By: E&P Staff Former Knight Ridder Vice President of Operations Paula Ellis has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president/national and new initiatives at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, effective in September.
In her new position, Ellis will oversee the foundation?s national programs, internal and external evaluation efforts, and manage the newly created Transformation Fund for special initiatives.
Ellis will report to Alberto Ibarg?en, president of the foundation.
"[Ellis?] greatest contributions will come in identifying opportunities and big ideas in Knight?s communities and journalism programs that promise the impact far beyond the dollar granted," Ibarg?en said in a statement. ?Paula is genuinely market-focused and will ensure that our evaluations are both true and practical.?
For the past two years, Ellis oversaw the operations at 15 Knight Ridder newspapers. She also served as president and publisher of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C., managing editor and assistant to the publisher at The State in Columbia, S.C., and an editor in the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau.
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