Ed Williams moves on
Ed Williams, our brand development manager and wine columnist, is going to become director of public information and marketing with Alamance Community College.
We're negotiating with him to keep his wine column.
Ed has been here for more than 20 years as a reporter, an editor, a human resources staffer, marketing director and probably a few things I left out. He has won a bunch of press awards and taught many a journalist. When he went to the brand development position, I wrote this about him. It still applies.
I've known Ed when he was a reporter for The Raleigh Times and I was the same for the News & Observer. We've seen a lot of changes in our business. I hate to lose him at my side fighting the good fight.
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Best of luck to Ed in his new gig. He once gave me some tips on picking a nice bottle of wine when I was a young man who only knew about beer.
Posted on September 19, 2008 2:50 PM
Ed was one of the best journalists I had the privilege to work with at the News & Record. He always demanded excellence from himself and from his reporters, and he cared deeply about the craft. I know he will be sorely missed. I wish him the very best.
Posted on September 20, 2008 6:06 PM
We second the comments from Ann Morris. Ed is one of the finest editors we've ever worked with. We were lucky to have him as a teacher early in our careers: He cares deeply about his reporters, and he demands the best of them. We're indebted to Ed for another reason, too: We first met after he hired us both as young bureau reporters at the N&R. We may never have known each other if it weren't for him. Good luck, Ed!
Posted on September 20, 2008 10:49 PM
Alamance Community College: You just made a great hire.
Good luck Ed.
Posted on September 22, 2008 10:31 AM
Ed was a great mentor to me as a young journalist. I only hoped that some day I could write and report and cover a beat half as well as he did. I am one of the lucky ones who got to learn from him. I know Ed will do great things at Alamance Community College but will be sorely missed at the N&R.
Posted on September 25, 2008 2:51 PM
Is this the Edwin Williams son of Carl Williams of Hornersville, MO?
Posted on November 25, 2008 11:45 AM