Newsroom Contact Information by Department

Individuals in the newsroom may be contacted from the list below or through this e-mail style: firstname.lastname@newsobserver.com

News Administration [Return to top]

• John Drescher Senior VP/Executive Editor (919) 829-4515
• Dan Barkin Senior Editor/Online (919) 829-4562
• Steve Riley Senior Editor/Investigations/Tar Heel of the Week (919) 836-4940
• Linda Williams Senior Editor/News (919) 829-4524
• Hope E. Paasch Director of Newsroom Production (704) 650-2734
• Susan Spring Director of Newsroom Operations (919) 829-4860
• Ann Lee Editorial Assistant (919) 829-4564
• Amy Rue Editorial Assistant (919) 829-4566

Business & Capitol [Return to top]

• Mary Cornatzer Business/Capitol Editor (919) 829-4755
• David Bracken Assistant Business/Capitol Editor (919) 829-4548
• John Murawski Telecom/Utilities/Energy (919) 829-8932
• David Ranii Banking and Technology (919) 829-4877
• John Frank Politics (919) 829-4698
• Lynn Bonner Education/Environment/DHHS (919) 829-4821
• Craig Jarvis State Government (919) 829-4576
• Rob Christensen Governor/Politics/Columnist (919) 829-4532

Durham/Orange/Chatham [Return to top]

• Mark Schultz Durham/Orange Editor (919) 932-2003
• Dave Hart Chapel Hill News Associate Editor (919) 932-8744
• Katelyn Ferral Chapel Hill, Orange County Government (919) 932-8746
• Jim Wise Durham, Durham County Government (919) 932-2004

Features [Return to top]

• Carole Tanzer Miller Features Editor (919) 829-8901
• Adrienne Johnson Martin Assistant Features Editor (919) 829-4751
• David Menconi Music Reporter (919) 829-4759
• Andrea Weigl Food Writer (919) 829-4848

General Assignment and Crime [Return to top]

• Mandy Locke Legal affairs (919) 829-8927
• Thomasi McDonald Police (919) 829-4533
• Jay Price N.C. State (919) 829-4526
• Martha Quillin Military affairs (919) 829-8989
• Bruce Siceloff Transportation/Airport/Road Worrier (919) 829-4527
• Ron Gallagher Police/Traffic/Weather (919) 829-4572
• Kyle Jahner Police/Traffic/Weather (919) 829-4822
• Amanda James Police/Traffic/Weather (919) 829-4870

Graphics [Return to top]

• Tim Lee Graphic Journalist/Illustrator (919) 829-4851

Interactive Media [Return to top]

• Web site issues (919) 836-5708
• Eric Frederick Managing Editor of newsobserver.com (919) 829-8956
• Bob Brueckner Interactive News Producer (919) 836-2886
• Matthew Fortner Online Content Producer
• Kevin Keister Online Sports Editor (919) 829-4508
• Paige Maxwell Online Content Producer / Interactive Designer (919) 836-2894
• Andrew Roman Online Content Producer (919) 829-4812
• Mike Williams Triangle.com Editor (919) 836-4973

Investigations [Return to top]

• Dan Kane Investigations (919) 829-4861
• J. Andrew Curliss Investigations (919) 829-4840
• Joseph Neff Investigations (919) 829-4516

Metro [Return to top]

• Thad Ogburn Metro Editor (919) 829-8987
• Richard Stradling Deputy Metro Editor (919) 829-4739
• Deborah Jackson Night Metro Editor (919) 829-8920
• Stacy Chandler Thumbs Up Editor (919) 829-4828
• Barry Saunders Columnist (919) 836-2811

News Research [Return to top]

• Teresa Leonard Director of News Research (919) 829-4866
• David Raynor Database Manager (919) 829-4798
• Brooke Cain Researcher (919) 829-4579
• Peggy Neal Researcher/Archivist (919) 829-8931

Opinion [Return to top]

• Steve Ford Editorial Page Editor (919) 829-4512
• Jim Jenkins Deputy Editorial Page Editor (919) 829-4513
• Allen Torrey Editorial Writer/Op-Ed Editor (919) 829-4517
• Burgetta Wheeler Editorial Writer/Letters Editor (919) 829-4825

Photo [Return to top]

• Scott Sharpe Director of Multimedia (919) 836-4927
• John Hansen Picture Editor (919) 812-7343
• Ethan Hyman Photographer (919) 829-4735
• Takaaki Iwabu Photographer (919) 812-4483
• Juli Leonard Photographer (919) 829-4896
• Chuck Liddy Photographer (919) 812-7311
• Travis Long Photographer (919) 812-7564
• Corey Lowenstein Photographer (919) 829-4735
• Harry Lynch Jr. Photographer (919) 932-2006
• Shawn Rocco Photographer (919) 812-8291
• John Rottet Photgrapher (919) 812-7369
• Chris Seward Photographer (919) 812-7307
• Robert Willett Photographer (919) 829-4735

Sports [Return to top]

• Gary Schwab Senior Sports Editor (919) 829-4552
• Steve Ruinsky Sports Editor (919) 829-4530
• Lorenzo Perez Assistant Sports Editor (919) 829-4643
• Chip Alexander Carolina Hurricanes Beat Reporter (919) 829-8945
• Luke DeCock Columnist (919) 829-8947
• J.P. Giglio College football Writer (919) 829-8938
• Robbi Pickeral College Basketball Writer (919) 829-8944
• Ken Tysiac ACC Writer (919) 829-8942
• Edward G. Robinson ACC/General Assignment Reporter (919) 829-4781
• Tim Stevens Prep Sports Reporter (919) 829-8910
• Caulton Tudor Columnist (919) 829-8946

Wake County [Return to top]

• Ned Barnett Wake County Editor (919) 829-8955
• Anne Blythe Courts (919) 836-4948
• Thomas Goldsmith Generations (919) 829-8929
• T. Keung Hui Wake Schools and Public Education (919) 829-4534
• Jane Stancill Education (919) 829-4559
• Josh Shaffer General Assignment/Columnist (919) 829-4818