Newly named sports editor John Quinn says his mission is one that will ring familiar to most of his peers.
"The push is to get the Inquirer into the 21st century in social media and online capabilities," Quinn said.
He took over as sports editor of the Inquirer on Oct. 8, replacing Jim Cohen.
He and his staff had an immediate challenge.
"It is a testament to the highly dedicated and motivated staff that it was able to perform at supremely high levels in the following three-week Phillies' push for a third straight World Series appearance," Quinn said.
The Phillies, however, were not able to perform at high enough level to get there.
Quinn, who was promoted from deputy sports editor, previously has been sports editor at the Asbury Park Press from 1995 to 2004, Sunday sports editor at Newsday from 1986 to 2004 and sports editor at the Stamford (Conn.) Advocate.
"We have a great staff of writers with varying levels of technological skills," Quinn said of the Inquirer sports department. "Video content and APP developments will be the immediate challenge. Striving for enterprise and excellence will not be diminished, but the quest for new and interesting content in every medium will be front and center."
MID-ATLANTIC
York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News: Assistant sports editor Matt Kinnear resigned to take a position as a web editor for "Inside Lacrosse" in Baltimore, Md. Replacing Kinnear will be Jessica Sprenkle, who moves over from assistant news editor. Sprenkle is a 2008 graduate of Susquehanna University.
Asbury Park (N.J.) Press: Steve Feitl was named sports editor in June and also was named regional editor for the other three Gannett NJ newspapers: Home News Tribune of East Brunswick, Courier News of Bridgewater and Daily Record of Parsippany. Feitl replaced Jack Genung, who moved to news after 16 years as sports editor at the Gannett NJ papers. Feitl was the assistant sports editor under Genung since 2005, when he joined the Home News Tribune/Courier News. In 2009, he moved to the Asbury Park Press as the assistant under Genung, as the papers consolidated desk operations. … Jim Green, night desk copy editor, has taken on the community sports editor's position for the combined papers. He directs community coverage for 13 weeklies. … T.J. Furman, a night desk copy editor, has left the paper to return to the Philadelphia inquirer.
ATLANTIC COAST
Roanoke (Va.) Times: Named Carrie Cousins the night sports editor. Cousins, who had worked on the sports copy desk for three years before moving over to the news copy desk in 2007, oversees production of the sports section in the evenings on what is now a universal copy and design desk.
SOUTHEAST
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger: Long-time reporter Todd Kelly is leaving in December to become the director of development for the Mississippi High School Activities Association. Kelly joined the paper in 1989 as a part-timer on the high school agate staff, then earned a full-time reporting position. He had stints in the paper’s Southern Miss and Mississippi State beat writing positions but is known best in Mississippi for covering high school sports.
Tampa Tribune: Promoted Adam Adkins from prep writer to cover the University of South Florida. Adkins replaces Scott Carter, who left The Tribune to cover sports for the University of Florida’s website. To fill Adkins' position, Eddie Daniels was moved from the Pasco bureau.
NORTHWEST
Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.): Tom Kopacz joined the staff as a copy editor/page designer. He replaces John Heaney, who left the newspaper to become editor of the University of Montana's alumni magazine.
The Daily Herald (Everett, Wash.): Hired Chad Davis and Mike Allende as sports clerks.
WEST
Antelope Valley Press (Palmdale, Calif.): Hired Ashley Graf as a sports reporter. Graf, a 2007 Brigham Young University graduate, will cover high school sports and community sports.
