Traci Bauer

Vice President of Print and Digital Content

Traci Bauer is a veteran editor and digital strategist who has been with APG for more than two decades, operating in several markets.

Bauer began her career as a reporter in Springfield, Missouri, and worked her way through the management ranks with the Gannett Company, primarily in New York. She led multimedia strategy at Florida Today on the Space Coast and spent more than a decade in Rochester, N.Y., where she was a managing editor of The Democrat and Chronicle, and later a digital content executive for the Gannett Company. Bauer spent four years as the executive editor of The Journal News/lohud.com, in Westchester County, N.Y. Most recently, she was Director of Journalism for KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate.

Bauer received her bachelor’s degree in Communication/Journalism from Missouri State University. She earned her master’s degree in Innovation Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

In addition to her love for local journalism, Bauer is a runner, having completed more than 50 marathons and half marathons. She is currently pursuing a qualifying time for the Boston Marathon.