By: Joe Strupp A former online editor for the Hollywood Reporter has been named editor of the Glendale (Ca.) News-Press and Burbank Leader, with plans to take over next month, the News-Press reported.
Dan Evans will take the post about two months after Danette Goulet announced her intent to step down.
Evans, who most recently served as online news editor for the Hollywood Reporter, was announced as Goulet?s replacement in a staff meeting and will officially take over as director of editorial for four Times Community News titles, including the Crescenta Valley Sun and La Ca?ada Valley Sun, on April 1.
Los Angeles Times Targeted Media President John O?Loughlin said the decision to hire Evans came following an ?exhaustive search? from inside and outside the company, and that his web experience would be tapped to expand the papers? digital reach, the paper reported.
?We?re pleased with where we?ve arrived,? O?Loughlin said in the story.
Evans, 33, started as a reporter for the Ontario Our Times weekly newspaper, a now-defunct title of Times Community News, before moving on to the San Francisco Examiner, where he covered crime and courts.
He also served as a senior investigator for the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission prior to his two years at the Hollywood Reporter, which he left in December.
?In a sense, this is a bit of a dream for me,? Evans told staffers at the meeting Monday.
Evans said in the story he plans to increase the "functionality of the papers? websites and expand their presence through blogs and accounts on Facebook and Twitter as newspapers everywhere struggle to remain relevant amid declining subscriptions."
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