Tom Fontaine
Director of Politics and Editorial Standards
- Role
- Director of Politics and Editorial Standards at Trib Total Media
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Director of Politics and Editorial Standards
Jul 2009 — Present
In this senior-level position since February 2025, oversees TribLive’s political content. Communicates with news editors and reporters across all newsrooms to develop and execute political stories and is responsible for producing timely content that reflects the national conversation about state and national politics. Previously served in a number of editing and reporting roles. As Deputy Managing Editor/Daily, oversaw news editors and reporters in two newsrooms and production of 11 daily print editions per week. As Digital News Editor, oversaw reporters producing daily news coverage of Pittsburgh and suburban communities in Allegheny County. As Senior News Editor, helped direct news coverage in Pittsburgh, the Alle-Kiski Valley and beyond. Also led the former TribNow breaking-news and trending team and served as a Trib assistant news editor. Before that, covered politics, economic development and transportation beats as a reporter while tackling general assignments, spot news and projects on a wide range of topics. Earned regional, state and national press honors in categories including documentary filmmaking, sports feature writing, business reporting and spot and general news coverage.
Education
Kent State University
Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Ap Style
- Breaking News
- Newspapers
- Ap Stylebook
- Feature Articles
- Public Speaking
- Editing
- Web Content
- Web Content Writing
- Copy Editing
- Public Relations
- Media Relations
- Social Media
- Blogging
- Press Releases
- Investigative Reporting
- News Writing
- Journalism
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