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Publisher Penny Sakamoto 250-381-3633 ext.259 |
Penny Sakamoto is group publisher for Black Press-Greater Victoria, leading a team of about 65 staff and approximately 1,200 newspaper carriers. She graduated from journalism school in Winnipeg and has spent her career in the newspaper business in Canada and the U.S. She served as president of the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association and on the board of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. In 2008, Sakamoto was awarded the Silver Quill Award for more than 25 years of distinguished service to the industry. Sakamoto works out of the Broughton Street office in downtown Victoria. |
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Editor Jim Zeeben 250-381-3633 Ext. 277 |
Jim Zeeben has been an editor with Black Press in Greater Victoria since 2000. After a stint at the Esquimalt News, he made the move to Saanich in 2004 and added Oak Bay to his bailiwick in 2006. All three papers have won numerous awards in that time, regularly being listed among the top papers in their circulation class in the province and across the country. Zeeben is married with two kids and lives in Saanich. |
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Director of Circulation Bruce Hogarth 250-360-0817 |
Bruce Hogarth has spent 25 years in the newspaper business and has extensive community newspaper experience. Most recently he worked for six years for the Vancouver Sun and Province before relocating to take the position as director of circulation for Black Press Greater Victoria. The native of Vancouver enjoys photography and tennis in his spare time. |
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Editorial Director Kevin Laird |
Kevin Laird has been editorial director for Black Press-Greater Victoria and editor of the Victoria News since September 2007. Previous to that he was editor of the Nanaimo News Bulletin and worked at community and daily newspapers in Alberta and B.C. Laird and the newsroom staff he has led have won numerous national, provincial and regional awards. He's been in the newspaper business since 1981 and has a degree in journalism. |
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Reporter Kyle Slavin 250-381-3633 Ext. 269 |
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Reporter Travis Paterson 250-381-3633 Ext. 255 |
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Reporter Natalie North 250-381-3633 Ext. 256 |
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Photo supervisor Don Denton |
Don Denton is the photo supervisor for Black Press's Victoria News, Saanich News and Oak Bay News. He has worked as a photographer and photo editor for newspapers throughout Western Canada as well as for the British news agency Reuters based in Brussels, Belgium. He has taught photography at Mount Royal College in Calgary and currently teaches at the Western Academy of Photography in Victoria. |
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