At the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s Annual Meeting – hosted on Friday, July 23rd, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA, the voting members of AAN elected a new Board of Directors:

• President:  Graham Jarrett, Orlando Weekly
• Vice-President:  Duc Luu, Washington City Paper
• Secretary:  Anna Zusman, Willamette Week
• Convention Chair:  Karen Hawkins, Chicago Reader
• Digital Chair:  Brandi Rivera, Santa Barbara Independent
• Diversity Chair:  Justin Rushing, The Daily Memphian
• Editorial Chair:  Chris Faraone, Dig Boston
• Revenue Chair:  Stephanie Carey, Pitch KC
• Free Speech Chair:  Sayaka Matsuoko, Triad City Beat
• At-Large:  Traci Baim, Chicago Reader

These newly elected officers join Kimberly Griffin, Jackson Free Press – AAN Treasurer; Elizabeth Jones, Nashville Scene – AAN Design Chair; Cassidy Frazier, Austin Chronicle – AAN Marketing Chair; Jimmy Boegle, Coachella Valley Independent – AAN Membership Chair, and John Heaston, Omaha Reader – AAN Immediate Past President.

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