We are excited to welcome Jack Chambers to BlueLena as Business Development Consultant. In this role, he will assist new and prospective customers with understanding BlueLena's platform and suite of services, then providing standard and customized
solutions to support their goals for growing audience and revenues.
Jack is a graduate of Charleston Southern University where he earned his BA and MBA in Business Administration. In addition to his studies, he was a three-year starter for the Charleston Southern football team and a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Using the extra "Covid year" of eligibility, this past fall Jack transferred to North Carolina State University where he quarterbacked the team to a nationally televised, come-from-behind win over Florida State and he was instrumental in leading the Wolfpack to an 8-4 record and a trip to the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
In addition to his accomplishments as a student-athlete, Jack enjoys traveling domestically and abroad, and mentoring youth as a volunteer. A native of Lilburn, GA he now resides in Charleston, SC.
BlueLena was founded in 2020 by an experienced team of journalists and newsmedia marketing executives to create a sustainable future for independent local media. We do so by deploying world class technology, and delivering the expertise and professional services to build and support subscription, membership and donation models for long-term success.
Today we support over 180 newsrooms across the United States and Canada.
We facilitate the sharing of best practices through a weekly newsletter, community Slack channel, and monthly Zoom meetings where we spotlight success stories from across the BlueLena publisher consortium.
BlueLena is founder-funded and backed by investment from Automattic (owner of WordPress), Local Media Association and Old Town Media, a New York-based firm that has supported The Colorado Sun, Block Club Chicago, Chalkbeat and Medium, among other successful media-related projects.
