President of Hearst Newspapers on the Importance of Hiring Quality Journos

Mark-Aldam-ArticleMark Aldam has been in the newspaper game for nearly 30 years, so it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about print journalism. As president of Hearst Newspapers, Aldam oversees 36 weeklies and 15 dailies, on top of selling digital marketing services in 103 markets.

In our latest So What Do You Do column, Aldam talks about what excites him about the business, why print isn’t dying and the importance of hiring quality journos for Hearst’s multitude of papers:

We’ve made a deliberate effort to add top journalists to our newsrooms.

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