This coming Monday, we are excited to welcome our second guest speaker, J.K. Murphy, for our August series: Media Channels, Now and the Future.
The Club welcomes those who are interested in becoming a Rotarian, as well as Rotarians from other local clubs, to attend the meeting this Monday, August 12th. The Club also encourages its members to bring a guest or to bring their children who have an interest in journalism.
We're happy to extend the member lunch fee of $15 to visitors; make sure to RSVP so we can provide the caterer with a visitor count for each meeting.
Please RSVP by emailing our Membership Chair, Sam Evans, at: sevans@legacyplangroup.com
Without further ado, I'll introduce our guest...
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His bio states:
J.K. Murphy
Publisher, Gwinnett Daily Post
J.K. grew up on the south side of Indianapolis.
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After earning a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana University in 1980, he began work as a reporter/photographer at the Greensburg (IN) Daily News, and was named editor of that paper in 1983.
He later moved to The Republic newspaper in Columbus, IN, where, over the next 13 years, he served as city editor, news editor and managing editor.
J.K. came to the Gwinnett Daily Post in 1998 as executive editor. He was named Publisher in 2005. He is now serving as Vice President/Content for the seven newspapers of Southern Community Newspapers, Inc.
J.K. and his wife Pam live in northeast Gwinnett County. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.
