PORT TOWNSEND — A community reception will be held Monday for Terry Ward, new publisher of the Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum weekly newspapers and the monthly Olympic Peninsula Homes-Land real estate magazine.
It will be at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, 2409 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The public is invited.
Appetizers and beverages will be served.
Ward, 43, took the helm Sept. 8 and worked during September with John Brewer, publisher and editor of the PDN since January 1998 and in charge of the other three publications since 2013.
Brewer, who will turn 68 later this month, retired last Friday after 50 years in journalism.
Ward, 43, is the former CEO of KPC Media Group Inc., overseeing daily and weekly newspapers and online publications in northeastern Indiana.
Before joining KPC in 2012, he was director of sales and digital media for GateHouse Media’s Community Newspaper Division, working with 142 publications in 11 states.
Ward and his wife, Quinn, have three young children.
The PDN publishes two editions Sundays through Fridays — one tailored with local news for Port Townsend/Jefferson County readers, the other for Clallam County readers.
In addition to those two editions, in print and delivered as electronic eEditions, the newspaper has daily email newsletters, an active Facebook page and Twitter account, and the biggest news and advertising website (www.peninsuladailynews.com) in Jefferson and Clallam counties, averaging more than 1.2 million pageviews monthly.
The Monday event in Port Townsend follows receptions for Ward and Brewer in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks.
