KTRK Ups Keaton Fuchs To News Director

Keaton Fuchs today was promoted to news director of ABC-owned KTRK Houston.

Wendy Granato, KTRK president and general manager, said: “This is a time in our industry when we are seeing dramatic changes in how and where local viewers want to get their news and information; and given Keaton’s vast experience in content and data strategy, he is the right person to lead KTRK, Houston’s news leader, into the future,” said Granato.

Since 2016, Fuchs has served as a digital producer, investigative producer, and most recently, the head of content and data strategy for the station. He developed the investigative unit data strategy and incorporated the use of analytics to guide news content and the aggregation of community resources. Fuchs also successfully formed a station-wide digital content strategy which led to KTRK being No. 1 on social and digital platforms for television news for almost every month over the past six years, the station said.

Fuchs has also been responsible for training all station anchors and reporters on innovative technology that modernizes storytelling, as well as managers on real-time data analysis used to underscore content decisions. Additionally, he also developed the first mentorship program at the station.

Prior to his tenure at KTRK, he held the roles of assignment editor, producer, reporter and anchor at multiple newsrooms throughout Texas.

Fuchs holds a dual bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism from the University of Oklahoma.