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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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The News Tribune editors update you on news decisions and coverage
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Posted by Jeremy Harrison @ 11:08:09 am

Friday, March 7, 2008

A1:
Readable lede story on the Sonics. Nice job of writing and providing context for the story. Thanks to Scott Fontaine for helping out.

The bell story is a good yarn, following a story many of us remember. Interesting details.

Nice design on the teasers at the top of the page. Comics, basketball and movies with beer. Must be the weekend.

Nowthwest-y story about smelt dipping and the disappearing culture of that annual event.

B1:
The centerpiece is designed according to our prescribed style, but it didn't work because the copy block was too big. At the size it is, regular body copy and a headline would have probably looked a lot better.

We wished we had a mug shot of the ELF defendant.

Sports:
Great high school basketball coverage. Strong effort by all involved. We liked that there was a photo referring readers to A1 for the Sonics story.

Business:
The Pizza and Pipes story brought back memories for many of us. We probably could/should have made a centerpiece out of it.

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