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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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Occasional contributors:
* Randy McCarthy: Crime/breaking news
* John Henrikson: Tacoma, education
* Matt Misterek: Subruban, military
* Jeff Standaert: Crime/breaking news
* Marcelene Edwards: Business
* 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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The News Tribune editors update you on news decisions and coverage
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Posted by Jeff Standaert @ 10:18:16 pm

I'm back from eight days at the Summer Journalism Workshop at Seattle University.

Fifteen student journalists from high schools around the state worked with mentors from The News Tribune, The Seattle Times, the Seattle P-I and the Yakima Herald-Republic on storiess, photos and online content for the participating newspapers.

One of "our" students, Joe Sutton-Holcomb of Vashon Island High School, won a $1,000 scholarship at the end of the workshop. That's the third year in a row that students assigned to The News Tribune have won such an honor.

Joe's story on the squeeze facing Pierce County food banks ran last week. Another Trib student, Kristie Hsin of Decatur High School in Federal Way, has a story on Page B-1 of Monday's paper.

Watch for stories from our other students, Jordan Seto of Anderson Island and Andrea Muffly of Snohimish High, in the coming weeks.

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