John Arundel, of the local family known for its publishing empire and support of all equine sports, says he definitely has printer’s ink in his veins: “My grandfather and grandmother were both journalists, and my father’s company has 15 newspapers.”
His own first publication was John’s Times, which he delivered, aged 9, along with the Washington Post, on his paper route. “I scooped the press corps on cat-in-the-tree news,” he says.
He edited both his high school and college newspapers, worked in Florida for the Miami Herald, and went into Kuwait with the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division, reporting for the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, NBC Radio and NPR. Except for a nine-year stint in finance with Citigroup, he has been in publishing ever since, reviving the Alexandria Times, which in its earlier incarnation was George Washington’s favorite newspaper.
Arundel also served as a press attaché to the late United States Ambassador to France, social doyenne Pamela Harriman.
Now he is the managing editor of a new-media outlet, LocalKicks.com, a thorough, online chronicle of everything you need to know about Alexandria’s happenings. A good editor and graceful writer, he gets to use his talent on essays, writing under the banner “Local Leaders.” In one recent essay, he reflected on his neighbor John Warner, who is retiring from the Senate after more than 30 years in government service.
In another, he spoke of Alexandria native Willard Scott. The veteran weatherman, who lives in Paris, Virginia, served as the grand marshal for Alexandria’s 38th Annual Scottish Christmas Walk Parade earlier this month.
His own first publication was John’s Times, which he delivered, aged 9, along with the Washington Post, on his paper route. “I scooped the press corps on cat-in-the-tree news,” he says.
He edited both his high school and college newspapers, worked in Florida for the Miami Herald, and went into Kuwait with the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division, reporting for the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, NBC Radio and NPR. Except for a nine-year stint in finance with Citigroup, he has been in publishing ever since, reviving the Alexandria Times, which in its earlier incarnation was George Washington’s favorite newspaper.
Arundel also served as a press attaché to the late United States Ambassador to France, social doyenne Pamela Harriman.
Now he is the managing editor of a new-media outlet, LocalKicks.com, a thorough, online chronicle of everything you need to know about Alexandria’s happenings. A good editor and graceful writer, he gets to use his talent on essays, writing under the banner “Local Leaders.” In one recent essay, he reflected on his neighbor John Warner, who is retiring from the Senate after more than 30 years in government service.
In another, he spoke of Alexandria native Willard Scott. The veteran weatherman, who lives in Paris, Virginia, served as the grand marshal for Alexandria’s 38th Annual Scottish Christmas Walk Parade earlier this month.
