John Dodge
BA Communication - 1983
Director of Digital/CBS
CBS Corp.
Munster, IN
John Dodge has been a journalist for nearly 40 years and has experience in print, television, and online platforms. He got his start in Lafayette, covering high school sports for the Journal and Courier in the mid-1980s. He eventually became Executive News Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times in the 1990s, overseeing the editing and production of the daily news section for one of the largest newspapers in the country.
He later moved to CBS Television in Chicago as Senior Editor and was named Executive Producer of cbschicago.com in 2007. In that role, he managed a staff of journalists on a website that combined the journalistic resources of CBS 2 News, News radio 780-AM, and WSCR-670, the sports radio station in Chicago. In 2016, Dodge was promoted to Director of Digital Content for CBS Chicago and oversees all digital operations on the station's various digital platforms, includingcbschicago.com and the television station's social media and video channels.
Dodge has led the team that has won several Edward R Murrow Awards for digital and overall excellence. Mr. Dodge graduated from Purdue in 1986 and lives in Northwest Indiana.
Director of Digital/CBS
CBS Corp.
Munster, IN
John Dodge has been a journalist for nearly 40 years and has experience in print, television, and online platforms. He got his start in Lafayette, covering high school sports for the Journal and Courier in the mid-1980s. He eventually became Executive News Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times in the 1990s, overseeing the editing and production of the daily news section for one of the largest newspapers in the country.
He later moved to CBS Television in Chicago as Senior Editor and was named Executive Producer of cbschicago.com in 2007. In that role, he managed a staff of journalists on a website that combined the journalistic resources of CBS 2 News, News radio 780-AM, and WSCR-670, the sports radio station in Chicago. In 2016, Dodge was promoted to Director of Digital Content for CBS Chicago and oversees all digital operations on the station's various digital platforms, includingcbschicago.com and the television station's social media and video channels.
Dodge has led the team that has won several Edward R Murrow Awards for digital and overall excellence. Mr. Dodge graduated from Purdue in 1986 and lives in Northwest Indiana.