Our new reporters
I've announced that we're introducing some new community news publications.
They are going to be edited by Cindy Loman, who has had various editing jobs here and was most recently in charge of training in our Human Resources Department until I begged her to come back.
The new reporters we've hired are:
* Adria Hairston, who has spent the last two years reporting for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in West Virginia.
* Jamie Kennedy, our 'boro editor, will take on additional responsibilities writing for the news tabs. Jamie has several years of experience covering a variety of news for the News Leader in Staunton, Va.
* Tiffany Jones, an A&T grad who has worked at papers in Jackson, Tenn., and Lenoir.
* Ryan Seals, half of the blog, Ryan and Christy's Place, achieved a small piece of fame last year when he was on duty in the Gulf and girlfriend Christy was here (she works for us). Ryan returned safely, married Christy, and started work at The Thomasville Times until we got him.
* Chris Coletta, a former intern here and former managing editor and opinion editor of the Daily Tar Heel.
They join current staff members Jeff Hahne and Jennifer Brown.