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Randall Keith
Randall Keith is responsible for the Bay Area News Group's digital content and audience development. He joined The Mercury News in 1998 as the newspaper's telecom/e-commerce team editor. He edited business and local news teams prior to becoming a managing editor. Before joining The Mercury News, he worked at newspapers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts covering and editing local news and politics. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a BA degree in economics.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Affiliation: Online News Association
Award: Pulitzer Prize (2017 - Staff award for breaking news coverage of the fatal "Ghost Ship" fire in Oakland)
Expertise: Audience development, digital editing, content management, SEO and social media
Expertise: Newsroom management
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