Primary Job Title President, U.S. Community Publishing Primary Organization 
Gannett
Location Mclean, Virginia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male Also Known As Bob
Investor Type
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Robert Dickey is the President of U.S. Community Publishing at Gannett.
Previously Bob served as Senior Group President of Pacific Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. from 2005 to 2008; President and Publisher of The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA, from 1993 to 2005 and Group Vice President of the Pacific Group,
1997 to 2005.
Bob began his career with Gannett as the Retail Advertising Manager in Reno and became Ad Director in 1990. In July of 1993, Bob rose through the ranks to President and Publisher of The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs.
In 1997, Bob became a Gannett Group Vice President for the Pacific Region and was named Senior Group President and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at The Arizona Republic in September 2005.
Bob's many accomplishments with Gannett include 2005 Manager of the Year, the only Gannett Publisher to win consecutive Publisher of the Year awards in 1998 and 1999, Publisher’s President’s Ring awards 1997 through 2002 and 2004 and President’s Ring and runner-up Ad Director of the Year in 1992.
Bob serves on the board of the National Newspaper Association and serves on the Executive Committee as Treasurer.
Bob also serves on the International Newspaper Marketing Association board of directors.
