Sanchez and Powell promoted at the Star TribuneMinneapolis/St. Paul - (February 5, 2008) - The Star Tribune announced two key promotions in its newsroom today.
Rene Sanchez has been promoted to managing editor for news and Cory Powell has been promoted to managing editor for presentation and innovation. Both will report directly to Editor and Senior Vice President Nancy Barnes.
As managing editor for news, Sanchez will be in charge of managing most of the news departments, the daily news report, and newsroom enterprise. He and Barnes will share responsibility for managing projects and investigations.
Sanchez has worked on most of the Star Tribune’s major enterprise for the last several years and was the driving force behind much of the coverage of the collapse of the I-35W bridge.
Sanchez’s journalism career began at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, first as an agate clerk and prep sports writer and then as a police and general assignment reporter. From there, he went to the Washington Post where he rose from a night cops reporter to the Post’s National staff. He covered education issues and news around the country, and spent his last six years covering California and the West.
As managing editor for presentation and innovation, Cory Powell will be responsible for the design desk, the copy desk, photography and graphics, as well as all newsroom operations. He will also be responsible for working with other departments in new product innovation, and will represent the newsroom in day-to-day issues that involve the pressroom and circulation.
Powell has been a creative force in the newsroom, working first on the redesign, the launch of the Vita.mn tab, and most recently as the deputy managing editor for visual journalism. He also has been instrumental in working with all the departments to implement zoning.
Powell came to the Star Tribune in 2003 from the Charlotte Observer where he rose from designer to design director over the course of 10 years. He has also worked at two other papers, as a news editor, copy desk chief and a copy editor. He is considered a leader nationally in design, and has taught at both the American Press Institute and the Poynter Institute.
Photos of Sanchez and Powell are available on request.
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