Glenn Reedus replaces Roland Martin as Chicago Defender executive editor

By Richard Prince
Journal-isms
(January 26, 2007) Roland S. Martin, who said last month he would not renew his contract in March as executive editor of the Chicago Defender, was replaced in the job on Friday by Glenn Reedus, who most recently headed a public relations firm.

"Mr. Reedus is taking the job on an interim basis while a search for a permanent executive editor continues, Hiram Jackson said Friday afternoon. Mr. Jackson is CEO of Real Times Media — owner of the Chicago Defender. Mr. Reedus has been an onsite consultant since January 8, 2007," a memo said.

"Roland S. Martin, former executive editor of the Defender, has been re-assigned to work with Real Times. He will assist with the transition and other assignments involving the Real Times newspapers in Detroit, MI; Memphis, TN, and Pittsburgh."

Reedus, 54, is a Chicago native who has worked at newspapers that include the Oakland (Mich.) Press, the Omaha (Neb.) World Herald and the Toledo Blade. He took the Oakland paper online, he said, and was online editor for two years there before taking a buyout in 2001. Reedus was public information officer for the city of Pontiac and owned Reedus Communications Management in Rochester Hills, Mich.

He told Journal-isms no decision had been made on whether to reduce the frequency of the historic four-times-a-week paper, and that his 30-day goal was to increase its local content, "from stories to guest editorials to more stories about local folks and events."


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