Susan Albright

Susan Albright is a prominent journalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to MinnPost.com, "Susan Albright, former editor of the Star Tribune's editorial pages, writes about national and foreign developments. She has held editing positions at the Louisville Times and the Syracuse Herald-Journal, and was editorial page editor for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson." [ [http://www.minnpost.com/susanalbright/ MinnPost - Susan Albright ] ]

She is currently a managing editor of MinnPost.com. Joel Kramer, editor and CEO of MinnPost, announced the appointment, saying, "This is an exciting hire for us and our readers. Susan has an outstanding reputation as both a journalist and a leader of journalists. She will share the managing editor duties with Roger Buoen, who has done such a great job assembling our team of editors and contributing journalists and establishing MinnPost as a high-quality site for news and analysis. Roger and Susan will make a formidable team, and having them both will enable MinnPost.com to devote more energy to unique enterprise reporting." [ [http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/01/31/741/albright_joins_minnpost_as_co-managing_editor MinnPost - Albright joins MinnPost as co-managing editor ] ] John Bersia, of The Masthead, said of Ms. Albright:

"Consider the case of Susan Albright, until last fall the editorial page editor at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and a former NCEW president. A veteran of the news business, she had been routinely lauded for her effectiveness. Former Vice President Walter Mondale described her as "brilliant, informed, courageous, tough, direct, and nice," as well as someone who oversaw editorial pages that commanded national and international respect. Unfortunately, Albright's vision conflicted with that of the Star Tribune's new publisher and chair, Chris Harte, who desired more locally focused editorial pages. With that, Albright was history; the loss was as much the Star Tribune's and its readers' as hers." [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2737/is_1_60/ai_n25019874/pg_2 Global events, from terrorism to avian flu, have local impacts: local-only focus cheats readers | Masthead, The | Find Articles at BNET ] ]

When Susan left the position of Editor of the Editorial Pages at the Star Tribune, publisher Chris Harte commented, "Susan has ably guided the Star Tribune editorial pages with the highest integrity since 1993, and I have the utmost respect for her as a journalist and an editorialist. She is a nationally recognized leader among editorial writers and a former president of the National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW).

Under her leadership, the Star Tribune editorial staff has won numerous editorial, op-ed and cartooning awards. In 2001 her staff conceived and launched the Sunday Op Ex section, now called 'Opinion Exchange.' " [ [http://www.poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12870 Poynter Online - Forums ] ]

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