Adam P. Symson

Adam Symson, 37, is The E.W. Scripps Company's chief digital officer, responsible for developing the products and services for digital-platform consumers and advertisers in more than 20 Scripps markets (as well as consumers of myriad other digital services that are not market specific).

The same month that he assumed his current title, Scripps announced an initiative, led by Symson, which established the Scripps portfolio as the nation's only station group that offers live app-based streaming from every station in the group.

In addition to helping the company's newspaper and television properties with their digital content and sales, Symson also breaks new ground by helping to redefine traditional news organizations.  For example, he's helped lead the creation of fiveonenine games, which seeks to bring real-world scenarios to social gaming.

He previously was responsible for the operation, content and revenue for the TV division's interactive businesses, including community news and information websites, micro-sites and mobile businesses in nine local TV markets across the country.

Before that assignment, he spent a year as the director of content and marketing for the Scripps interactive media division (which was spun off into Scripps Networks Interactive in 2008).

Symson joined Scripps corporate in 2002 as the director of investigations and special projects for the television stations group.  Shortly thereafter, he was named director of news strategy and operations, with responsibilities for the station's 9 NBC and ABC affiliated stations.

Symson first joined The E.W. Scripps Company as the executive producer of investigations and special projects for KNXV TV, the Scripps-owned television station in Phoenix, Arizona.  At KNXV, Symson re-launched the ABC15 Investigators and grew it to be a nationally recognized and acclaimed investigative unit, specializing in long-form journalism.

Prior to his work in Phoenix, Symson worked as an investigative journalist for CBS stations, WBBM TV in Chicago, and KCBS TV in Los Angeles.  Symson has also worked as an independent producer for CBS News and NBC News, specializing in breaking news and political coverage, and done tours of duty as an assignment editor or producer in newsrooms across Los Angeles, including KNBC TV and KCAL TV.  Mr. Symson began his broadcast career at KGIL AM1260 in Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Symson has a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of California, Los Angeles.  He lives with his wife Sherri, and daughters Logan and Hannah, in Cincinnati, Ohio.