Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin are giving $2 million to establish a Chair in Borderlands Issues at Arizona State University.
At the AAN Annual Meeting in Miami on July 13, members voted in two new members, filled seats on the Board of Directors, and approved changes to the association bylaws.
Mike Seely, a seasoned journalist and Spurs enthusiast, will chronicle the San Antonio Spurs in their quest for the 2013 NBA Championship.
Mike Seely has won a Bert Greene Award in the Writing About Beverages category for his 2012 Seattle Weekly cover story, "Murray Stenson's Accidental Tourists."
An article by former Seattle Weekly editor Mike Seely is nominated in the Writing About Beverages category.
Seely is leaving at the end of the month to join ReelWorld, a Seattle-area company that creates jingles and other sound elements for radio stations.
Schaffer is joining The New Republic as editorial director. Managing editor Mike Madden will take over as editor at City Paper.
Seattle Weekly editor Mike Seely has been named as the recipient of the Washington State Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Mark Kaufman Media Award.
Seattle Weekly editor-in-chief Mark D. Fefer has departed and is being replaced by managing editor Mike Seely.
"About five years ago, Carolyn [Fernandez, the paper's production manager] and I began to craft a succession plan for the newspaper," publisher Judy Hodgson writes. "What would the ownership look like when we are no longer actively working? Who will be at the helm for the next 20 years?" To answer that question, the two co-founders did not have to go far. On Jan. 1, editor Hank Sims, sales manager Mike Herring and A&E editor Bob Doran became co-owners of the Journal; they are now minority stockholders while Fernandez and Hodgson retain majority control.
