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November 20th, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
The Philadelphia Inquirer has promoted Anne Gordon, 45, to managing editor. Gordon, previously deputy managing editor for arts and features coverage at the newspaper, has worked at the Inquirer since April 1999. She began at the paper as head of several daily and Sunday feature sections.
July 23rd, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
The Detroit Free Press and Atlanta Journal-Constitution named their first female editors in history this spring. Carole Leigh Hutton, who helped lead the Detroit Free Press through a difficult strike and the long illness of its top editor, was named executive editor of Michigan’s oldest and largest newspaper on June 3.
June 19th, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
Diane H. McFarlin, publisher of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida, took over as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors on April 12. Joining McFarlin in ASNE’s leadership are Peter K. Bhatia, executive editor, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., as vice president; Karla Garrett Harshaw, editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun, as secretary; and Rick Rodriguez, executive editor, The Sacramento (Calif.)
May 1st, 2002 • People and Places
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Now that it’s held two memorial services for Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal is planning a more permanent tribute to its slain journalist. This summer, The Journal, in conjunction with the Free Press publishing house, will release an anthology of Pearl’s reporting, The New York Observer reported.
April 3rd, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman has appointed three editors to new leadership positions, according to The Associated Press. Former news editor John Bridges, 36, was named metro editor. He has been an editor at the American-Statesman for 13 years. His previous positions include news copy editor, copy desk chief, nation-world editor and news editor.
March 5th, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
Police in Tyler, Texas, shot and killed a 73-year-old man on New Year’s Day after he apparently set fire to his home and then shot at those responding to the blaze. A Tyler Morning Telegraph newspaper reporter and photographer were injured in the shooting.
February 6th, 2002 • People and Places
People & Places
The New York Times Co. has named William M. Abrams, 48, a former newspaper reporter and ABC News executive, as the new head of its television unit, NYT Television. The division produces documentary and other non-fiction programs, mainly for cable channels such as Discovery Channel, Showtime, and The Learning Channel, according to The Associated Press.
December 14th, 2001 • People and Places
People & Places
Henry B. Haitz III, general manager of the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa., will become the newspaper’s president and publisher effective Jan. 1, according to The Associated Press. Haitz, 37, has been general manager since June 2000 and will replace publisher Lou Heldman, who is leaving to become president and publisher of The Wichita (Kan.)
November 14th, 2001 • People and Places
People & Places
Par Ridder, vice president and advertising director of The Tribune of San Luis Obispo, Calif., since 1999, became president and publisher effective Nov. 1, the newspaper’s corporate parent, Knight Ridder, announced. In the two years he has been advertising director, ad revenue has grown at a faster pace than at any other Knight Ridder paper, the company said.
October 4th, 2001 • People and Places
People & Places
At the St. Petersburg Times in late July, Robert Hooker was named deputy managing editor and Tim Nickens, the newspaper’s political editor, was named metro editor. Hooker, a 30-year employee of the Times, served as metro editor for the past five years.
September 14th, 2001 • People and Places
People & Places
Robert H. Wills, a past national president of SPJ and veteran Wisconsin newsman, has been inducted into the newly created Wisconsin Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame. Wills worked in various capacities at both the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel (the two papers merged in 1995).
July 31st, 2001 • People and Places
People & Places
After nearly 30 years as chairman of The Copley Press Inc., Helen K. Copley announced her retirement April 26. Succeeding her is her son, David C. Copley. Since 1997, David Copley, 49, has been president and chief executive officer of the company established in 1905 by his grandfather.
