Conal Byrne

Vice President, Discovery Digital Media
Editor-in-Chief, HowStuffWorks.com

Conal Byrne is Vice President of Digital Media overseeing TLC.com and DiscoveryHealth.com, and the Editor-in-Chief of HowStuffWorks.com. Under his direction, an editorial team of 50 editors/writers and 100 contributing writers, create the article content for Discovery’s entire portfolio of websites including television network brands such as Animal Planet and Discovery Channel.

Since joining HowStuffWorks.com in 2007, Conal has helped ramp up Discovery’s online content output, developed several top-ranking podcast series, and launched a collection of expert- and talent-driven blogs. He works closely with network on-air producers and Discovery's digital media production department to create strong integrations between text, video and on-air programming.

Prior to HowStuffWorks.com, Conal was editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Sunday Paper, an Atlanta newsweekly. Within 12 months of its inception, the paper had accrued an audience of 500,000 weekly readers across metro Atlanta. As such, it was the fastest-growing newsweekly in the United States.

Conal received a B.A. in English from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Spanish Literature from Columbia University. He is based in Atlanta, GA.