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Esposito is the Editor of AkronNewsNow and also oversees news and information media for WAKR-WONE-WQMX radio in Akron, OH.

He is chairman of the Radio Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDA), a past chair of RTNDA, former President of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters Association (OAPB), a former member of the Akron Press Club Board of Directors and a former member of the Kent State University Journalism and Mass Communications student media advisory board.

He presently serves as a Trustee of the Ohio Coalition for Open Government (affiliated with the Ohio Newspapers Foundation.)

Edward Esposito

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posted 3/12/2010 6:20:42 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO The Champ Is Still The Champ The Pancake Throwdown. Words that strike fear in the heart of breakfast cooks everywhere, repeating as the Dustup in the Desert this year. The 2010 competition offered defending champion Tim Alcorn (2-0) a potential hat trick; will Indians broadcaster Jim Rosenhaus (0-2) have enough to beat the champ? read more "VIDEO The Champ Is Still The Champ"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 3/11/2010 6:08:08 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO On The Road With Ray The skies cleared, the sun was shining and the Tribe let their bats do the talking with a 10-5 pounding of the split-squad Padres at Goodyear Ballpark. Behind the scenes, however, it can be a grind. read more "VIDEO On The Road With Ray"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 3/9/2010 6:59:35 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO Pancake Trash Talk WAKR's Ray Horner and I are in Arizona, covering the 2010 start of the Indians spring training season. But the big competition is coming from behind the scenes, where a stretched stomach can be a badge of honor. read more "VIDEO Pancake Trash Talk"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 2/26/2010 7:46:46 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO Why First Is Number One On a weekend when sunshine will likely be in short supply, a reminder of how the Founding Fathers set up a system where the foundation of our government system mandates the light always shines for us. read more "VIDEO Why First Is Number One"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 2/8/2010 5:18:50 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	New Week, Same Complaint? Last week, the Akron Beacon Journal had some strong words for the Sheriff and progress -- or lack of -- in the jailhouse death of inmate Mark McCullaugh. Something tells me they won't be very happy with this week's news, either. read more "New Week, Same Complaint?"... link to post \| (comments: 1)

posted 1/26/2010 11:50:29 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Feeling Light Headed I guess I should be honored. After all, it isn't every day a national political figure reaches out with a "personal" letter. Let there be Light! read more "Feeling Light Headed"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 11/24/2009 3:02:55 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Conversations With Malcolm, Part 1 I had a chance to talk with author Malcolm Gladwell during his recent visit to Akron as part of the University of Akron speaker series at E.J. Thomas. Gladwell can be considered a "deep thinker" in terms of the way he writes about the way we think. read more "Conversations With Malcolm, Part 1"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 11/22/2009 2:42:15 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Not Every Blog Is Serious My sister Barbara forwarded this link; maybe you've already watched this video but it is one of my "new" favorites, especially heading into the holidays. read more "Not Every Blog Is Serious"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/29/2009 8:43:15 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Wishing Matt Well In the old days, rival media outlets never mentioned each other. You still see some of this today in the way some newspapers imagine their readers don't watch news the night before on television, or the way some television stations imagine their viewers don't listen to the radio at work, or the way some radio stations think their listeners live in dark caves until turning the knob. Glad those days are changing. read more "Wishing Matt Well"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/28/2009 1:26:56 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Doing It Jack's Way "Final Edition" may be prophetic in describing not only the Knight brothers Jack and Jim but also the world they left behind. read more "Doing It Jack's Way"... link to post \| (no comments yet)