Ken Weine manages communications and media strategy for Consumer Reports publications, the Consumerist Web site, and for the advocacy campaigns of Consumers Union. He also directs CR's syndicated television, radio, newspaper products and Consumer Reports en Espanol, and oversees internal communications. Mr. Weine is a member of CR's Senior Leadership Team, and helps lead the organization's branding efforts.

Before joining CR in 2006, Mr. Weine worked for more than six years at Newsweek. As Communications Director, he managed publicity for Newsweek's U.S. and international editions and for Newsweek.com. His tenure also included managing the Creative Services department, which created all messaging and marketing materials for the worldwide sales staff.

A lawyer and political organizer by training, Mr. Weine previously was a Staff Attorney and the Communications Director at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. There, his writings on campaign-finance reform appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.

Mr. Weine is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University). He lives with his wife and two children in New York City.