As the managing editor of The Daily Times Leader, West Point native Brandon Walker has promised to make the newspaper a product the city can be proud of.
Walker takes the place of Jeannetta Edwards, who reportedly notified Don Norman, publisher of The Daily Times Leader and its sister newspaper, The Starkville Daily News, of her resignation via a letter through FedEx.
Edwards also left other business ventures (and partners) in limbo as she apparently skipped town.
Despite the nature of Edwards” departure, Walker has high goals for his hometown newspaper.
“We will earn your support by becoming the best smalltown newspaper in Mississippi,” Walker wrote in a Sunday column.
The Daily Times Leader is published Tuesday through Friday and Sunday mornings except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year”s Day.
The Starkville Daily News and Daily Times Leader are owned by Horizon Publications Inc. in Marion, Ill., according to The SDN Web site. Horizon owns community newspapers in 16 states and Canada.
The Dispatch Editorial Board is made up of publisher Peter Imes, columnist Slim Smith, managing editor Zack Plair and senior newsroom staff.
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