By: (AP) Stuart Wilk, managing editor of
The Dallas Morning News, was elected president of the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) during the association's annual meeting here.
For the past year Wilk had served as vice president of the organization of editors from more than 1,500 newspapers. Ed Jones, editor of
The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Va., completed a year as president and remains on the executive committee.
Deanna Sands, managing editor of the
Omaha (Neb.)
World-Herald, was elected vice president after serving a year as secretary. Elected to fill that vacancy was Suki Dardarian, assistant managing editor-metro news at
The Seattle Times, who served as chairman of journalism studies and chaired the 70th anniversary conference.
Karen Magnuson, editor and vice president-news, the
Rochester (N.Y.)
Democrat and Chronicle, was elected to lead journalism studies.
Bill Felber, executive editor,
The Manhattan (Kan.)
Mercury, is the association's treasurer.
Members re-elected three directors to serve on the association's 31-member board and selected eight new directors. Returned to the board were George Stanley, managing editor,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Rich Rassmann, managing editor,
The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.; and Laura Sellers-Earl, corporate Internet editor, East Oregonian Publishing Co.
Newly-elected were Ellen Foley, managing editor,
The Philadelphia Daily News; Calvin Stovall, managing editor,
The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.; Mark Bowden, editor,
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Bobbie Jo Buel, managing editor,
Arizona Daily Star, Tucson; Karen Peterson, senior editor for daily news,
The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.; and Kathy Tulumello, deputy managing editor,
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix. Ken Tuck, managing editor of
The Dothan (Ala.)
Eagle, was elected to represent newspapers of under 35,000 circulation. Chris Kelley, editor of DallasNews.com, the Web site of the
Morning News, was elected to an online seat.
At a business meeting during the conference, Rich Luna, metro editor of The Detroit News, was re-elected to a two-year term on the APME Foundation, which funds educational projects for newspaper journalism.
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