User:Golfmiway

My name is Kent Kilpatrick and I have been in the newspaper business for 25 years and the publishing industry for 28 years. My career began in 1985 as a "lithographer" by clinical name or "color cutter" by the rest of the world. I began working for First Western Graphics (now out of business) in Miramar, CA producing color overlays and paste ups for many commercial print customers such as Handyman (once a large hardware store chain on the West Coast), Save-On, Albertson's, etc. My work usually consisted of either artist renderings or background colors.

I began my career in newspapers after graduating college from the University of San Diego in 1987. My family, to this point, had two generations that worked in the production and news departments for the Orange County, CA (then Santa Ana) Register. My grandfather was Chief Photographer back in the 40's and 50's for The Register and my father worked his way up through the pre-press department to eventually be the Vice President of Production before his retirement in the mid 90's. My mother also worked as a graphic artist for the newspaper. I am a third generation newspaper person and together, my family has almost 130 combined years working in the newspaper profession, all for Freedom Newspapers (Freedom Communications).

My career has taken me from North Carolina to Mississippi, back to North Carolina and currently as Publisher of the Journal-Courier in Jacksonville, IL. My experience in the newspaper industry includes circulation, packaging, production, news, advertising, finance and administration. I have practical working experience in all the aforementioned areas.

I began publishing the Jacksonville (IL) Journal-Courier in 2005 and currently continue in this capacity.