As editor-in-chief of ESPN.com, Patrick Stiegman is responsible for all content and the overall editorial direction of ESPN’s leading portfolio of digital sports properties, including text, audio, video and multimedia content. He also oversees management of the award-winning team of more than 400 editors and writers across ESPN.com and its network of related sites. His role includes collaborative strategic planning and cross-platform content development across ESPN. Stiegman joined the award-winning site in April 2004 and was most recently vice president and executive editor. Prior to joining ESPN, he was vice president/editor of Journal Interactive, the award-winning Internet division of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he was responsible for editorial, business and strategic development of Journal Communication’s new media initiatives. Stiegman was a 2001 Fellow in the Punch Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia Journalism School, and is a 1988 honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
