Some changes at the N&R
Betsi Robinson, who has been an editorial writer for the News & Record for nearly six years, is going to be our community editor, beginning next week.
This is wonderful news for the newspaper and for the community. Betsi is a crack journalist, generates great ideas, radiates positive energy and loves the Triad. She'll be in charge of People & Places and also will direct our coverage of interesting people around town. One of our priorities over the past year has been to focus on people as much as we do on government. We've made some headway -- I hope you've noticed -- and we expect Betsi to take us to the next level.
Before moving to editorial, Betsi was a news editor in Greensboro and High Point. She is involved in the community, her neighborhood and her children's schools. Please welcome her when you see her and send her lots of story ideas. You can do that here.
Meanwhile, Laura Goodman, a freelance writer and editor, has filled in admirably over the past several weeks as we waited for Betsi to finish her editorial duties. With Laura in charge, we've not missed a beat. She's been a life saver.
John Newsom, our higher education reporter, will try his hand at writing editorials until Editorial Page Editor Allen Johnson finds a permanent replacement. Opinion writing will be a good change of pace for John, who has covered higher and lower education for us for several years. Beginning next week, feel free to call him to comment on editorial opinion!