Leadership

Ian Hill is recognized nationally as an expert in digital and social media, and his leadership has helped several news organizations increase their reach, impact and online audiences.
Under Ian’s guidance…
• KXTV in Sacramento doubled its digital traffic in less than three years.
• KXTV also rose from no. 4 to no. 1 in total social audience among news organizations in the Sacramento market.
• KQED in San Francisco grew its audience by launching a Facebook page for news and collaborating with other public media organizations on several large social projects, including a significant effort to collect and gauge the opinions of young voters along the West Coast before the 2012 election.
• KQED also launched an innovative series of open newsrooms that gave Bay Area residents an opportunity to share their ideas and concerns with journalists face-to-face.
• KQED was one of five public media organizations to work with NPR on a study to identify the types of stories that generated the most engagement.
• The San Joaquin Media Group in Stockton, Calif. launched 209Vibe, an innovative alternative website and monthly publication covering its community’s music and entertainment scene. The project was cited as a case study for innovation  in the American Press Institute’s “Newspaper Next” report.
Ian also regularly speaks to professional and student groups and leads training presentations across the country. Here is a look at some of Ian’s presentations:
• Leading social media training for reporters, anchors and producers at KHOU, Houston, Texas, 2016
At KHOU, Houston, Texas, 2016.
At KHOU, Houston, Texas, 2016.
At KHOU, Houston, Texas, 2016.
At KHOU, Houston, Texas, 2016.
• Leading social media training for reporters, anchors and producers at WKYC, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016

 

• Moderating “Perfecting Your Internal Pitch,” a panel at the Online News Association national conference, Los Angeles, 2015

 

• Meeting with staffers as the inaugural Visiting Social Editor at USA Today, McClean, Va., 2014

 

• Giving the keynote presentation at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Northern California conference, Sacramento, Calif., 2014

 

• Leading a panel on social media for the Online News Association’s Sacramento Chapter, 2014

 

• Presenting at the California School Public Relations Association annual conference, Sacramento, Calif., 2013

 

• Talking with students in the Lewis University Social Media Club via Skype, Chicago, 2012

 

• Presenting to students during the Online News Association national conference, San Francisco, 2012