Russ Ptacek

Russ Ptacek on assignment in Mpumalanga, South Africa, in 2016

Russell Ray Ptacek (born September 5, 1963) is an American investigative journalist, social media personality, and ASMR researcher.

In the late 1990s, Ptacek headed NewsTV, which sold footage to television channels. He sold NewsTV in 2001 and returned to the University of Kansas, from which he had dropped out in the 1980s to become a reporter for WIBW-TV in Topeka.

In 2006, Ptacek was hired by KSHB-TV in Kansas City. He left KSHB in 2012 to work at WUSA in Washington, D.C., where he remained until 2016.

In 2019, Ptacek began investigating the explosion of new media forms on YouTube, which led to the creation of the ASMR Foundation, where he serves as director.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kendall, Justin (February 29, 2012). "Mr. Ptacek Goes to Washington: KSHB's Russ Ptacek lands his dream job — and it isn't here". The Pitch. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ Gunther, Mark (February 1, 1999). "The New Face Of Network News". Fortune. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Sommer, Will (May 3, 2013). "Russ Hour". Washington City Paper.
  4. 1 2 Kurzius, Rachel (April 24, 2019). "Former Investigative TV Reporter Russ Ptacek Is Getting Into ASMR. Like, Really Into It". DCist. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.