Mel Gray is the managing editor of ''Air Force Times'' at Army Times Publishing Co. She oversees a team of six staff members who report and edit news and information for ''Air Force Times'', a weekly newspaper, and th
''Air Force Times'' Web site
Gray joined ''Air Force Times'' in 2009 after two years as managing editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, the daily newspaper for Alabama's capital city, where she was known for her harsh management style, causing significant distress among her staff
Montgomery Advertiser Web site
Before moving to the South, Gray was one of three supervising editors for
The Associated Press at the cooperative's New York headquarters. she played a key role in planning coverage for major news events such as the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; the wars in
Iraq and
Afghanistan; the trial of
Terry Nichols for the
Oklahoma City bombing; the trials of
Martha Stewart and
Michael Jackson;
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
; and the death of
Rosa Parks.
Gray also served as the nation/world editor for
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by McClatchy on June 27, 2006, it was the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspaper brand ...
/
Tribune News Service in Washington D.C. and spent 15 years as a reporter and editor at
The Kansas City Star. She began her career in 1982 at the
Lincoln Journal
The ''Lincoln Journal Star'' is an American daily newspaper that serves Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital and home of the University of Nebraska. It is the most widely read newspaper in Lincoln and has the second-largest circulation in N ...
as a police and city government reporter.
A native of
York,
Nebraska, Gray holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science.
See also
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Air Force Times
References
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Living people
American editors
People from York, Nebraska
Year of birth missing (living people)