Karen Peterson was named executive editor in August 2008. She served as managing editor of The News Tribune for three years. She joined the paper in 2000 as suburban team leader. She has been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Hawaii and Indiana, and for an Army publication in Germany. During her husband’s first tour at Fort Lewis in the late 1980s, she wrote for The Lakewood Press and started the monthly Pierce County Parent. She is a board member of the Associated Press Managing Editors. She and her husband, a retired Army officer, have two sons and live in Gig Harbor. Email Karen
Managing editor Dale Phelps has been a senior editor at The News Tribune since 1998. Before coming to Tacoma, he was a copy editor and assistant sports editor for 19 years at The Kansas City Star. He's a past chairman of the Northwest Region of the Associated Press Sports Editors. He lives in University Place with his wife and two children.| Email Dale
David Montesino has been the Assistant Managing Editor/Visuals for The News Tribune since December 2005. Montesino oversees the operation of the photography, graphics, design and copydesk departments. He worked at The News Tribune as the presentation team leader in 2000. He has worked as a graphics editor for The New York Times, art director at the L.A. Times and managing editor of The Honolulu Advertiser. Born and raised in the Philippines, Montesino immigrated to the United States in 1984 and studied journalism at Humboldt State University. | Email David
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* Jeremy Harrison: Photo
* Norma Martin: Soundlife
* Sue Kidd: Lifestyle
* Craig Sailor: Arts & Entertainment
* Jim Kresse: Copy desk
* Mary Anderson: News administration
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
A1: BCTI settlement was an excellent follow to our reporting on the case. Reporters and editors worked hard Friday night to get that one in the paper. Check out the previous reporting we did on BCTI: Big debt, broken dreams.
Reporter Steve Maynard did some great digging on the Federal Way teacher that’s keeping us ahead of the school administration on this story.
B1: “Rot in prison” headline was a little over the top for the story about the man getting a 30-plus year prison sentence.
Sports: Following a Friday morning tip that PGA golfer Michael Putnam was at the Chambers Bay Golf Course, we scrambled to make a great centerpiece. Thanks to those that hustled on it, the score box was a nice touch.
Business: The D Street overpass made a great “What's That?" feature. Do maps help with features like this? Let us know.
Soundlife: One editor thought the design was confusing with the different kids fo wallpapers featured. Hard to tell what's wallpaper and what is page design.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
A1: “Bumbling Bennett” teaser went further than the story did.
"After the Flood" centerpiece story was well done. There were so many parts, it could have used better organization or maybe an “inventory” for readers to keep it straight.
Glad we came back on it with people-centric stories that readers can really relate to.
UP center story gave readers a lot of insight into the development. The 3-D graphic really helped, though our color blind editors mentioned that the colors were difficult to read.
B1. Loved the story on the Mexican rodeo. You & Me was fun series of shorts on expectant mothers.
Sports: McGrath column was terrific. People were excited about it.
Business: Voelpel column had an interesting type treatment on the “anecdote” that was confusing for some. Otherwise, really interesting column. Stortini’s restaurant is West End, not North End. Error on our end.
Soundlife: Debbie Cafazzo’s Mothers Day story was excellent. Very well written and great photos from recently retired photographer Bruce Kellman.
Monday, May 14, 2007
A1: Reporter Scott Fontaine did a nice job on the marathon centerpiece, finding some interesting people to write about. Turned into a long, busy day for Drew, who had nice photos in print and online. Check out the gallery. Did you run?
Stryker story was a great pick for our paper. What more can we do from here? It’s a story best reported from Iraq, but it’s a big one for us.
We wanted a better story ladder with the flood story referring back to Sunday’s piece.
B1: Glad we had the Lakewood man story off the wire. Were there too many street stories on one page? We could have moved one forward or back a day.
Soundlife: Mothers-to-be yoga class story needed a sourcing than just the class instructor.
Span junior: We're at Spanaway Junior High this morning as the improved school opens ahead of schedule.
Foss Hotel: We're expecting an update on the waterfront hotel project.
Cop shot: We expect closing arguments today in the case of a Puyallup police officer shot in the South Hill Mall parking lot.
Felix: We expect him to pitch tomorrow.
