Title: Publisher
Workplace: Daily State News
Alma Mater: Hillsdale College
Boards: Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce, KSLA, MDDC Press Association
Q&A: What was your first job? “Working at a Peebles Department Store in Salisbury, Md.”
As a subsidiary of Independent NewsMedia Network of Delmarva, the Daily State News has served the First State for more than six decades. It was the first daily newspaper published out of Dover, and today publishes thousands of copies five days a week. Konrad LaPrade was named publisher in early 2023, after his father Darel LaPrade retired from the job. Konrad LaPrade has extensive experience in print advertising, with media advertising in markets of all sizes, including Dover, Salisbury, Easton, Baltimore and Philadelphia, as well as Charlotte, N.C., and Albany, N.Y. He last served six years as regional vice president of sales for Gatehouse in North Carolina before returning to Delaware in 2019.
