John banks
Dynamic editor
Nashville, Tennessee USAAbout
Award-winning journalist who has played a critical role at industry leaders ESPN and The Dallas Morning News. More than 20 years' experience in digital and social media. Versatile leader who has high-level experience managing teams.Outstanding communicator who relishes big projects, brainstorming and collaboration.
Experience
Managing editor
Mar 2019 - Jul 2020
+ Manage writers and plan day-to-day editorial coverage for NFL, NBA and MLB and other sports.
+ Work with writers at every stage of feature-writing process, from idea generation to line-editing.
Senior director
May 2015 - Dec 2017
+ Lead editor for highly engaging, high-quality feature and enterprise stories for global and domestic ESPN websites.
+ Coordinated major coverage on ESPN sites in UK, India, Africa, and Australia, including NBA games in London/Mexico City and Kevin Durant visit to India.
+ Drove over 1.5 million page views as lead editor for World Fame 100 -- one
Senior director
Sep 2006 - May 2015
+ Supervised NFL coverage on ESPN.com -- the No. 1 sports website in the world.
+ Directed a high-performance staff of 50+ people, optimizing deliverables while inspiring excellence.
+ Led team that earned a 2009 Sports Emmy for outstanding new approaches in sports programming.
+ Hired 23 reporters in one summer for NFL Nation, team-by-team covera
