Jim Brady most recently served as Vice President of Journalism at Knight Foundation, overseeing its portfolio of more than $250 million in journalism grants.

During his Knight tenure, Brady was instrumental in developing the strategic framework behind Press Forward, a $500 million effort to revitalize local news in the United States. A longtime digital media innovator and executive, Brady guided Knight’s investments in sustainable and scalable local news business models that allowed for revenue diversification, market expansion, strategic partnerships and innovative product development.

Before his appointment at Knight, Brady served as CEO of Spirited Media, which operated local news sites Billy Penn in Philadelphia, The Incline in Pittsburgh, and Denverite in Denver before selling the businesses in 2019. Prior to that, Brady’s roles included Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com, Editor in Chief of Digital First Media, Head of News and Sports for America Online, General Manager of TBD.com and Public Editor of ESPN. 

Born in New York City and raised in Huntington, N.Y., Brady lives with his wife, Joan, in Miami.