Fred Obee

Executive Director, Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association

PO Box 690
Port Townsend, WA 98368
fredobee@wnpa.com
www.wnpa.com

Fred Obee has been a reporter, editor and manager of weekly, twice weekly and small daily newspapers in the Pacific Northwest for the past 30 years. He is a graduate of Western Washington University’s journalism program, was editor of the Whidbey News-Times in Oak Harbor, Wash. for 11 years, editor of the Daily Triplicate in Crescent City, Calif. for three years and spent 18 years at the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader in Port Townsend, Wash., first as a writer and editor, and finally as the General Manager. He is a former Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce President, a current Rotarian and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. He lives in Port Townsend with his wife Mary.