Who is behind Key West Island News?
KeyWestWatch Media LLC and Key West Island News are owned by editor and proprietor Linda Grist Cunningham, a nationally recognized legacy newspaper editor and publishing executive with more than 40 years of professional experience.
Cunningham is a veteran journalist who relocated to Key West in 2012, when legacy media proved itself too cumbersome to change with and adapt to today’s information world. She built her new media company business plan, packed up four cats (now five) and a husband and launched her digital solutions company for small businesses and not-for-profits.
Unable to shake completely her love affair with journalism, Cunningham in 2018 launched Key West Island News, a digital information service that connects Key West residents and our off-island friends, fosters our One Human Family culture and advances understanding of shared goals for our island community. She is the editor behind KeyWestHurricaneIrma, the Facebook Page that reached almost a million people around the world during the September 2017 hurricane.
She continues her writing on her personal blog and on KeyWestIslandNews. She is a weekly columnist for The Citizen, Key West’s local newspaper. Her key topics include Key West and the Florida Keys, public policy, the sustainable environment, economic development and quality of life.
She is a member of the board of directors for the Lower Keys chapter of the League of Women Voters, an elder at Peace Covenant Presbyterian Church, active in Equality Florida and a charter member of the Women’s March on Duval. She is a long-time member of the Stars and Stripes’ Publisher’s Advisory Board. She is also a member of the Monroe County Land Authority Advisory Committee. She is a board member of Fair Insurance Rates for Monroe County (FIRM) and a member of the Key West Ambassador Academy.
She and her husband Ed, a park ranger at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, live with their five cats (the Cat 5s) in Key West.
Stay up-to-date
Linda writes at least weekly for her Key West blog and for The Citizen, Key West’s local newspaper. But you won’t have to worry about missing anything. Every new edition of her columns appears in the newsletter, which goes directly to your inbox.
Social media: Follow Linda and Key West Island News
On social media Linda shares the latest news, information, gossip and Key West life. If you just can’t get enough of Key West, if you’re dreaming about an escape to a tropical island, follow her on social media.
