Graham, Braknis have new responsibilities
Larry takes over management of the web desk to better coordinate digital operations as we move toward NewsSlide. Greg will continue to supervise the business desk and will help supervise copy desk operations along with Tony Durham and Jeff Arnett.
Meet Will Tomer
Will is a copy editor working with the NewsSlide team. He graduated from Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., in May 2017 with a degree in history.
Meet Mike Walton
Mike is the assistant night city editor. He comes to Toledo from Pittsburgh, where he was a reporter for the Tribune-Review. Before that, he worked at the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Michigan, and the Rio Grande Sun, a newspaper in Española, New Mexico.
Meet Dave Dombrowski
Dave is new editor on the copy desk. A native of Erie, Pa., Dave started his journalism career at the Lorain Journal. He also has worked at news operations from Wisconsin to New Jersey.
Meet intern Kurt Steiss
Kurt is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism. He will be a photo intern in the newsroom this summer and fall.
Blade has ‘excellent’ showing in Excellence in Journalism Awards
The Blade won 13 awards, with first place nods going to Andy Morrison, Jeff Basting, Kirk Walters and Keith Burris.
2017 summer Yale interns
Our five reporting interns are from Yale. Read the bios of Antonia 'Anna' Ayres-Brown, David Yaffe-Bellany, Victorio Cabrera, Ahmed Elbenni, and Jacob Stern.
Meet intern David Yaffe-Bellany
David is a junior at Yale. He is majoring in English, but he also enjoys studying history and film. David grew up in central New Jersey.
Meet intern Victorio Cabrera
Victorio will be a senior at Yale majoring in political science. Born in Uruguay, he grew up in Greenville, S.C., a city which is mostly known for its architecturally unusual two-pole suspension bridge.
Meet intern Ahmed Elbenni
A student at Yale, Ahmed was born in Egypt, but he has spent most of his life in New York and central New Jersey. He is currently pursuing bachelor's degrees in history and political science.