Jana Collier
As Vice President of Content, Jana Collier leads the news and digital teams that produce the region’s biggest media brands, including WHIO-TV, WHIO.com, Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun, the Journal-News and Dayton.com. A seasoned journalist who’s worked for Cox for 31 years, Jana has lead Cox’s efforts to converge its television, radio, print and digital newsgathering operations into one. She and her leadership team have built one of the most unique newsrooms in the nation – a modern media lab that can gather content and reach audience across every platform. She also manages the company’s customer insights and research team, which informs and guides the brands.
Even before this role, Jana was a leader in looking at news and news-gathering in non-traditional ways. She was the first female editor of the Dayton Daily News and has led the organization through revolutionary media changes.
Jana started working for Cox in 1988 as a reporter for the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald, then a Cox newspaper. She moved to Dayton in 2001. She and her husband, Mike Wallace, live in Kettering and have two grown daughters.
Jana serves on the Cox Arboretum Foundation Board and the advisory board for A Special Wish. She’s been active in literacy, open government and children’s organizations locally. She loves to sew and craft and is active in Dayton’s handmade movement.