By: Joe Strupp Associate Editor Glenn Proctor of The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. has been named the new executive editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the newpaper announced Thursday.
Proctor, who currently oversees training and recruitment at the Advance Publications daily, replaces former executive editor William H. Milsaps, who retired earlier this year.
?Glenn is the right editor at the right time for The Times-Dispatch,? said Thomas A. Silvestri, Times-Dispatch president and publisher. ?Glenn?s passion for excellence in journalism, his firm but fair approach and his commitment to moving an organization forward put him ahead of a very spirited competition for the job.?
Proctor has served as assistant managing editor/local news for two years and city editor for one year at the Star-Ledger. He has also worked Gannett newspapers in Rochester, N.Y. at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.
Proctor spent 10 years at the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal as a reporter, weekend and night city editor. He was a member of the team that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for the Goodyear takeover attempt and also has been a Pulitzer juror.
"I am honored to become part of the management team at The Times-Dispatch," Proctor said. "This newspaper has a long and deep history and I hope in the years ahead, we can add to that legacy."
At the Times-Dispatch, Proctor will lead a 220-person newsroom that includes 10 news bureaus throughout Virginia and in Washington, D.C. The newspaper has a daily circulation of 181,000, with and 222,000 on Sunday.
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