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David Kansas (born March 28, 1967) is the president of American Public Media and chief operating officer of American Public Media Group, a position he assumed in 2011.[1]He was formerly an editor with The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com.

Career

Prior to his current posting, Kansas was a journalist living in London and working for The Wall Street Journal. While working for The Wall Street Journal, Kansas has written about a number of topics such as European financial systems and the stock market.[2]He was the editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section, author of the books The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It and The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook.[3]

Kansas is former president of a personal finance online venture FiLife.com between Dow Jones and IAC/InterActiveCorp.[4] Prior to that, he also served as editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, working for site founder Jim Cramer and served on the board of directors.[5]

In 2016, Kansas was named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication at Bethel University.[6]

Personal Life

Kansas attended St. Paul Academy from kindergarten to grade 12. During his time there, he participated in football, basketball, and baseball. Every spring the school would have a musical, which he also participated in. He served as the treasurer of the Student Activities Committee and was also a member of the state tournament winning Quiz Bowl for both his junior and senior year.[7] He spent a year at Macalester College and then obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 from Columbia College of Columbia University.[7][8] Since June 21, 2008, he has been married to Monica Kansas (née Schulz).

References

  1. ^ "David Kansas | President, APM & Executive Vice President, APM Group". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  2. ^ "Dave Kansas And 'The End Of Wall Street'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. ^ "Author". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. ^ "FiLife venture opens personal finance site". Reuters. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. ^ Kansas, Dave. "The New TSC: Tour with Dave Kansas". TheStreet. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. ^ "Public Radio's Dave Kansas Named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication | Bethel University". www.bethel.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  7. ^ a b "St. Paul Academy and Summit School: About SPA". SPA. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Taking Business News To TheStreet". Columbia College Today. Retrieved June 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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