Tom Clifford
GateHouse Vice President, Center for News & Design
Austin, TX
The Austin-based Center is the hub for centralized page design, copy editing, content development and digital publishing. At the moment, 67 daily newspapers and 160 weeklies are produced in Austin – including commercial clients such as the Dallas Morning News, The Oklahoman and Cox Media. A native New Yorker, Clifford graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has worked as a reporter, editor and digital transformation specialist in news operations throughout the South, Mid-Atlantic and New York. "What I think is important: honesty, a bias for action, life balance, and an unwavering commitment to quality workmanship and the First Amendment. Think well, play nice, do good work."