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News & Features
From the Idyllwild Town Crier weekly newspaper, 11.05.09 edition.
Reed to head management at Town Crier
By Marshall Smith, Staff
Reporter
Grace Reed will head the new Idyllwild Town
Crier management team as publisher and will report directly to Tindle
Newspapers Ltd (TNL) Chief Executive Officer Brian Doel. Doel announced
the new team on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Town Crier office. Joining
Reed are J.P. Crumrine as editor and Jim Crandall as chief operations
officer.
The new team will take over from retiring Publisher-Editor Becky Clark
on Nov. 14. The Town Crier is the lone American paper in the Tindle
chain of more than 225 community newspapers and several radio stations.
With a motto of “Local Papers at the Heart of the Community,” Tindle
focuses on local coverage. With that emphasis, Tindle has managed to
avoid many of the problems that burden larger papers laden with
expensive national and international news coverage responsibilities.
“The Town Crier is a good community paper,” said Doel. “It fits well
within the Tindle ethos and dedication to producing and publishing
community news. This team evolved from within the Town Crier, has been
part of it for years, and is identified with the people of Idyllwild as
part of the community.”
“I was surprised,” said Reed, who brings solid business background to
her new position. She will be the face of the Town Crier in the
community. Having served previously as advertising sales manager, Reed
said she would focus on enhancing the good relationships she has built
throughout the community and will continue to stay in touch with Town
Crier customers.
“I’m excited,” said Reed. “I think we have a great future ahead of us.
I think we have a tremendous team and I’m looking forward to improving
the products we offer our customers and the service we offer the
community.”
Crumrine moves from news editor to editor. “In the short term, our
readers won’t see any real difference,” he said. “Becky and I share the
same views about what to cover and the depth of that coverage. In the
long term, I want to improve our use of the Internet as a form of
information distribution. I’d like to see that happen.”
Known to his coworkers by his wry sense of humor, Crumrine added, “And,
if the Los Angeles Times continues to falter, I hope we’ll be prepared
to take over.”
Returning to the challenges of the job ahead, Crumrine added, “I feel
excited. It’s an important responsibility. I’ll do everything I can to
protect the community’s right to speech and their right to govern
themselves.”
Crandall proffered kudos to his team members. “I think Grace is perfect
for the job,” he said. “She’s popular in town and knows how to resolve
conflict. I’ve never seen anybody as dedicated to getting the news as
J.P. This is a great chance for him to grow on the job and bring the
paper to an even stronger level.”
Crandall will focus on improving the reach of the Crier’s circulation.
“I’ll also continue to make sure that we’re getting the best products
[within Crier infrastructure] for the best price. With this new team I
hope we can make the Town Crier everything Ernie Maxwell wanted it to
be and focus on being the best paper Idyllwild has ever seen.”
Clark said she is pleased with the choices. “I think this will be great
for the paper and the community,” she said smilingly. “I wanted to
leave knowing that the paper is in good hands and I know now that it is
— not just with this new management team but with our entire team.”
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