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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Seattle's SIFF Cinema movie house has an interesting theme this year for its annual film noir festival: "Newspaper Noir." The series features such titles as "Deadline, U.S.A.," "Scandal Sheet" and "Night Editor," which is described as "One of the raciest and raunchiest 'B' noirs of the forties."
Judging by the movie poster, being night editor is a dark, edgy profession, full of intrigue, guns and blonds. It was probably different back in the 1940s, but based on my experience, the job really isn't that glamorous. The only murder taking place is when I kill out the overflowing e-mail in my in box.
Realistic or not, I love the hard-drinking, fast-talking newsmen and women from the classic film noir and screwball comedies.
We had to change Sudoku vendors recently. Like many of the changes we make in the newspaper, the reception has not been universally positive. Callers to our reader representative the last couple of weeks have complained that the so-called "gold" level puzzle is not hard enough.
Our features editor, Norma Martin, contacted our new vendor this week. The representative for the syndicate was surprised to hear the "too easy" complaint. She said she normally hears that the puzzles are too hard. Anyway, she's going to research the matter and see if the level of difficulty can be addressed.
