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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 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)

posted 10/22/2009 5:55:06 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Most Wanted: An Investigation Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...Akron's version of the political Great White Shark swims back along the beachfront. In this case, the shark description doesn't point to an individual -- I'd like to make that clear from the outset. It describes what has become the norm, the style, the tone of political discourse in Akron magnified by the latest chapter from the Mayor's office. What we need is more investigation read more "Most Wanted: An Investigation"... link to post \| (comments: 2)

posted 10/20/2009 4:12:39 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Is A Little Quiet Asking Too Much? With three weeks to go before elections impacting city council seats across the region; school board races determining the direction local education of our kids should take; whether or not we can bet on Ohio or even assure that lump of chicken on our plates was treated humanely -- what is it we're talking about? What kind of driver is Mayor Plusquellic? read more "Is A Little Quiet Asking Too Much?"... link to post \| (comments: 1)

posted 10/18/2009 7:45:15 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	When Cops Lie It doesn't happen very often. Police, for the most part, are trained to be trusted by the public. By the news media. Even by suspects of crimes. The actions of the Sheriff in Larimer County, Colorado in leading the media to report law enforcement didn't question "balloon boy" as a hoax calls into question the actions of his department in providing credible information to the public. What comes first? read more "When Cops Lie"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/16/2009 5:48:35 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO Just A Thought Here... Please tell me if this was YOUR kid, or you were doing the interview, you would do the following: 1. At least ask during the interview if the boy needs help? 2. Tell the interviewer your kids need to get off-camera? This thing just keeps getting more strange by the minute... read more "VIDEO Just A Thought Here..."... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/16/2009 11:46:09 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	VIDEO Going Up Stairs - One Key At A Time With Balloon Boy (or BoxinAtticBoy, as my wife calls him) winding down we can move on to other interesting media. This certainly doesn't come close to approaching the gravity -- or lack thereof -- in a story of a six-year old thought to be aboard a runaway weather balloon, but it is pretty cool. Hats off again to Volkswagen's innovative advertising folks... read more "VIDEO Going Up Stairs - One Key At A Time"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/15/2009 11:53:27 AM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Political Sainthood? If a picture tells a thousand words this morning's front page telegraphs the next punch to come from the op-ed pages. read more "Political Sainthood?"... link to post \| (no comments yet)

posted 10/8/2009 5:02:25 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	The 300% Markup Remember the good ol' days when a light bulb above the head meant someone had a good idea? One has to wonder how that all changed in the executive offices at Akron-based FirstEnergy when it came to their program to unload millions of compact fluorescent light bulbs on consumers in what has to be one of the most expensive flip-a-switch programs of all time. read more "The 300% Markup"... link to post \| (comments: 2)

posted 10/5/2009 3:26:49 PM by Edward L. Esposito, AkronNewsNow.com
	Blood From A Stone-Cold Killer There's a great deal of talk today on a decision by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to postpone Thursday's scheduled execution of Lawrence Reynolds Jr. He's the Cuyahoga Falls man, otherwise known as inmate #A296121, on Death Row for the New Year's Day 1994 murder of neighbor Loretta Foster. read more "Blood From A Stone-Cold Killer"... link to post \| (no comments yet)