Bushee named editor of Chronicle

Hearst Newspapers named Ward Bushee, former editor and vice president of The Arizona Republic, executive vice president and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Bushee replaces Phil Bronstein who was named editor-at-large of Hearst Newspapers Division and the Chronicle on Jan. 23.
Bushee will begin working in California on Feb. 1
Bushee has been an editor for the last 21 years in the Gannett Co., where he was named "Editor of the Year" three times and 11 times won the company’s President’s Ring, awarded to outstanding top editors.
He has led The Arizona Republic since 2002, where he directed the news staff for Arizona's largest paper and the 10th largest newspaper in the nation.
Prior to joining the Republic, Bushee was editor and vice president of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
“It is an honor to be coming back to my home area as the editor of the paper that serves the greatest city in the world,” said Bushee. “The Chronicle has been my favorite newspaper for as long as I can remember. I have long admired the quality of journalism practiced by its staff and the sense of San Francisco and the Bay Area captured on its pages. I am very excited about the opportunity to lead the Chronicle news staff during this challenging time of transition in the newspaper industry.”
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