Romenesko Misc. | Arizona Republic | Gannett Blog
Ward Bushee "brings a wealth of news experience and journalistic vision to The Chronicle team," says Chronicle publisher
Frank Vega. “He has long been recognized as an editor who instills strong journalistic values, integrity and sense of community at the newspapers he leads." Bushee has been a Gannett editor for 21 years. He was named editor of the Arizona Republic in 2002. ||
AT THE REPUBLIC: Randy Lovely succeeds Bushee as editor. Lovely joined the Republic in 2002 as managing editor and was promoted to executive editor in 2005. ||
SOME OBSERVATIONS: From former Gannett employee
Jim Hopkins.
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Lovely becomes the only openly gay top editor of a major paper (E&P)