Alan Achkar

About

Alan leads the newsroom of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, working to transform coverage strategies and grow digital audiences. He brings a laser focus on digital story-telling and impact journalism that can lead to reforms in a community. He also has a strong track record of building audience-focused products. Honors include being a finalist for a Goldsmith Prize and a News Leaders Association Award, and twice being named the top daily news operation in Indiana. Alan believes in the power of journalism to change communities, and works to build collaborative and driven newsrooms. He wants to deliver impactful, compelling information to audiences, no matter what device or platform they prefer. Specialties: Managing a staff/teams; Building digital audience; Launching new publications and new digital sites; Planning and organization; Editing special sections and in-depth topical projects for digital and print mediums; New media; Communications; Public policy; Politics.