http://naplesnews.com/staff/tim_aten/Tim Aten brings a wealth of media experience and more than 20 years of newsroom leadership to his position overseeing online news. Tim was news editor of the Naples Daily News for nearly 10 years and anchored the newspaper's daily news podcasts for about two years before leading NDN's online team. He now is managing editor of optimization, and answers readers' questions in his weekly column, "In The Know."<p/> He and his wife, Peggy, left Midwestern winters behind 17 years ago to relocate to the Sunshine State. They initially lived in the Florida Keys, where Tim worked as managing editor of the daily Key West Citizen and later The Reporter, a weekly in the Upper Keys.<p/> Back in Ohio, Tim was city editor for the daily newspapers in Ashtabula and Chardon, Ohio, while serving as lead reporter covering the area's nuclear power plant. Not counting his three-year stint as cartoonist for his high school paper, Tim began his newspaper career as the county government reporter for the former Lake County Telegraph in Painesville, Ohio.<p/> But Tim was bitten by the radio bug first, beginning his broadcast journalism career in 1985 as a reporter and morning news anchor on WQLS in Painesville, and later a local cable television channel. He previously was a disc jockey for WQLS, WCDN, WKNT, college station WKSR, a college nightclub and numerous social events in northeastern Ohio.<p/> Tim earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications (radio and TV broadcasting) from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, where he co-wrote and directed a campus TV comedy show called "To Be Announced."<p/> en-ushttp://naplesnews.com/news/2009/jan/06/know-your-home-rsw-flight-path/In the Know: Is your home in RSW flight path?Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:41:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2009/jan/06/know-your-home-rsw-flight-path/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/know-whats-dusting-snow-florida-lawns/In the Know: What’s with 'dusting of snow' on Florida lawns?Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:25:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/know-whats-dusting-snow-florida-lawns/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/23/know-status-report-radio-road-santa-barbara-constr/In the Know: Status report on Radio Road, Santa Barbara constructionWed, 24 Dec 2008 00:35:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/23/know-status-report-radio-road-santa-barbara-constr/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/09/know-venus-jupiter-have-been-brightening-night-sky/ In the Know: Venus, Jupiter have been brightening night skyTue, 09 Dec 2008 23:31:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/09/know-venus-jupiter-have-been-brightening-night-sky/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/02/know-tropical-reef-latest-naples-restaurant-close/In the Know: Tropical Reef latest Naples restaurant to closeTue, 02 Dec 2008 23:57:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/02/know-tropical-reef-latest-naples-restaurant-close/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/25/know-why-private-airpark-allowed-operate/ In the Know: Why is private airpark allowed to operate?Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:31:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/25/know-why-private-airpark-allowed-operate/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/18/know-whats-being-built-santa-barbara-and-davis-blv/In the Know: What’s being built at Santa Barbara and Davis Blvd.?Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:28:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/18/know-whats-being-built-santa-barbara-and-davis-blv/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/11/know-when-will-traffic-light-be-mercato/In the Know: When will traffic light be up at The Mercato?Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/11/know-when-will-traffic-light-be-mercato/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/04/know-beach-antenna-and-snow-holiday-season/In the Know: Beach antenna and snow for the holiday seasonTue, 04 Nov 2008 23:29:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/04/know-beach-antenna-and-snow-holiday-season/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/oct/28/know-bianchis-replace-grill-club-naples/In the Know: Bianchi’s to replace Grill Club in NaplesWed, 29 Oct 2008 00:58:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/oct/28/know-bianchis-replace-grill-club-naples/