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NEWS
  • You can reach The Roanoke Times news staff via e-mail by clicking on their name links.
  • Or you can send U.S. Mail to: The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010-2491.
    Phone: (800) 346-1234, ext. 341
  • New River Valley bureau, 110 Peppers Ferry Road, Christiansburg, VA 24073.
    Phone: (800) 346-1234, ext. 600

Reporting staff -- Roanoke
Duncan Adams is a general assignment reporter who also covers the economy and manufacturing.
Mike Allen covers Franklin and Henry counties.
Lois Caliri covers utilities, transportation, telecommunications and agriculture.
Matt Chittum is a general assignment reporter who also covers Lexington, Rockbridge County, Alleghany County, Buena Vista, Covington, Clifton Forge and Virginia Military Institute.
Jay Conley covers Bedford and Bedford County.
John Cramer is a general assignment reporter who also covers Salem and environmental issues.
Tad Dickens covers Roanoke courts and legal issues.
Laurence Hammack is a general assignment reporter who also covers prisons and criminal justice issues.
Todd Jackson covers Roanoke city hall and other municipal news.
Joe Kennedy writes the "Cuppa Joe" column.
Jenny Kincaid covers retail and real estate.
Kathy Lu covers charities and social issues.
Jen McCaffery covers federal courts.
Shawna Morrison covers the night beat.
Lindsey Nair covers Roanoke and Roanoke County police and Roanoke County courts.
Wendy Pagonis covers education.
JoAnne Poindexter covers Botetourt County.
Ray Reed is the Computer Assisted Reporting coordinator who also covers transportation.
Michael Sluss covers state government and politics from our Richmond bureau.
Jeff Sturgeon covers medicine.
Tim Thornton covers Roanoke County.

New River Valley staff
Mark Morrison is editor of the New River Valley Bureau.
Megan Schnabel is assistant editor of the New River Valley bureau.
Paul Dellinger covers Radford and New River Valley business.
Don Simmons Jr. covers Pulaski County, including police and courts.
Jill Hoffman covers Montgomery County schools.
Greg Esposito covers Montgomery County and Christiansburg.
Mike Gangloff covers growth and development in the New River Valley.
Kevin Miller covers Virginia Tech, Radford University and state/national higher education issues.
Shay Wessol covers police and courts in the New River Valley.
Tonia Moxley covers arts, entertainment and religion in the New River Valley.
Donna Alvis-Banks writes feature stories from across the New River Valley.
Dawn Baumgartner writes about school events and people from across the New River Valley.

Editors
Mike Riley is the editor.
Rich Martin is the newspaper's managing editor.
Dwayne Yancey is assistant managing editor and also oversees coverage of crime, courts, state politics and government.
Hank Wilson is assistant managing editor for visuals.
John Doyle Gibbons is the news editor.
Dan Casey is a metro editor who oversees coverage of Roanoke, Bedford, Botetourt and Franklin counties.
Brian Kelley is a metro editor who oversees coverage of Roanoke.
McGregor McCance is a metro editor who oversees business coverage.
Beth Handley is the night metro editor.

Sports staff
Michael Stowe is the sports editor.
Robert Anderson edits prep sports coverage
Mark Berman covers Virginia Tech, VMI and Division III sports.
Ray Cox covers New River Valley high schools and Radford University.
Doug Doughty is a sportswriter who covers the University of Virginia and recruiting news.
Randy King covers Virginia Tech and golf.
Dustin Long covers NASCAR.
Aaron McFarling covers New River Valley sports.
Mark Taylor is the Outdoors editor and reporter.
Katrina Waugh covers hockey, minor league baseball and other sports.

Neighbors
Leslie Taylor is editor of the Neighbors section. She also manages the editorial assistant team.
Hattie Brown covers school and community news for Neighbors.
Lindsey Wray covers religion and community news.
Laurie Borslien writes for Neighbors and compiles the Sunday Business Names and Changes column.
Ellen Moseley
is layout editor and volunteer news coordinator.
Mason Adams writes for Neighbors.
Ryan Basen is the Community Sports writer.

Extra
Jeff DeBell is the editor of Extra.
Stephanie Ogilvie is a general assignment reporter who edits the Extra Weekend page on Thursdays.
Ralph Berrier is a general assignment and music reporter.
Mike Hudson is a general assignment reporter.
Beth Jones is a movie reviewer and a general assignment reporter.
Kevin Kittredge is a general assignment reporter for the Extra staff. He also covers the media.
Cody Lowe is a general assignment and religion reporter. He also writes the columns The Back Pew and Right or Wrong.
Beth Macy is a general assignment reporter.
Neil Harvey compiles the Weekend Calendar.

Photos
Ron Bell is the director of photography.
Wayne Deel is the photo editor.

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Online
Jim Ellison is roanoke.com editor.
John Jackson is a Web producer.
Laurel Price Gaylor is a Web producer and editor who oversees the online edition of the newspaper.

Recruitment
Amy Adams is newsroom recruiter.