New roles for top editors at Star TribuneMinneapolis/St. Paul - (March 10, 2006) - The Star Tribune today announced promotions and new roles for three of its top editors.
Monica Moses, Star Tribune deputy managing editor for visuals, was promoted to the newly created top management position of Executive Director of Product Innovation reporting to Publisher and President J. Keith Moyer. Moses led the recent award-winning Star Tribune redesign.
With Moses’ departure from the newsroom, Mi-Ai Parrish will become deputy managing editor with responsibility for both features and the visual desks, and Cory Powell will assume the new position of assistant managing editor for design and readership, with responsibilities for improving and expanding on the goals of the newspaper’s redesign.
Commenting on the Moses appointment, Moyer said, “With the increasing competitive challenges and fast-paced technological changes our industry is facing, I believe an on-going commitment to creativity and innovation is imperative for our success. And I believe Monica, one of the most creative executives in our industry, has the spirit, talent and determination to take us in exciting new directions.”
Moyer said Moses, who will become a member of the company’s top management executive team, will serve as a creative advisor to existing products and products currently in development and will also lead efforts to implement best practices for the creation of niche products and electronic and online programming “that will keep the Star Tribune company on the leading edge of usefulness and relevance to our audiences.”
Moses came to the Star Tribune in the fall of 2002 from the Poynter Institute, where she was a faculty member in the areas of visual journalism and leadership. Prior to that, she held a number of editing and design positions in five newsrooms, including the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle and The Charlotte Observer, where she ushered in an unprecedented era of visual excellence and word-visual collaboration.
Parrish joined the Star Tribune in 2002. Previously, she held key editing posts at the San Francisco Chronicle, the Arizona Republic, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Norfolk Virginian Pilot. In her positions as Sunday manager and then assistant managing editor for features at the Star Tribune, she has helped lead the newsroom in important initiatives, from improvements to the Sunday paper to the reshaping of the features sections.
Star Tribune Editor Anders Gyllenhaal said that Parrish, as a deputy managing editor, will step into one of the top leadership roles in the newsroom and take on a broader responsibilities as manager and advocate for visuals, while continuing her stewardship of the features staffs.
Gyllenhaal said Powell will take responsibility for ensuring that the concepts of the Star Tribune redesign are honed and strengthened. Powell will report to Parrish and will also have responsibility for the newsroom systems and for working with production and the pressroom to emphasize quality issues. He came to the Star Tribune as presentation director in 2003 after leading the Charlotte Observer through a redesign and pagination conversion as design director. He also has worked as an editor, team leader and news editor at papers in the Carolinas and Vermont.
About the Star Tribune
The Star Tribune Company, a news and information company serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, is owned by The McClatchy Company of Sacramento, Calif. (NYSE:MNI). The Star Tribune newspaper is one of the top 20 largest newspapers in the nation, with an average daily circulation of 379,713 and an average Sunday circulation of 666,683 (per Audit Bureau of Circulations audit for 52-weeks ending 03/27/05). The company’s website, www.StarTribune.com, is the most frequently used local news and information service for the Twin Cities market. The Star Tribune Foundation has been supporting Twin Cities’ communities since 1945 and currently distributes about $3 million annually. On the Net: The Star Tribune Company: www.startribunecompany.com/company/, and The McClatchy Company: www.mcclatchy.com.
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