PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of Jefferson County community leaders at a public reception Monday welcomed Terry Ward, new publisher of the Peninsula Daily News, the Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum weekly newspapers and the monthly Olympic Peninsula Homes-Land real estate magazine.
Ward, 43, took the helm Sept. 8. He worked with former publisher John Brewer until Brewer’s retirement Oct. 9.
Ward is the former CEO of KPC Media Group Inc., overseeing daily and weekly newspapers and online publications in northeastern Indiana.
Before joining KPC in 2012, he was director of sales and digital media for GateHouse Media’s Community Newspaper Division, working with 142 publications in 11 states.
Ward and his wife, Quinn, have three young children.
The PDN publishes two editions Sundays through Fridays — one tailored with local news for Port Townsend/Jefferson County readers, the other for Clallam County readers.
In addition to those two editions, in print and delivered as electronic eEditions, the newspaper has daily email newsletters, an active Facebook page and Twitter account, and the biggest news and advertising website (cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews) in Jefferson and Clallam counties, averaging more than 1.2 million page views monthly.
Monday’s reception for Ward at Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center follows receptions for Ward and Brewer in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks.
