Mario Sevilla

About

Mario Sevilla is an award-winning journalist and communications leader. He has led transformation efforts and developed content strategies for digital publishing start-ups to established local and national news organizations.As Digital Director - News and Department Head at ABC 10News San Diego, he successfully led the station in surpassing content and business goals over five consecutive years while amassing the largest and most engaged social media following to earn #1 ranking in the market. Throughout his career, Mario has trained newsroom and communications teams to perform at a high level in various disciplines including multimedia reporting, news and social media writing, live stream production, marketing and sales, and community outreach. At ABC 10News, Mario led technical innovation, research, and reporting to create San Diego County's first interactive COVID-19 dashboard, live stream programming, and help rebrand the social media experience for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Mario's digital and broadcast news teams received numerous awards and recognition for breaking news coverage, investigative, environment, politics, and most recently, coverage of the pandemic and local civil rights movement.As a multimedia and data journalist, he has led award-winning investigations, reported on California's deadly wildfires and riots, and directed coverage of local, state and national elections.Currently, as Managing Editor and Content Strategist at San Diego State University, Mario has grown the university’s news site and newsletter traffic and engagement while contributing to strategic communications, media relations, and various editorial projects across the campus. He also mentors aspiring communicators through the editorial department’s student assistant program.Mario is an ambitious and charismatic leader with boundless creative energy, performance-driven, embrace change, and possess strong executive decision-making skills.