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Burgett Mooney

Burgett Mooney III, president

News Publishing Co. President Burgett H. Mooney III is a native Roman and Darlington School graduate. He was named president and owner of the Rome News-Tribune in 1977 and became publisher 10 years later. Read more

Otis Raybon

Otis Raybon, Rome publisher

Rome News-Tribune publisher Otis M. Raybon Jr. has held management and executive positions at newspapers in Griffin, Valdosta, Americus, Dalton and Rome. He has been with News Publishing Co. since 1998. Read more

Doug Crow

Doug Crow, vice president of production

Douglas Crow became Vice President of Production for News Publishing Co in 2008. He is responsible for the production of all NPCO publications: printing, packaging and building facilities for all properties. Read more

Jim Alred

Jim Alred, new media director

Jim Alred is the New Media Director for News Publishing Company. Since he arrived in Rome in December 2006, RomeNews-Tribune.com has posted more than 1,200 locally produced videos. Read more

Charlotte Atkins

Charlotte Atkins, Rome News-Tribune editor

Charlotte D. Atkins, editor of the Rome News-Tribune, has worked in newspapers for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the Rome newspaper as executive editor, she was metro editor at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Read more

Rob Broadway

Rob Broadway, press room manager

Rob Broadway is the pressroom manager for News Publishing Co. He first came to work at the Rome News-Tribune in 1984 as a mailroom employee. The next year, he moved to the pressroom. Read more

Cecelia Crow

Cecilia Crow, classifieds manager

Cecilia Crow joined News Publishing Company in July 2007 as classified advertising manager. She is responsible for sales development and marketing for the classified section. Read more

Tona Deaton

Tona Deaton, advertising graphics manager

Tona Deaton came to News Publishing Company in 1983, during her senior year at Coosa High School. She creates advertisements and oversees a department of eight designers. Read more

Matt DeBord

Matt DeBord, I.T. director

Information Technology Director Matt DeBord joined News Publishing Company in February 1997, after serving 5 and half years in the United States Navy as a member of the PC support staff. Read more

Ron Eaker

Ron Eaker, information services director

Ron Eaker, director of information services, has been in the newspaper business for 13 years. Previously, he was a programmer, database administrator and IS operations manager. Read more

Mike Lester

Mike Lester, editorial cartoonist

Mike Lester has been the editorial cartoonist for the Rome News-Tribune in Georgia since 2002. His work is syndicated by Cagle Cartoons and covers the range from local and state to national and global issues. Read more

Pierre Noth

Pierre Noth, editorial page editor

Pierre-Rene Noth has been editorial-page editor of the Rome News-Tribune since 1991 and editor of Past Times magazine since 1989. Born in France, he came to the U.S. in 1941 as a refugee from World War II. Read more

Robert Ronco

Robert Ronco, circulation manager

Circulation director Robert Ronco is responsible for distribution of delivery of all News Publishing Co. publications. Before coming to Rome in 1999, Ronco worked for newspaper groups in Louisiana. Read more

Mike Schuttinga

Mike Schuttinga, advertising director

Schuttinga has been in the newspaper industry for 17 years, spending time with the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Media General and Cox Newspapers. Read more

Billy steele

Billy Steele, northern division advertising director

Billy Steele joined News Publishing Co. in 1991. He started as a sales representative for the Calhoun Times and in 1993 was named advertising director. In 2002 he was named advertising director for the Northern Division. Read More

Don Stilwell

Don Stilwell, Walker & Catoosa publisher

Don Stilwell has been in the newspaper business since the mid-1980s, when he became a reporter for the Times-Georgian in Carrollton. He has worked at the Daily Citizen-News and the Rome News-Tribune. Read More

Lowell Vickers

Lowell Vickers, Polk newspapers publisher

Lowell Vickers is publisher of News Publishing Company's Polk County publications, The Cedartown Standard and The Rockmart Journal. Vickers has been employed with NPCO since September 2002. Read more

John Willis

John Willis, Calhoun Times publisher

John M. Willis, publisher and editor of the Calhoun Times, has been with News Publishing Co. since 1989. His positions have included Roman Record editor, senior writer and business editor for the Rome News-Tribune. Read more