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Ray named EIC of States Newsroom West Virginia

Leann Ray

Leann Ray will join States Newsroom as editor in chief of its West Virginia branch. Recently, she was at the Charleston Gazette-Mail, where she worked for more than eight years.

There, Ray held the posts of news editor, breaking news editor and city editor. Before that, she was a copy editor at the Charleston Gazette.

Ray has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from West Virginia University, where she was editor in chief of the student paper, The Daily Athenaeum.

Be sure to congratulate Ray on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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