Chip Mahaney has 40 years experience in news, primarily in television and digital, with 20 of those years in leadership positions at local and corporate levels. Chip is currently Emerging Talent Leader for the E. W. Scripps Company, a company with a 143-year history of top-shelf journalism and innovation. In his role, Chip recruits, mentors and develops college and early-career professionals for careers in journalism.
Chip is a former Emmy and Murrow winner and is a longtime judge for those awards. He has worked for Scripps for more than 12 years, in various corporate roles and as news director at the station’s flagship station, WCPO, in Cincinnati.
Scripps is one of the largest broadcasting companies in the country, with 61 local stations in 41 markets. For nearly a century, the company’s motto has been “”Give light, and the people will find their own way.””
Chip Mahaney is News Director at WCPO 9 On Your Side in Cincinnati. He joined the station in November, after working eight years in the corporate offices of WCPO’s parent company, The E. W. Scripps Company. While at Scripps, Chip helped build the company’s digital division as Director of Digital Content and as Regional General Manager, overseeing local digital operations in multiple Scripps markets. Chip also served as the company’s National Director of News Recruitment, helping Scripps recruit the nation’s top newsroom leaders for its 24 local markets.
Before coming to Scripps and Cincinnati in 2008, Chip worked for stations in the FOX, Raycom, Gannett and Belo groups. He has 35 years of experience covering local news, sports and extreme weather, and managing newsroom technology. Over 20 years, he has trained thousands of journalists how to use new technologies and the leadership skills to implement them.
Chip serves the journalism industry as a member of the board of directors and executive committee for Radio Television Digital News Association, the leading organization of electronic journalists in the world. He is a longtime judge of the annual RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards. Chip has mentored dozens of developing journalists over the years, and he currently serves as a professional adviser to Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
One week a year, Chip joins the staff of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, overseeing social media and emceeing on-stage events.
Chip is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and is a native of the north Texas area. He prefers smoked barbecue brisket and Blue Bell ice cream. He enjoys running and cycling. He and his family are Anderson Township residents and members of Anderson Hills United Methodist Church. He has been married 27 years to Susan Mahaney, and they have two children.