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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Among the top local stories in Thursday's News Tribune:
• A man arrested by Lakewood police on suspicion of impersonating a police officer had a full load of police equipment with him when he was stopped. Investigators wonder just how far he may have carried his act.
• One last battle is playing out in Fife between the forces of agriculture and development. Development is certain to when, it's just a matter of how long it will take.
• The City of Tacoma spent nearly $292,000 on expenses related to this summer's Tall Ships Festival – slightly less than the city budgeted.
We all marveled at the performance of our team in reporting and presenting the annual WASL test scores. Our ace education reporter Debby Abe brought her experienced eye to the stories. Meanwhile reporter David Wickert and page designer Carmen Dybdahl worked to download, sort and present all the local school scores. Other reporters - Mike Archbold, Brent Champaco and Kris Sherman - contributed to the package with district-by-district analysis.
We dedicate a lot of effort and space to the test score announcement - more than most other news organizations. We are curious in hearing from readers about whether they use the newsprint charts and/or if they would rather have an online tool to look up and compare schools.
