David Ho

Background

About David Ho

I transform news and content operations for digital, mobile and remote. I build stories, digital experiences, workflows and diverse teams. I lead global editorial groups. I teach journalists to survive and succeed in the digital now, embracing the latest tools and data-driven thinking. I set product priorities and defend the user experience. I thrive at the intersection of news, product and technology. As reporter and editor, I’ve covered top national stories and bridged the media realms of news, product, business and tech. I’m passionate about wordcraft and deadline storytelling. I believe in getting it right, getting it first, getting it fast and making it sing. Mobile is my specialty: news, storytelling, experiences and strategy. I am the world’s most experienced mobile news editor and leader, with 14 years of experience bringing content to smartphones and tablets. I see what’s coming. I solve problems before they happen. I meet what’s next.__ • Led Hearst Newspapers digital editorial operations, including news coverage, content innovation, traffic performance, audience development and personalization driven by data and machine learning • Transformed workflows and teams in Hearst local newsrooms and helped develop dynamic paywalls • Built The Wall Street Journal’s mobile news team, its first mobile-focused newsroom and its responsive cross-platform publishing algorithms • Founded and ran the WSJ iPad Edition and family of mobile apps • Led editorial and product for WSJ on iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Google Newsstand and Apple News • As a national AP and Cox journalist, covered news ranging from presidents, protests and the pope to tech, telecom and terrorism. Reported from the White House, Congress and the UN • Cited by the US Supreme Court in the historic Bush v Gore ruling on the presidential election • Coded web sites and created technology as a programmer/developer/designer on the original 3-person WSJ.com production team • Trained more than 4,700 journalists around the world in mobile tools and digital transformation • Keynote speaker at News:Rewired in London and at Institutt for Journalistikk in Oslo • Created and taught a first-of-its-kind mobile journalism graduate course at the City University of New York • Invented the Inverted Iceberg mobile writing form and the Dimensional Storytelling concept • Father of great kids, one with ASD • INTJ • Cyclist • Black Belt • Co-holder of the Father-Daughter Most Consecutive Rides on the Kingdom Coaster • Fixer of computers, light fixtures, smartphones and a few major appliances