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Julie Inskeep

Julie Inskeep

Julie Inskeep is president of °®¶¹app Company and serves on the editorial board.


Jim Touvell

Jim Touvell

Publisher Jim Touvell started at °®¶¹app in 1992 as a copy editor. He has previously worked as the newspaper's sports editor, design editor, managing editor and editor.


Lisa Green

Lisa Green

Editor Lisa Green has more than 35 years of experience at newspapers in Illinois and Indiana. She has worked at °®¶¹app since 2000, initially as business editor.Ìý


David N. Benson

David N. Benson

David N. Benson has been a copy editor since 2001.


Justin Cohn

Justin A. Cohn

Justin A. Cohn, senior writer for °®¶¹app, has covered Fort Wayne sports since 1997. He was named Sportswriter of the Year by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in 2020.


Mike Durbin

Mike Durbin

Mike Durbin has been a Webmaster and Assistant Systems Manager with °®¶¹app since 2006. He is also a Staff Photographer.


Ryan Duvall

Ryan DuVall

Ryan DuVall, restaurant critic for °®¶¹app, was a "foodie" long before joining °®¶¹app in 1999. Dining Out reviews eateries of all styles and price ranges in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. Reviews are always based on at least two visits and the newspaper pays for all meals.


Keith Elchert

Keith Elchert

Keith Elchert is copy editor of °®¶¹app°®¶¹app™s editorial pages. A JG employee since 1990, he has also been assistant managing editor for news and weekend editor during his tenure.


Devin Filchak

Devan Filchak

Metro and Enterprise Editor Devan Filchak has more than seven years of experience at area newspapers.


Victoria Jacobsen

Victoria Jacobsen

Victoria Jacobsen is the High School Sports Editor for °®¶¹app. A graduate of Notre Dame, she covers area sports.


Mark Jaworski

Mark Jaworski

Mark Jaworski has been Sports Editor at °®¶¹app since 2002. A graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, he previously was sports editor of the El Paso Times and Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer.


Christy Keller

Christy Keller

Christy Keller has been a Page Designer with °®¶¹app since 2003. She also reviews books.


Jeff Kovaleski

Jeff Kovaleski

Editorial writer Jeff Kovaleski has more than 30 years of journalism experience in Indiana, Wisconsin and New York.


Jeff Merritt

Jeff Merritt

Copy desk chief Jeff Merritt has more than 30 years of experience and has worked at °®¶¹app since 2008.


Fredrick McKissack

Fredrick McKissack

Editorial page editor Fredrick McKissack has more than 30 years of journalism experience working for newspapers and magazines in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.


Corey McMaken

Corey McMaken

Features and Engagement Editor Corey McMaken is a Fort Wayne native and has been with °®¶¹app since 2004. He writes about arts, entertainment, food and area people and history. He also works with social media, newsletters and other digital projects.


Dan Rooney

Dan Rooney

Dan Rooney has been a copy editor at °®¶¹app since 2004 and has been in the newspaper business since 1979.


Tony Sandleben

Tony Sandleben

Tony Sandleben joined °®¶¹app as General Assignment/°®¶¹app Government Reporter in December 2024. He has covered news since 2013 and Northeast Indiana since 2018.


Dylan Sinn

Dylan Sinn

Dylan Sinn is a College Sportswriter for °®¶¹app, covering mainly Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame, as well local colleges in northeast Indiana and Fort Wayne TinCaps baseball. He is a graduate of Indiana University and an AP Top 25 football voter.


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Sherry Slater

Sherry Slater

Sherry Slater, Assistant Desk Editor, has more than 25 years of experience at newspapers in Maryland and Indiana. She has covered business issues at °®¶¹app since 2001 and has additional editing duties.


Ashley Sloboda

Ashley Sloboda

Senior reporter Ashley Sloboda covers education. A graduate of Indiana University, she previously spent 10 years reporting for newspapers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.


Stan Sussina

Stan Sussina

Photographer Stan Sussina studied photojournalism at Randolph Community College and has worked at newspapers in Evansville and Greensboro, North Carolina.


Paul Wagner

Paul Wagner

Paul Wagner, news/production editor, joined the newspaper in 1994 as a reporter in its Defiance, Ohio, bureau, and has served as a copy editor and as systems editor.


Journal Gazette Editorial Board

Editorial Board

Editorials are the opinion of °®¶¹app Editorial Board: President Julie Inskeep, editor Lisa Green, editorial page editor Fredrick McKissack and editorial writer Jeff Kovaleski.

Fredrick McKissack can be contacted at fmckissack@jg.net or 260-461-8726.

We welcome letters from our readers. Submissions should be exclusive to °®¶¹app. We edit for brevity, clarity and grammar. Names, addresses and phone numbers must be included. Send letters to °®¶¹app, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802.