Gabe Whisnant

About

I'm an award-winning journalist with significant editorial, managerial and reporting experience at prominent regional and national publications. My current work as a deputy weekend editor/politics editor for Newsweek largely focuses on daily and breaking news coverage of U.S. politics and international affairs, My Newsweek author page: https://www.newsweek.com/authors/gabe-whisnant I have excellent SEO and visual storytelling skills. I am accustomed to consistently attracting millions of engaged online readers to written and assigned stories, month after month. I have 15 years of managerial experience as an editor for local and regional publications in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. My reporting teams garnered numerous state press association honors for comprehensive digital coverage of municipal and state politics, public safety, business, food and dining and local sports. In managing editor and news director roles, I was also responsible for newsroom job postings, candidate interviews and hiring directives. I have been on the frontlines of journalism's digital transformation. My reporting career began as a local sports reporter in eastern North Carolina when newspapers first began delivering to an online audience. In competitive markets, I helped several local publications build social media followers, pages and groups from scratch that are still growing, bustling and engaging. I now have experience in incorporating AI tools into reporting, writing and editing strategies. As a local and regional editor, I have also planned, edited and published award-winning print newspapers and magazines. With my print and digital experience, I'm adept at hitting deadlines whether urgent, short or long term. KEY AWARDS Lead Editor on Alex Murdaugh Crime Saga and Murder Trial coverage – South Carolina Press Association, 2023 Lead Editor on Election and Political Coverage – SCPA, 2023 Associate Editor on Cost of Unity Park coverage – SCPA, 2023; Sidney Award, Feb. 2023 Best of Gannett, Collaboration, South Carolina Election Coverage – Gannett Media, 2020 Website of the Year – SCPA 2018 President’s Cup – SCPA, 2018 Deadline News Reporting, Online Breaking News – North Carolina Press Association, 2016 Catalyst for Community Change – GateHouse Media, 2015