Tribune Publishing Appoints New Editor-in-Chief for the Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press
July 22 2019 - 4:10PM
Tribune Publishing (NASDAQ:TPCO) announced today that Kris Worrell
has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Virginian-Pilot in
Norfolk, Virginia and the Daily Press in Newport News,
Virginia.
Worrell is currently the Executive Editor of The Press of
Atlantic City, N.J. and will begin her new role in August.
Moving to Virginia will be a homecoming for Worrell, who
attended the University of Virginia and was a reporter at both the
Pilot and Daily Press. An award-winning editor, she has held
positions at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Times-Union
(N.Y), Beaumont Enterprise (Tex.) and the Observer-Dispatch (N.Y.).
In addition, Worrell worked in marketing for two publishing houses
and a non-profit focused on child welfare.
“Kris is an innovative, strategic leader who almost doubled
digital page views in her current role,” said Timothy P. Knight,
CEO of Tribune Publishing. “She combines local knowledge with a
diverse set of experiences and the ability to propel our
journalism forward.”
Worrell has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the
University of Virginia, a master’s degree in journalism from
Syracuse University, and she studied fiction writing at
Columbia University.
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operates local media businesses in eight markets with titles
including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, The Baltimore
Sun, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, Virginia’s
Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot, The Morning Call of Lehigh
Valley, Pennsylvania, and the Hartford Courant.
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Tribune Content Agency and The Daily Meal and is the majority owner
of the product review website BestReviews.
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