According to a story on timesargus.com, Steven Pappas has replaced Sue Allen as editor of the 10,000 circulation Times Argus, which serves Barre-Montpelier and the surrounding area. Pappas had been a reporter in the paper’s Capital region and editor of The Times Argus/Rutland Herald Sunday edition. The two newspapers share ownership. Allen is one of the state’s most well known journalists. She has been the editor of The Times Argus since 2006. She has also been a reporter and editor for The Burlington Free Press and Vermont Public Television. She also served as Governor Dean’s press secretary during his final years in office. She will stay with the paper as a reporter covering Montpelier.
Pappas, 41, has been an editor and reporter at several northern New England publications. He studied journalism at the University of Maine. He has been a reporter and editor at the Bangor (ME) Daily News and the Concord (NH) Monitor, among other papers. He was quoted in the story as saying he wants to involve the community more and enhance the work of Allen in increasing the coverage of local news. He also said he will increase the use of technology in getting news and information to the paper’s readers.
Times Argus names Pappas new editor
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