Boehne started his career selling subscriptions for
The Cincinnati Post, while he was in
high school. Having graduated school, he worked at
The Cincinnati Enquirer as a part-time
reporter. Once he had his
bachelor's degree, he joined a chain of community newspapers, where he progressed while Suburban Communications (the company owner) bought and consolidated various Midwestern family-owned publications. Boehne started working at Scripps in 1988 in the capacity of
manager of
investor relations and a year later,
executive vice president. He soon after became director of communication efforts for the firm, simultaneously participating in the group that worked on the company's long-term
strategic planning and development. In 1995 he became a
vice president. Boehne was appointed as the chief executive officer of E.W. Scripps in 2008. He became chairman of the board in 2013, taking over from Nackey Scagliotti who had held the position for five years. Boehne was succeeded as president and CEO by
Adam P. Symson on August 8, 2017. ==Board memberships==