DAILY NEWS NAMES LALUM MANAGING EDITOR.Byline: Daily News Melissa Lalum, executive news editor of the Daily News of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , was promoted to managing editor of the newspaper, Editor Ron Kaye announced Tuesday. ``Melissa is a remarkably talented journalist with a great eye for news and the design skills to present it in an eye-catching manner,'' Kaye said. ``She has a wonderful manner with people and knows how to get things done. We've had a great partnership and I'm looking forward to working with her in this new role to make the Daily News a more interesting and useful newspaper for our readers.'' Lalum, 34, succeeds Kaye, who was named editor earlier this month when David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Butler left the Daily News to become editor and publisher of the Detroit News when it was bought by the MediaNews Group Not to be confused with Media General, an unrelated newspaper and TV group. MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. , which owns the Daily News and operates eight newspapers in the Southern California market as the Los Angeles Newspaper Group The Los Angeles Newspaper Group is an umbrella group of local daily newspapers published in the greater Los Angeles area by MediaNews Group. The news coverage of the newspapers are mainly local stories. . Lalum has been with the Daily News since 1996. She has served in a number of positions including assistant managing editor and design editor. Before joining the Daily News, Lalum was an assistant news editor at the Ventura County Star. She started her career as a sports reporter working in Lake Tahoe and at the Santa Barbara News-Press The Santa Barbara News-Press is a broadsheet newspaper based in Santa Barbara, California. History The News-Press asserts it is the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California, publishing since 1855. . Lalum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State . Lalum and her husband, Rick Quinn, an assistant photo editor for the Ventura County Star, live in Ventura with their 20-month-old son Sean. ``This is an amazing challenge and thrill to shape the future of the paper, both in print and online,'' she said. ``The staff is ready for change and excited to work hard at bringing readers a lively, engaging product. I am lucky to be part of this team.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: LALUM |
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