Bill Swersey has been Director of Digital Media at WNYC, New York Public Radio, the largest public radio station in the US, since 2003. At WNYC Bill has overseen the expansion of the station's websites, live streaming, on demand audio and podcasting operations. WNYC is today widely recognized as an online innovator among public broadcasters.

Prior to joining WNYC, Bill was Director of Technology for Bravo Networks Digital Media. In 1999-2000 he was part of team that started Newsmakers Online Photo Service, later sold to Getty Images.

Digital Media is Bill's second career. From 1984-1996 he worked as photojournalist and was widely published in The NY Times, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and numerous other US and international publications. He was based in Moscow, Russia from 1991-1996, covering the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Bill has a Masters in Digital Media from NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program.