Award-winning journalist, Ronald E. Childs named Executive Editor of The Chicago Defender

Ronald E. Childs

Award-winning journalist, Ronald E. Childs has been named Executive Editor of The Chicago Defender, one of the oldest African-American newspapers in the United States.

Childs, will oversee the editorial content of the newspaper and its digital platforms.

The Chicago Defender, which was founded in 1905, is the flagship publication of Detroit-based Real Times Media roster which also includes The New Pittsburgh Courier, The Memphis Tri-State Defender, The Michigan Chronicle, The Michigan FrontPage, and The Atlanta Daily World newspapers, their companion digital titles and websites and Who’s Who Publishing.

Prior to joining the Chicago Defender, Childs was founder and principal of OMEN Communications, a media relations firm, and an advisor to Moguldom Media Group, one of the nation’s largest networks of owned and operated digital brands focusing on African Americans.

Child served as Vice President of media relations for Chicago-based Flowers Communications Group. During his ten years at FCG, Childs worked with a number of blue-chip clients, including American Honda, McDonald’s, MillerCoors, Kmart and Sears and the Chicago White Sox.

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