Top Blacks in Editing Roles
For those looking
to make a professional connection in print journalism, here is
a list of African Americans in key decision-making roles. Please
e-mail additions, updates or corrections to Don Hudson (dhudson@clarionledger.com) at The
Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. Or, call him at (601) 961-7230
This list was updated on Nov.
6, 2003.
» Top Editor
» Managing Editor
» DME/AME/Associate/Wire Editor
TOP
EDITOR
Donald Adderton, editor, The Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, Miss.
Phone: 662-335-1155
E-mail: dvadderton@yahoo.com
Ronnie
Agnew,
executive editor, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
Phone: 601-961-7175
E-mail: ragnew@jackson.gannett.com
Caesar Andrews,
editor, Gannett News Service
Phone: 703-854-5898
E-mail: candrews@gns.gannett.com
Ken Bunting,
executive editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Phone: 206-448-8000
E-mail: kenbunting@seattlepi.com
Karla Garrett Harshaw, editor, Springfield (Ohio) News Sun; senior editor, Cox Community Newspapers
Phone: 937-328-0361
E-mail: kharshaw@coxohio.com
David Goodwin, editor, The Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
Phone: 513-422-3611, ext. 234
E-mail: mdgoodwin@coxohio.com
Bennie Ivory,
executive editor and vice president, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
Phone: 502-582-4295
E-mail: bivory@louisvil.gannett.com
Lee Ivory, executive editor and publisher, USA TODAY Sports Weekly
Phone: 703-854-8014
E-mail: livory@usatoday.com
Sherrie Marshall, executive editor, The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
Phone: 478-744-4340
E-mail: smarshall@macontel.com
Gregory Moore,
editor, The Denver Post
Phone: 303-820-1400
E-mail: gmoore@denverpost.com
Debra Adams Simmons,
editor and vice president, Akron Beacon Journal
Phone: 330-996-3507
E-mail: dasimmons@thebeaconjournal.com
Mizell Stewart
III, editor
and vice president, Tallahassee Democrat
Phone: 850-599-2177
E-mail: mstewart@tallahassee.com
Antionette Taylor-Thomas, managing editor (top job), Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio
Phone: 740-681-4344
E-mail: ataylort@nncogannett.com
MANAGING EDITOR
Dean Baquet, Los Angeles Times
Phone: 213-237-7000
E-mail: dean.baquet@latimes.com
Jeanette Barrett-Stokes, managing editor, features, Gannett News Service
Phone: 703-854-5881
E-mail: jbstokes@gns.gannett.com
Don Hudson,
The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
Phone: 601-961-7230
E-mail: dhudson@clarionledger.com
Tonnya Kennedy, The
State, Columbia, S.C.
Phone: 803-771-8508
E-mail: tkennedy@thestate.com
James Mallory, managing editor, initiatives and operations, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Phone: 404-526-5325
E-mail: jmallory@ajc.com
Everett (E.J.) Mitchell, The Detroit News
Phone: 313-222-2367
E-mail: ejmitchell@detnews.com
Jill Nevels-Haun, The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va.
Phone: 304-526-2779
E-mail: jhaun@huntingt.gannett.com
Africa Price, The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tenn.
Phone: 731- 425-9708
E-mail: aprice@jacksonsun.com
Otis Sanford, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
Phone: 901-529-2447
E-mail: sanford@gomemphis.com
Calvin Stovall, The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.
Phone: 302-324-2827
E-mail: cstovall@delawareonline.com
Catherine Straight, St.
Paul Pioneer
Press
Phone: 651-228-5336
E-mail: cstraight@pioneerpress.com
Hollis Towns, The Kalamazoo Gazette
Phone: 616-388-8511
Email: htowns@kalamazoogazette.com
DME/AME/ASSOCIATE/WIRE SERVICE/PUBLIC
Rodney Brooks, deputy managing editor, Money, USA TODAY
Phone: 703-854-3496
E-mail: rbrooks@usatoday.com
Geoff Brown, associate managing editor, features, Chicago Tribune
Phone: 312-222-3482
E-mail: gfbrown@tribune.com
Jean Marie Brown, assistant managing editor/Arlington, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Phone: 817-548-5525
E-mail: jmbrown@star-telegram.com
Stephen
Buckley,
assistant managing editor, world, St. Petersburg Times
Phone: 800-333-7505,
ext. 8326
E-mail: buckley@sptimes.com
Denise Cabrera,
chief of bureau, The Associated Press, Baltimore
Phone: 410-837-8315
E-mail: dcabrera@ap.org
Carole Carmichael, assistant managing editor, features, The Seattle Times
Phone: 206-464-3116
E-mail: ccarmichael@seattletimes.com
Shirley Carswell, assistant managing editor, planning and administration,
The Washington Post
Phone: 202-334-4472
E-mail: carswells@washpost.com
Milton Coleman, deputy managing editor, The Washington Post
Phone: 202-334-6224
E-mail: colemanm@washpost.com
Kenneth Cooper, national editor, Boston Globe
Phone: 617-929-2512
E-mail: kcooper@globe.com
Michael Days, deputy managing editor, Philadelphia Daily News
Phone: 215-854-5984
E-mail: daysm@phillynews.com
John Glenn, assistant managing editor, photography, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Phone: 404-526-5952
E-mail: jglenn@ajc.com
John Hall, assistant bureau chief, photos, The Associated Press, Washington, D.C.
Phone: 202-776-9522
E-mail: jhall@ap.org
Earnest Hart, assistant managing editor, presentation, The Clarion-Ledger,
Jackson, Miss.
Phone: 601-961-7269
E-mail: ehart@jackson.gannett.com
Ben Holden, deputy managing editor, The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif.
Phone: 760-778-4684
E-mail: ben.holden@thedesertsun.com
Joe Hutchinson, deputy managing editor, presentation, Los Angeles Times
Phone: 213-237-7808
E-mail: joe.hutchinson@latimes.com
Lonnie Isabel, assistant managing editor, Newsday
Phone: 631-843-4610
E-mail: lisabel@newsday.com
Andre Jackson, assistant managing editor, business, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Phone: 314-340-8202
E-mail: ajackson@post-dispatch.com
Edwina Kaikai, assistant managing editor, features, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Phone: 412-263-1920
E-mail: ekaikai@post-gazette.com
Rob King, deputy managing editor, visuals, Philadelphia Inquirer
Phone: 215-854-4869
E-mail: rking@phillynews.com
Sandra Long, deputy managing editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
Phone: 215-854-4515
E-mail: longs@phillynews.com
Kevin Merida, associate editor, The Washington Post
Phone: 202-334-7213
E-mail: meridak@washpost.com
Kathleen McElroy, associate managing editor, The New York
Times
Phone: 212-556-1740
E-mail: mcelroy@nytimes.com
John X. Miller, public
editor, Detroit Free Press
Phone: 313-222-6803
E-mail: miller@freepress.com
Acel Moore, associate editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
Phone: 215-854-4533
E-mail: amoore@phillynews.com
Robert Naylor Jr., director of editorial planning, The Associated
Press, New York
Phone: 212-621-1704
E-mail: rnaylor@ap.org
Jim Newkirk, assistant managing editor, Houston Chronicle
Phone: 713-220-6319
E-mail: james.newkirk@chron.com
Les Payne, New York editor, Newsday
Phone: 718-520-6676
E-mail: lpayne@newsday.com
Glenn Proctor, associate editor, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
Phone: 973-392-4140
E-mail: gproctor@starledger.com
Rod Richardson, assistant chief of bureau, The Associated
Press, Dallas
Phone: 972-991-2100
E-mail: rrichardson@ap.org
Mark Rochester, assistant managing editor, Sunday, The Denver Post
Phone: 303-820-1661
E-mail: mrochester@denverpost.com
Eugene Robinson, assistant managing editor, Style, The Washington Post
Phone: 202-334-5306
E-mail: robinsong@washpost.com
Mark Russell, assistant managing editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
Phone: 216-999-4019
E-mail: mrussell@plaind.com
Lennox Samuels, deputy managing editor, Dallas Morning News
Phone: 214-977-8713
E-mail: lsamuels@dallasnews.com
Bob Ray Sanders, associate editor, vice president and columnist, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Phone: 817-390-7775
E-mail: bobray@star-telegram.com
Ed Foster-Simeon, deputy managing editor, news, USA TODAY
Phone: 703-854-5849
E-mail: efostersimeon@usatoday
Vernon Smith, deputy international editor, Dallas Morning News
Phone: 214-977-8031
E-mail: vsmith@dallasnews.com
Will Sutton, deputy managing editor, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
Phone: 919-829-4530/4520
E-mail: sutton@newsobserver.com
Fred Sweets, senior photo editor, The Associated Press, New
York
Phone: 212-621-1986, 202-776-9898
E-mail: fsweets@ap.org
Pat Thompson, deputy managing editor, business, national, international
and enterprise, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Phone: 954-356-4509
E-mail: pthompson@sun-sentinel.com
Julie Topping, deputy managing editor, Detroit Free Press
Phone: 313-222-8850
E-mail: topping@freepress.com
Kathleen Wagner, assistant managing editor, news, Courier & Press, Evansville, Ind.
Phone: 812-464-7456
E-mail: wagnerk@courierpress.com
Harry Walker, director, Knight Ridder/Tribune Photo Service
Phone: 202-383-3736
E-mail: hwalker@krtinfo.com
Yvette Walker, assistant managing editor/reader representative, Kansas
City Star
Phone: 816-234-4818
E-mail: ywalker@kcstar.com
Vickie Walton-James, associate managing editor, Washington bureau, Chicago Tribune
Phone: 202-824-8254
E-mail: vwalton@tribune.com
Sharon Wilmore, assistant managing editor, features, Detroit Free Press
Phone: 313-222-8773
E-mail: wilmore@freepress.com
Don Wycliff, public editor, Chicago Tribune
Phone: 312-222-3431
E-mail: dwycliff@tribune.com
SPORTS
Caesar Alsop, sports editor, Philadelphia Daily News
Phone: 215-854-5700
E-mail: alsopc@phillynews.com
Dwayne Bray, deputy sports editor, Dallas Morning News
Phone: 214-977-8766
E-mail: dbray@dallasnews.com
Leon Carter, sports editor, New York Daily News
Phone: 212-210-2348
E-mail: lcarter@edit.nydailynews.com
Sam Davis, assistant managing editor, sports, Baltimore Sun
Phone: 410-332-6534
E-mail: sam.davis@baltsun.com
Gene Farris, deputy sports editor, Akron Beacon Journal
Phone: 330-996-3811
E-mail: gfarris@thebeaconjournal.com
Garry Howard, assistant managing editor, sports, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Phone: 414-224-2306
E-mail: ghoward@onwis.com
David Humphrey, deputy sports editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Phone: 817-390-7162
E-mail: dchumphrey@star-telegram.com
Robert Robinson, deputy managing editor, sports, USA TODAY
Phone: 703-854-3747
E-mail: rrobinso@usatoday.com
Larry Starks, assistant managing editor, sports, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Phone: 314-340-8272
E-mail: lstarks@post-dispatch.com
OPINION
Warren Bolton, associate editor, The State, Columbia, S.C.
Phone: 803-771-8631
E-mail: wbolton@thestate.com.
Leroy Chapman
Jr., associate
editor, The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.
Phone: 864-298-4448
E-mail: lchapman@greenvillenews.com
Roger Chesley, associate editor, The Virginian-Pilot
Phone: 757-446-2329
E-mail: roger.chesley@pilotonline.com
Janet Clayton, editor of editorial pages, Los Angeles Times
Phone: 213-237-7931
E-mail: janet.clayton@latimes.com
Lewis Diuguid, vice president of community affairs, columnist, Kansas City
Star
Phone: 816-234-4723
E-mail: ldiuguid@kcstar.com
Vanessa Gallman, editor, Lexington Herald-Leader
Phone: 859-231-1393
E-mail: vgallman@herald-leader.com
Colbert I. King, deputy editorial page editor, The Washington Post
Phone: 202-334-7475
E-mail: kingc@washpost.com
Allen Johnson, editor, Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record
Phone: 336-373-7010
E-mail: ajohnson@news-record.com
Jim Lawrence, editor, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Phone: 585-258-2250
E-mail: jlawrenc@democratandchronicle.com
Charles Coulter, op-ed editor, Kansas City Star
Phone: 816-234-4476
E-mail: ccoulter@kcstar.com
Byron McCauley, associate editorial page editor, Cincinnati Enquirer
Phone: 513-768-8473
E-mail: bmccaule@cincinna.gannett.com
Joe Oglesby, editor, Miami Herald
Phone: 305-376-3505
E-mail: joglesby@herald.com
David Porter, deputy editorial page editor, Orlando Sentinel
Phone: 407-420-5533
E-mail: dporter@orlandosentinel.com
Rose Russell, associate editor, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
Phone: 419-724-6178
E-mail: rrussell@theblade.com
Cynthia Tucker, editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Phone: 404-526-5084
E-mail: cynthia@ajc.com
CORPORATE
Cedric Bryant, manager/professional staffing, Gannett Co., McLean, Va.
Phone: 703-854-6229
E-mail: cbryant@gannett.com
Jeff Dorsey, director of diversity, Tribune Co., Chicago
Phone: 312-222-8622
E-mail: jdorsey@tribune.com
Bryan Monroe, assistant vice president/news, Knight Ridder,
San Jose, Calif.
Phone: 408-938-0281
E-mail: bmonroe@knightridder.com
Larry Olmstead, vice president, staff development and diversity,
Knight Ridder, San Jose, Calif.
Phone: 408-938-0335
E-mail: lolmstead@knightridder.com
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