Jim Brady is the Vice President of Journalism for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Brady, who joined Knight in August 2021, is a longtime digital media innovator whose experience ranges from leading major brands such as washingtonpost.com and Digital First Media to starting a company that built and sold local news sites in three cities.


Prior to his appointment at Knight, Jim held a wide range of media executive roles, including Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com, Editor in Chief of Digital First Media, CEO of Spirited Media, Head of News and Sports for America Online and in various other roles. Jim also served as ESPN’s public editor from 2015-18.


Jim is a Past President of the Online News Association, and, in 2017, received the Rich Jaroslovsky Award for his long service to ONA.