Tim Mcgovern
Executive Editor, News And Operations
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Mcgovern is an experienced editorial leader with 12 years shaping fast-paced newsrooms across major U.S. consumer media brands, now serving as Executive Editor, News and Operations at PEOPLE.com. He combines sharp storytelling and operations management—moving from hands-on reporting and weekend editing to overseeing daily news workflows and cross-platform execution. Tim's background spans celebrity and entertainment coverage at outlets like DailyMail, The US Sun, and HollywoodLife, alongside early reporting roles that honed his ear for cultural trends. A Northwestern theatre graduate, he brings a storyteller’s instincts and a knack for timing to editorial strategy, plus a playful data curiosity (he describes himself as a "noodler at data") that informs audience-driven coverage.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Theatre/Theater, Bachelor’s Degree Theatre/Theater at Northwestern University
Github Skills (33)
test-data10
testing10
faker10
dummy-data10
synthesizer9
python9
synthesis9
audio9
music9
live-coding9
sequencer8
computer-music8
react7
exhaustive6
sentiment5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
herdingbats/herdingbats.github.io
Jul 2016 - May 2023
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
herdingbats/modern-nlp-in-python
Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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