By: E&P Staff Don Wycliff, public editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been appointed associate vice president for news and information at the University of Notre Dame, according to Hilary Crnkovich, vice president for public affairs and communication. Wycliff is an alumnus of the school (1969), which is located in South Bend, Ind.
Wycliff's appointment is effective March 13. He succeeds Matthew V. Storin, who had served in the position since 2002 and stepped down in January to teach journalism full time in Notre Dame's Department of American Studies.
According to a statement, Wycliff will serve as the University's chief spokesman and lead outreach efforts to the news media in all its forms -- print, electronic and Web-based.
Wycliff has been a member of the Tribune's editorial page staff since 1990 and has served as public editor since 2000. He was editor of the editorial page from 1991 to 2000. He was previously a member of the editorial board of The New York Times, and was once an admissions counselor at Notre Dame.
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