Ed Hersh

Ed Hersh is a media executive, strategist, and educator whose career experience encompasses print, broadcast and documentary journalism, non-fiction production and programming, and the rapidly evolving multi-platform environment.  An Emmy and duPont Award-winning journalist and producer, he spent 18 years in various production roles at ABC News before moving into executive and commissioning positions at A&E, Court TV, and Investigation Discovery. 

As founder and Chief Strategist of StoryCentric LLC, Hersh advises networks, producers, public broadcasters, and production companies in the U.S. and around the globe. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events and is regarded as a thought leader on the changing media ecosystem, including the business of true crime and nonfiction programming. 

An adjunct faculty member at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Hersh has taught courses and seminars on the media business, audience behavior, and the evolution of news, reality, documentary, and true-crime programming. 

He is a graduate of both Syracuse University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.