Andrew Pergam is the Director of Video at The Washington Post.
In his role, Andrew leads a team of journalists that focuses on daily and long-form video storytelling. The department produces live events, coordinates local and national coverage and puts an emphasis on emerging distribution platforms for video.
Andrew’s background is in television news and the integration of broadcast and online journalism. He was most recently Editorial Director of J-Lab, examining and funding innovations in interactive journalism.
As managing editor for digital of NBC Connecticut, Pergam was responsible for strategic growth, editorial operations and successfully led the integration of on-air and on-line operations. Prior to that, he served as a television reporter who, in addition to his regular duties, created original online programming for a division of NBC Universal.
Described as “one of the very few smart, aggressive players” by a Hartford Courant columnist, Andrew is a proven digital news leader. He has won numerous awards for his broadcast reporting and recognition for his involvement in community organizations.
Andrew earned a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he remains active on the Board of Alumni, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University.
The Institute for Innovation? Why haven’t I seen you down on the bayou? The country needs guys like you ( and Kevin Coster, whose plan to plug that hole with posters and newspaper ads for Waterworld wasn’t taken as seriously as it should have been )
You’re on Gerry Brooks blogroll. That’s reason enough for me to check in on your stuff on a regular basis. Brooks is a good man.
Brooks who? Oh Brooks! Yes indeed, he’s a great man. Glad to have you along, too!