David Eliot is a co-founder of the Peninsula Pulse weekly newspaper, 5 times annual Door County Living magazine, and annual Door Wedding magazine.

A resident of Baileys Harbor, David is a cofounder of the event management company the Peninsula Pacers: organizers of the Door County Half Marathon, the Peninsula Century Fall Challenge and Spring Classic bike rides, Hairpin 5k, Hey Hey 5K, One Barrel Fun Run, Pen Park Trails Fest, Door County Wine Fest and Door County Beer Festival.

Eliot also co-founded The Paper Boy Distribution company and a video production company – Peninsula Filmworks. He serves as President of the Door County Triathlon Board, serves on the Board of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and Chairman of the Town of Baileys Harbor. 

Session(s)

3:00 - 
3:45 pm
, Friday, March 7
The future model of (homegrown) local journalism

University AB

Panel discussion about innovative ways for newspapers to think about business models, funding and covering community news.

Wisconsin Newspaper Association