Ron Hasse

President & Publisher, Southern California News Group

Ron Hasse serves as president and publisher of the Southern California News Group (SCNG) where he oversees day-to-day strategy and development of SCNG’s daily newspapers and websites, weekly publications, magazines, digital products and social channels. They include The Orange County Register, The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze in Torrance, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts.

Throughout Hasse’s tenure as president and publisher, he has advanced the company’s commitment to local journalism and has grown digital audiences across SCNG’s eleven properties. In 2015, The Daily Breeze won a Pulitzer Prize for excellence in local and investigative reporting, bringing SCNG’s cumulative Pulitzer Prize honors to five.   

Ron is an Executive Board member for the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BIZFED) and the Orange County Business Council (OCBC).

He has served as President of the California News Publisher’s Association (CNPA) and is a current member of its Executive Committee. While serving CNPA, Ron pursues legislative and strategic initiatives to aid community journalism maintaining a belief that a healthy local news organization equates to a healthy community. He specifically focuses on protecting and strengthening rural and ethnic publications whose goals are to prioritize reporting more closely on the specific needs of their communities. 

In 2015, Ron was the recipient of the Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year Award presented by the California Press Foundation. 

Hasse received his bachelor’s degree in organizational systems management and marketing from Cal State Northridge.