Bob Heisse, executive editor of the Centre Daily Times in State College, was elected president of the Associated Press Media Editors at the group’s annual conference in Denver. As vice president last year, Heisse worked closely with the AP-APME Broken Budgets reporting initiative and oversaw the expansion of the five-year-old APME Innovator of the Year contest to award monthly recognition. Bob “More than ever, APME is delivering for Heisse newsrooms, whether it’s in top training through NewsTrain, top content through national projects, or guidance in unsteady times,” Heisse (’79 Journ) said. “Thousands of editors in our newsrooms need the support and resources that APME can offer.” APME—an association of editors at 1,400 member newspapers served by the Associated Press in the United States, newspapers served by The Canadian Press in Canada and 3,000 U.S. broadcast outlets— works closely with the news company to strive for journalism excellence. APME also supports training and development of editors in a changing media landscape, as well as initiatives in online credibility and diversity. also Penn State graduates: Karen (Trecoske) Wnuk (’92 Bus), Gregg Trecoske (’98 Eng), Melissa (Trecoske) Houghton (’99 H&HD), and Jason Trecoske (’02 Agr). Paul Rokuskie (’92 Film-Video) is on the board of directors and was elected president of the Bucks County Autism Support Coalition. You can get more info on this allvolunteer organization at www.bcasc.org online. Brian Hunn (’93 Adv) is a vice president, creative director for Digitas New York. Camille Mullett Heidebrecht (’93 Adv) is the director of marketing and communications for TeenLife Media and TeenLife.com, an award-
The 78-year-old group changed its name from Associated Press Managing Editors to Associated Press Media Editors this year to better reflect its growing makeup. “I look forward to welcoming AP broadcasters, educators and student media editors to APME,” Heisse said. “We have a lot planned in coming months, including new social media projects, continuing two national reporting initiatives on Broken Budgets and Aging America, and unveiling the APME50 project to reach out to editors in a new way.” Heisse began his career at the Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pa., and later became city editor of the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He joined the Centre Daily Times, which is owned by the McClatchy Co., in 2002. He is immediate past president of the Pennsylvania APME and is a former president of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors. He will serve as association president until the next APME conference, which will be held at the First Amendment Center in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 18-21, 2012. G
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Alumni Notes
CDT Executive Editor Heisse Elected President of APME
Kirsten Byerts Pitro (’98 Journ) and husband Chris (’98 Bus) welcomed son Greydon Christopher on June 3, 2010. They live in Washington, D.C.
Tim Gaughan (’97 Media Studies) is the director of digital newsgathering & senior producer, special events at CBS News. He lives in Nutley, N.J., with his wife Connie and their two sons, Caisse, 5 and Jack, 3.
David Edelson (’00 Journ) is director of electronic media for the Association of Public and LandGrant Universities.
Michael Palm (’97 Journ) is a night sports editor for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Aimee Harris (’01 Journ) is deputy metro editor at The New York Times.
Kelly Tabay Hainer (’98 Journ), executive producer for “Good Morning Cleveland,” won an Emmy Award for best morning news at the 42nd annual NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter Emmy Awards.
Erin Jackson (’01 Media Studies) works as the production coordinator for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, where she began working 10 days after graduating. She lives in Turnersville, N.J., and plans to
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