What is the relationship between the news department and editorial?
The News & Record’s news and editorial departments are distinctly separate operations. The news department has nothing to do with the paper’s editorial stances and the editorial department has nothing to do with news coverage decisions. That’s the way we want it and the way we like it. Editor John Robinson is in charge of the news department and directs news coverage. Editorial Page Editor Allen Johnson is in charge of the opinion pages. Both Allen and John report to the newspaper’s publisher, Robin Saul.