Who publishes Web News Release.
The site is published by Charles Warren and edited by Elizabeth Torres. The senior editorial staff are listed below.
His background is in media and business operations, and he holds responsibility for the site’s overall direction, financial sustainability, and the independence of the editorial operation from the commercial side. He leaves the day-to-day editorial decisions to the newsroom and writes an occasional column on the business of journalism.
On the record
More than fifteen years in editorial leadership at regional and national publications, with a background that includes reporting on politics, city government, and federal courts before she moved into editing. She sets the standards for what runs, oversees the corrections record, and is the final authority on what the site will and will not publish.
On the record
Came to the publication after twelve years at a Pacific-region daily, where he rose from city desk reporter to assistant managing editor with stops on the politics and copy desks. He is responsible for the editorial calendar, story assignments, and the flow of publication across the desks.
More than a decade covering business, finance, and labor at regional daily newspapers and a national business publication. She is the editor most likely to reach for the underlying numbers, and the one who insists on distinguishing what a company has actually announced from what its press release wants readers to think it announced.
Oversees the standards program. He handles fact-checking on sensitive material, manages the corrections record, and is the point of contact for readers and named subjects who identify errors in published pieces. His background is on copy desks and in fact-checking at regional daily newspapers.
More than a decade of feature writing and editing at national publications and regional newspapers, with a particular interest in food, travel, and the everyday economics of American households. She reaches for the narrative angle on a story that could otherwise run straight.