Connie Kindsvater tells us :

 One of our newer members (2011) Jeff Bruce is now the Managing Editor of the NDN! Congrats to Jeff!!  In his new job, he will have a nurturing role, working with staff to help produce the best investigative and enterprise stories that can't be found anywhere else (according to Phil Lewis).  In the article (on p. 1 of today's paper) it states that Bruce was hired in 2011 by the NDN after a national search; he's a former editor of the Dayton (OH) Daily News, a managing editor for the Austin (TX) American-Statesman, and editor-in-chief for Cox Ohio Publishing. Earlier in his career, he had various reporting and editing jobs with the Miami Herald, the Palm Beach Post, the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Times. He has also been a member of two Pulitzer Prize juries and a judge for national journalism, writing and photography awards. Currently, he is a journalist in residence at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and has traveled back and forth from Naples to teach Mass Media Writing, Editing, and Feature Writing. From now on, he will teach an online course and does not plan to commute.

The NDN also announced that Phil Lewis (also one of our members), now the Executive Editor and Vice President, will continue to be responsible for newsroom operations, including the editorial and opinion pages, and will continue to head up the editorial board and will resume a weekly column.

The lobby was full of “happy”, chatting, merry-makers anxious to talk about their summer happenings and upcoming professional happenings.

 

George Walmsley didn’t summer in Canada this year. He was working hard on a remake of his first book “Virtuoso. a Love Story in Scarlet.” The title is changed a bit to:”The Virtuoso”, A Young Man’s Journey” and it will be out on e-book in November. He also plans a sequel to be announced soon. Can’t wait to hear what happens to John Dupree and Sophia Berry!

“I definitely see e-books as the way to go, “George commented.