Dave Kansas Explained

David Kansas (born March 28, 1967) was the president of American Public Media until a restructuring in March 2022.[1] He had also served as chief operating officer of American Public Media Group, a position he assumed in 2011.[2] He was formerly an editor with The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com.

Career

Prior to taking the COO role at American Public Media Group, Kansas was a journalist living in London and working for The Wall Street Journal. While working for The Wall Street Journal, Kansas has written about a number of topics such as European financial systems and the stock market.[3] He was the editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section, author of the books The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It and The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook.[4]

Kansas is also former president of a personal finance online venture FiLife.com between Dow Jones and IAC/InterActiveCorp.[5] Prior to that, he also served as editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, working for site founder Jim Cramer and served on the board of directors.[6]

In 2016, Kansas was named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication at Bethel University.[7]

Personal life

Kansas attended St. Paul Academy from kindergarten to grade 12. During his time there, he participated in football, basketball, and baseball. Every spring the school would have a musical, which he also participated in. He served as the treasurer of the Student Activities Committee and was also a member of the state tournament winning Quiz Bowl for both his junior and senior year. He spent a year at Macalester College and then obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 from Columbia College of Columbia University.[8] [9] Since June 21, 2008, he has been married to Monica Kansas (née Schulz).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Media Executive Dave Kansas to Leave APMG Amid a Restructuring. 2022-07-18. Twin Cities Business. en-US. }
  2. Web site: David Kansas President, APM & Executive Vice President, APM Group. 2020-06-09. Minnesota Public Radio. en-US.
  3. Web site: Dave Kansas And 'The End Of Wall Street'. 2020-06-09. NPR.org. en.
  4. Web site: Author. 2020-06-09. HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. en-US.
  5. News: 2008-06-11. FiLife venture opens personal finance site. en. Reuters. 2020-06-09.
  6. Web site: Kansas. Dave. The New TSC: Tour with Dave Kansas. 2020-06-09. TheStreet. en-us.
  7. Web site: Public Radio’s Dave Kansas Named Director of Johnson Center for Journalism and Communication . 2020-06-09. www.bethel.edu.
  8. Web site: St. Paul Academy and Summit School: About SPA . SPA . 18 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013043/http://www.spa.edu/about_spa/dave_kansas.aspx . 26 October 2012 .
  9. Web site: Taking Business News To TheStreet. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915174205/http://www.college.columbia.edu:80/cct_archive/nov99/nov99_feature_thestreet.html . 2008-09-15 . June 8, 2020. Columbia College Today.