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Sunshine Week 2008 Coordinators

Published: July 28, 2006
Last Updated: January 27, 2008

COORDINATORS LIAISON
Tim Franklin
Editor and Senior Vice President
The Sun, Baltimore
(410) 332-6088
tim.franklin@baltsun.com

NORTHEAST REGIONAL COORDINATOR (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)
Claude Albert
Managing Editor
The Hartford Courant
(860) 241-6755
calbert@courant.com

CONNECTICUT
James H. Smith
Editor, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport
President, New England Society of Newspaper Editors
(203) 330-6325
jsmith@ctpost.com

MAINE
Judy Meyer
Managing Editor, Days
Sun Journal, Lewiston
(207) 689-2902
jmeyer@sunjournal.com
and
Mal Leary
Capitol News Services, Augusta
(207) 621-0702
mal@mainecapitolnews.com

MASSACHUSETTS
Richard Lodge
Editor in Chief
The MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
(508) 626-3871
rlodge@cnc.com

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nick Pappas
Editorial Page Editor
The Telegraph, Nashua
(603) 594-6505
npappas@nashuatelegraph.com

NEW JERSEY
Rick Brack
Chief of Bureau
The Associated Press
(609) 392-3252
rbrack@ap.org

NEW YORK
Michelle Rea
Executive Director
New York Press Association, Albany
(518) 464-6483
mkrea@nynewspapers.com

RHODE ISLAND
Sheila Mullowney
Executive Editor, The Newport Daily News
President, Rhode Island Press Association
(401) 849-3300, ext. 251
sheilam@newportri.com

VERMONT
Randal Smathers
Editor
Rutland Herald
(802) 747-6121, ext. 2279
randal.smathers@rutlandherald.com

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL COORDINATOR (DC, DE, MD, NC, PA, VA, WV)
Rick Thames
Editor
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
(704) 358-5001
rthames@charlotteobserver.com

DELAWARE
John Sweeney
Editorial Page Editor, The News Journal, Wilmington
(302) 324-2990
jsweeney@delawareonline.com

MARYLAND
David Rosenthal
Assistant Managing Editor, Sunday
The Baltimore Sun
410-332-6956
dave.rosenthal@baltsun.com

NORTH CAROLINA
Steve Riley
Deputy Managing Editor
The News & Observer, Raleigh
919-836-4940
sriley@newsobserver.com

PENNSYLVANIA
Susan Schwartz
The Press Enterprise, Bloomsburg
(570) 752-3646
susan.s@pressenterprise.net

VIRGINIA
Megan Rhyne
Associate Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government
(757) 253-0212
meggity@widomaker.com

WASHINGTON, D.C.
George Condon
Washington Bureau Chief/Director of Editorial Policy, Copley News Service
(202) 737-6960
george.condon@copleydc.com

WEST VIRGINIA
Dorothy Abernathy
Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press
(304) 346-0897 dabernathy@ap.org

SOUTH REGIONAL COORDINATOR (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, SC, TN)
Michael K. Connelly
Executive Editor
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
(941) 957-5213
mike.connelly@heraldtribune.com

MIDWEST REGIONAL COORDINATOR (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, WI)
Dennis Ryerson
Editor
The Indianapolis Star
(317) 444-6169
dennis.ryerson@indystar.com

ILLINOIS
Beth Bennett
Director of Government Relations
Illinois Press Association, Springfield
217-241-1300
bbennett@illinoispress.org

INDIANA
Warren Watson
Director, J-Ideas
Ball State University, Muncie
765-285-8211
wwatson@bsu.edu

IOWA
Bill Monroe
Executive Director
Iowa Newspaper Association, Des Moines
515-244-2145
bmonroe@inanews.com

KANSAS
Doug Anstaett
Executive Director
Kansas Press Association, Topeka
785-271-5304
danstaett@kspress.com

MICHIGAN
Lisa McGraw
Public Affairs Manager
Michigan Press Association, Lansing
517-372-2424
lisa@michiganpress.org

MINNESOTA
Mary Treacy
Coalition on Government Information
612-781-4234
mtreacy@onvoymail.com

MISSOURI
Stacey Woelfel
News Director
KOMU-TV, Columbia
573-882-8888
staceywoelfel@komu.com

and

Doug Crews
Executive Director
Missouri Press Association, Columbia
573-882-8888
dcrews@socket.net

NEBRASKA
Alan Beermann
Executive Director
Nebraska Press Association, Lincoln
402-476-2851
abeermann@nebpress.com

WISCONSIN
Peter Fox
Executive Director
Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Madison
800-261-4242
peter.fox@wnanews.com

WEST REGIONAL COORDINATOR (CO, ID, MT, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY)
Fred Zipp
Managing Editor
Austin American-Statesman
(512) 912-2983
fzipp@statesman.com

COLORADO
Ed Otte
Executive Director
Colorado Press Association, Denver
(303) 571-5117, ext. 11
eotte@colopress.net

IDAHO
Kevin Richert
Editorial Page Editor
Idaho Statesman, Boise
(208) 377-6437
krichert@idahostatesman.com

MONTANA
John Doran
Editor
Helena Independent Record
(406) 447-4072
john.doran@lee.net

NEW MEXICO
Kent Walz
Editor
Albuquerque Journal
505-823-3802
kwalz@abqjournal.com

NORTH DAKOTA
Mike Jacobs
Editor and Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
(701) 780-1103
mjacobs@gfherald.com

OKLAHOMA
Joey Senat
President
FOI Oklahoma, Edmond
(405) 744-8277
Joey.senat@okstate.edu

SOUTH DAKOTA
Chuck Baldwin
President
South Dakotans for Open Government
(605) 677-5802
chuck.baldwin@usd.edu

TEXAS
Barry Bedlan
Assistant Chief of Dallas Bureau
The Associated Press
(972) 991-2100
bbedlan@ap.org

UTAH
Linda Peterson
President
Utah Foundation for Open Government
(801) 254-5974, ext. 17
linda@valleyjournals.com

WYOMING
Reed Eckhardt
Editor
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne
(307) 634-3361
reckhardt@wyomingnews.com

FAR WEST REGIONAL COORDINATOR (AK, AZ, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
David C. McCumber
Managing Editor
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(206) 448-8034
DavidMcCumber@seattlepi.com

ALASKA
Julie Wright
Managing Editor
Anchorage Daily News
(907) 257-4324
jwright@adn.com

HAWAII
Sandra S. Oshiro
Managing Editor, Digital and Multimedia
The Honolulu Advertiser
(808) 525–8063
ssoshiro@yahoo.com

NEVADA
A.D. Hopkins
Special Projects Editor
Las Vegas Review-Journal
(702) 383 0270
adhopkins@reviewjournal.com

OREGON
Terry Petty
News Editor
The Associated Press, Portland
(503) 704-7448
tpetty@ap.org

WASHINGTON
Mike Oakland
Opinion Page Editor
The Olympian, Olympia
(360)754-5464
moakland@theolympian.com

WEEKLY/COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS COORDINATOR
Steve Haynes
Publisher, Oberlin (Kan.) Herald
Vice President, National Newspaper Association
(785) 475-2206
s.haynes@nwkansas.com

ONLINE MEDIA COORDINATOR
Jim Brady
Executive Editor & Vice President, WashingtonPost.com
Board Member, Online News Association
(703) 469-2627
Jim.Brady@wpni.com

ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLIES COORDINATOR
Richard Karpel
Executive Director
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
(202) 289-8484
rkarpel@aan.org

STATE FOI AND FIRST AMENDMENT COALITIONS AND FOUNDATIONS COORDINATOR
Charles Davis
Executive Director, National Freedom of Information Coalition
Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia
(573) 882-5736
daviscn@missouri.edu

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COORDINATOR
Ron Spielberger
Executive Director, College Media Advisers
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, The University of Memphis
(901) 678-4798
rsplbrgr@memphis.edu

HIGH SCHOOLS COORDINATOR
Diana Mitsu Klos
Senior Project Director
ASNE, HighSchoolJournalism.com
(703) 453-1125
dmk@asne.org