INTRODUCTION
Known for his dedication to producing high-quality work, Stephen K. Peeples
is a media veteran whose journalistic experience extends from print to records
and radio to the Internet.
He is a Grammy nominee, award-winning radio producer/writer, and well-known
journalist in the Santa Clarita Valley, in the northwest corner of Los Angeles
County, Calif., half an hour from media centers in Hollywood, Burbank, Beverly
Hills, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica.
TODAY
Since February 2008, Peeples has been Online Editor for The
Signal, the SCV's only daily newspaper, founded in 1919. He also
serves as a news/features writer and contributing photographer for both the
print and online editions of the paper.
He joined The Signal in October
2007 as Assistant to the Editor and Web Content Editor for the paper's Web
site, which had been editor-less for a few months and desperate for attention.
On Monday, Oct. 22, Peeples' first day on the job, three major wildfires ringed
the SCV -- one of them racing through his neighborhood less than a mile away
from his home.
On that day and the next several, his frequent fire updates on The Signal's
Web site, along with those written by his Newsroom staff writer colleagues,
boosted visitor traffic substantially, and helped re-establish The-Signal.com
as the valley's top online source for local news.
As assistant to Editor Lila Littlejohn, Peeples' initial responsibilities
included editing the paper's Opinion page of local and wire commentary, political
cartoons and letters to the editor.
In winter 2007-2008, Peeples was also a member of the team that developed
a redesigned and much-improved Signal Web site launched Feb. 15, 2008. At
that time, he was promoted to Online Editor, invited to join the paper's editorial
board, and relieved of Opinion duties so he could focus on helping to manage
the new site, and further expand The Signal's online brand.
In November and December 2008, Peeples served as Interim Chief Copy Editor
for The Signal, in addition to his duties as Online Editor. He immediately
instituted new editing and proofing policies, and under his direction, careless
grammatical and typographical errors in the paper were quickly reduced from
frequent to rare or non-existent. Having set a new standard and trained new
copy desk staff, he returned to his online duties in January 2009.
Also in January, a new company, Innovation Heights, makers of the Drummersleash
spinning drumstick grip, engaged Peeples, a longtime drummer, as Director
of Communications and Western Sales for the new drummers' accessory.
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