report, a local news site about Natick, Mass., that's been around since April, 2020 * Served as news editor and a reporter at IDG's Network World for nearly 30 years, including during the rise of the internet * I studied journalism at Boston University & amazingly applied the skills learned immediately upon graduating and haven't stopped since * Have made many shifts during my journalism career, from a weekly, to a monthly, to a daily, back to a weekly, and now a daily/hourly/minute-by-minute pace * Worked closely with a team of editors/reporters, coordinated with colleagues across publications and departments * Have jumped head first into social media, using LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitter and other sites to generate story ideas and promote creative content (was a power DIGGer back in the day, for what it’s worth) * Involved in data journalism projects * Ex-Guinness World Record holder for yo-yo endurance * Have run the Boston Marathon multiple times, hit at Fenway Park, rowed at Henley and the Head of the Charles, taken part in U.S. National Toboggan Championships, hiked Mount Rainier, launched a 3-pointer at the Old Boston Garden