Kappa Man In the News:

[AKA2D '91]

>
> Charles Blow, N.Y. Times Graphics Man, Promoted
> New York Times Graphics Editor Charles Blow has been promoted to the
>newly
> created position of deputy design director for news, presumably making
>him the
> highest ranking person of color in the Times newsroom.
>

>
> Tom Bodkin, assistant managing editor and design director wrote to the
>staff:
> "This job is to fulfill a longstanding ambition for someone with both
>news
> and visual savvy to devote full attention to the presentation of the
>daily news
> report, to help shape our coverage and to look for particularly
>compelling
> ways to display the major stories of the day.
>
> "Charles Blow first came to us in 1993 as a summer intern in the
>graphics
> group. We kept in touch with him and after a year at The Detroit News we
>invited
> him to return to join our graphics staff in 1994. It didn't take long
>for
> Charles to impress us with his talent, enthusiasm and maturity, and two
>years
> later we made him the manager of that group. In running that department
>for the
> past eight years, Charles has proven himself to be both a superb manager
>and a
> first-class journalist."
>
> Blow, 33, went to Grambling State University, is a member of the
>National
> Association of Black Journalists, and participates in training programs
>for
> younger journalists. Under his leadership, the Times won a Best of Show
>from the
> Society of News Design for its 9/11 coverage, the first time that honor
>was
given for graphics.

Congratulations!
BTW,
He was married to my LS.