Seattle Times Names Kathy Best New Editor

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"some of whom are truly great journalists and some of whom are Joni Balter, Bruce Ramsey, and Lynn Thompson"

Bravo, Dom.

sarah70 on September 30, 2013 at 4:55 PM

A better editor of Slog might have made the headline "Dog-lover Blethen names Kathy Best as New Editor". I for one read it as "Dog-lover Blethen names Kathy as Best New Editor".

Warren Terra on September 30, 2013 at 4:56 PM

ACK!

Max Solomon on September 30, 2013 at 5:15 PM

Dude! Pot ads!

Will in Seattle on September 30, 2013 at 5:21 PM

Too much booze will give you that perspective Frank.

Frank Blethen's vodka distiller on September 30, 2013 at 5:34 PM

@2: don't complain, but rather savor the ambiguity. I've not met Kathy, but it's good to know she won the Best New Editor award. A year or so there was a Stranger article, can't reminder exactly how it went, "Local Art Gallery Promotes Kitsch" or the like, and, sure, it was a guy named Kitsch getting a new job. Made my day.

Eric from Boulder on September 30, 2013 at 5:35 PM

Ryan Blethen will become assistant managing editor/digital, working with Mark Higgins, Bob Payne …

WaaaaWaaaaaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

MrBaker on September 30, 2013 at 7:00 PM

It's difficult to always keep in mind that "digital" means something besides than what it used to mean, especially with R. Blethen.

sarah70 on September 30, 2013 at 8:30 PM

Frank Blethen could use an editor. His writing is shit.

DOUG. on September 30, 2013 at 9:33 PM

I miss The Rocket.

Just Jeff on October 1, 2013 at 5:24 AM

They still need a top notch columnist - bring back Rick Anderson or Terry McDermott, or steal Joel C.

menace2society on October 1, 2013 at 7:57 AM

Leon Espinoza will become the assistant managing editor for standards and interactivity. He will safeguard the credibility of The Seattle Times on all platforms and make sure we are listening to our readers, not just talking at them.

Really? A quasi-public editor/ombudsman?

Goldy, you have been replaced.

Fizgig on October 1, 2013 at 9:33 AM