By
Robin J Phillips on Oct 26, 2009 in
Jobs
Richard Karpel
Richard Karpel has been selected as the next executive director of the American Society of News Editors.
Karpel, 50, has been in association management for more than 20 years, since 1995 as executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Karpel will join ASNE on Dec. 1 and assume responsibilities of the executive director in January, succeeding Scott Bosley, who has served nearly eleven years in the position and announced his retirement earlier this year.
About the Author
I am digital director at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, which I joined in 2009. Before that I was Online Community Manager for azcentral, the online site for The Arizona Republic. Before arriving in Arizona, I worked at Newsday where I was Deputy Business Editor. I was the small business editor at BusinessWeek Online. I teach journalists to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to expand and manage their networks. And I am a cofounder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat about web journalism. You can reach me at
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