Jon Bernard joined the West Virginia Media team in May 2008. As the Director of Internet Operations for all of the “West Virginia Media” Media Outlets, he oversees the operation, creation, and maintenance of the 11 web sites that West Virginia Media currently operates throughtout the state of West Virinia. He has spearheaded many other Internet projects for West Virginia Media, including YouNews; a User Generated Content solution, Mobile Local News Apps; Applications for the iPhone and Android Phones, and the implementation of a new streaming and pre-recorded video solution. In the summer of 2010, Jon managed the technical implementation and acquisition of WVillustrated.com, the leading WVU Sports Website in the state. He also creates much of the local Internet advertising that appears on the West Virginia Media sites.
Jon has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. While at Bethany College, Jon solidified his love for both traditional broadcast media and new media. He set a very aggressive Strategic Internet Plan that brought these traditional mediums into the Digital Age. He first came in contact with West Virginia Media through Jim Forbes, the Managing Editor and Anchor for WTRF-TV in Wheeling, West Virginia and Adjunct Professor of Communication at Bethany College.
Jon continues to work with each of the West Virginia Media properties to continue to improve the Internet presence of the stations by developing new and exciting ways to communicate with viewers. He works out of the West Virginia Media Corporate office in Charleston, West Virginia, and currently lives in Dunbar, West Virginia.
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