Incheon Ilbo President Kim Young-hwan Reappointed... "I Will Create a Happy Workplace by Communicating with Local Residents"

Kim Young-hwan, President of Incheon Ilbo

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon Ilbo announced on the 27th that it held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and a board meeting on the 25th, reappointing the current president Kim Younghwan (photo) as the 15th president.

President Kim began his career in the media industry as a reporter in the 2nd regular recruitment class of Kyungin Ilbo in 1982, then joined The Hankyoreh as a founding reporter in 1988 and retired in 2017.

Afterwards, he worked as an invited professor at Inha University School of Media and Information, nurturing future talents at Inha University and Incheon National University, before taking office as president of Incheon Ilbo in February 2019.

He advocated digital-first and community-based journalism, establishing an integrated CMS (Content Management System) to build a digital media foundation, and for the first time among domestic media companies, publicly recruited citizen editorial committee members, contributors, and digital citizen reporters.

Also, Incheon Ilbo was selected as a priority recipient of the Regional Newspaper Development Fund for three consecutive years, and achieved results such as ranking first in readership rate among metropolitan area regional newspapers in the 2021 Newspaper and Magazine Usage Survey by the Korea Press Foundation.

Despite the COVID-19 situation, from 2020 to 2021, it achieved annual sales growth of around 12% each year, maintaining profitable management for two consecutive years, and significantly expanded employee welfare including increased tuition support for employees' university student children, introduction of sabbatical leave, and health care expense support.

The term of office is three years, until February 2025.

President Kim expressed, "I will devote all my efforts to making Incheon Ilbo a dignified media company that communicates with local residents and a happy workplace for employees."

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