John P. Wise

About John P. Wise

Award-winning news veteran with a proven track record of growing digital audience and revenue. I enjoy teaching early-career staffers how to become not just better producers but also better leaders. I like to build a culture that embraces all things digital and social, allowing my teams to own breaking news and big stories on all platforms.The view is just as nice at feet, from where I can strategize with other creative thinkers on how best to collaborate, innovate and monetize.Our team at WSYX followed up a strong 2023 by sharpening its focus on video-platform growth in 2024. How did we do?YOUTUBE+ Watch time up 128 percent+ Revenue up 80 percent+ Subscribers up 51 percent+ Views up 25 percentINSTAGRAM+ Views up 204 percent+ Engagements up 172 percent+ Impressions up 102 percent+ Followers up 25 percentTIKTOK (We had a viral video on this platform in October, so that\'s why these numbers are wild!)+ Followers up 166,061 percent+ Engagements up 23,008 percent+ Video views up 5,534 percentAnd we\'ve already earned bragging rights in 2025 with an all-time best for monthly app users in January!I prioritized a positive and healthy work environment before it was cool; team chemistry is a must and a sense of humor helps, too!

Experience

1. Director of Digital Media

   Abc 6 Wsyx-Tv

   Jul 2022 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  BA, English

  1988 — 1994

Skills

• Breaking News
• Digital Media
• Television
• Blogging
• Storytelling
• Cms
• Editing
• Broadcasting
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Copy Editing
• Broadcast
• Content Management
• Facebook
• Social Media
• Editorial
• Content Strategy