Gary Graham will be the new editor of The Spokesman-Review, the newspaper announced Wednesday. Graham was promoted from managing editor.
Graham replaces Steven A. Smith who resigned last week. Smith's resignation coincided with announcements that the paper would cut 27 staffers from its editorial department. Smith later told Knight Digital Media Center's Michele McLellan on Oct. 2. that he stepped down because he wasn't able to practice the kind of journalism that "is important to me."
Graham has been a managing editor for 11 years in Binghamton, N.Y., and now in Spokeane, and he shares similar journalism philosophies as Smith.
“In many ways, Steve and I share the same values,” said Graham, who worked with Smith in Wichita, Kan. “He and I didn’t really differ philosophically.”
The task is perhaps more difficult for Graham as he will overtake a newsroom that is about to lose one third of its staff, which is coupled with a soon-to-be-launched redesign of S-R's Web site and the upcoming presidential election.
Read more about Graham's hire here.
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