Chronicle editor of the past five years and Chronicle/Ad-Visor Executive News Director since December, Shelly Sulser, has announced she will accept a transfer from the J-Ad Corporation's Marshall offices to their Battle Creek offices to head the Battle Creek Shopper news staff as executive editor.
She replaces editor since 2001 Jim Hitchcock who has resigned to start his own business in Grand Rapids, Forest Frogs.com.
"I'm excited about new opportunities to focus more on human interest type stories, to help citizens deserving of recognition and with inspiring stories to tell get those stories into print," said Sulser.
Sulser came to Marshall Feb. 10, 2003 and had just one week to redesign and transform the Chronicle after its purchase by J-Ad owners John, Fred and Steve Jacobs, owners of the Ad-Visor, Shopper and Hastings Reminder, along with seven other west Michigan weeklies and two Printing Plus locations.
"I've worked hard to turn the Chronicle into a reliable hometown paper of which the community and the surrounding communities can be proud," said Sulser.
Since coming to Marshall from Hastings, Sulser's work and the work of the news staff has garnered eight Michigan Press Association awards for design, reporting, photography, sports reporting and columns.
She's been responsible for coordinating content and design and has voluntarily taken on the task of launching and maintaining the Chronicle/Ad-Visor Feedback Forum.
Taking over will be award winning sports reporter John Hendler, who will continue to cover sports while supervising Chronicle content and design in a hands on role. Joining him will be new staff reporter Corinne Kellogg, who returns to the paper after working here as an intern last summer and subsequently graduating with her journalism degree from Adrian College in May.
He takes over Monday, Aug. 25.
"John and Corinne, along with the continued hard work and dedication of Ad-Visor staff editor and writer, Mary Tinsley Young and Donna Daines, will carry on in their sincere endeavors to give the greater Marshall area two publications that give readers all the news they need," said Sulser.
Contact John at 781-5444 or chronicle@jasnetworks.net and, after Aug. 25, contact Shelly at 1-800-870-7083 or shopper@j-adgraphics.com.
J-Ad Graphics/J-Ad Corporation are headquartered in Hastings, 1-800-870-7085.
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Good luck Shelly and John!
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