Jon Cahill
Jon Cahill is the Operations Officer for Blur MediaWorks. Jon comes to Blur after a decade in various television newsrooms where he served as a producer, anchor and general assignment reporter. Jon’s broadcasting career has included stops at CBS News in New York, a CBS affiliate in Quincy Illinois and at the nations #1 CBS affiliate in Des Moines Iowa. Jon’s work in television has earned him a number of broadcast writing awards from the associated press, Iowa News Broadcasters and a 2007 Emmy nomination while serving as a general assignment reporter in Des Moines Iowa.
Jon grew up in Burlington Iowa and attended Western Illinois University where he earned a degree in Broadcasting and Communications. He currently lives in downtown Des Moines. About being part of Blur MediaWorks, Jon says, “I am excited about the opportunity to work for an on-line content production company because, unlike traditional news outlets, this new media platform allows for targeted distribution of content in a format that is not restricted by time, but rather is only restricted by creativity”
