Kevin Davis
Kevin Davis is the principal of KLJD Consulting, a strategic revenue and development practice specializing in assisting independent news & information companies and their leadership. Davis was formerly the inaugural CEO and Executive Director of the Investigative News Network (INN), now known as the Institute for Nonprofit News, a consortium of 100+ nonprofit newsrooms in the U.S.
For the organization’s first five years of operation, Davis oversaw efforts to promote the sustainability of its member organizations, and increase the impact of the public service reporting through collaboration and digital distribution.
As a publisher and digital business entrepreneur, Davis has over 20 years of experience in strategic development and growth at news and media organizations. Before joining INN, Davis was responsible for operations at Los Angeles-based news organizations TheWrap.com, Hollywood.com and Variety.com.
Davis has spoken and lectured about the nonprofit and independent journalism sector at conferences and institutions globally. Davis also testified about the plight of nonprofit journalism in the IRS at the FCC's 2011 hearing on "the Information Needs of Communities," hosted by Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
For the organization’s first five years of operation, Davis oversaw efforts to promote the sustainability of its member organizations, and increase the impact of the public service reporting through collaboration and digital distribution.
As a publisher and digital business entrepreneur, Davis has over 20 years of experience in strategic development and growth at news and media organizations. Before joining INN, Davis was responsible for operations at Los Angeles-based news organizations TheWrap.com, Hollywood.com and Variety.com.
Davis has spoken and lectured about the nonprofit and independent journalism sector at conferences and institutions globally. Davis also testified about the plight of nonprofit journalism in the IRS at the FCC's 2011 hearing on "the Information Needs of Communities," hosted by Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.