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<img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/emailHeader_top.gif" /><br /> <a href="http://www.texasobserver.org"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/emailHeader_home.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/subscribe.php"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/emailHeader_subscribe.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/donate.php"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/emailHeader_donate.gif" /></a><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/emailHeader_right.gif" /><br /> <h2>Texas Observer Names AP Veteran Chris Tomlinson as Managing Editor</h2> <h4>by Shane Pearson</h4> <div style="width:594px;"> <p><em><img alt="Chris Tomlinson" height="234" src="/uploads/images/167.jpg" style="float: left;" width="162" />The Texas Observer</em> announced today the appointment of Chris Tomlinson, an award-winning veteran reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief and editor for The Associated Press, as managing editor.</p> <p>"Chris has reported from many corners of the globe, but he's always been a Texan at heart," said <em>Observer</em> editor Bob Moser. "His experience as both a reporter and editor runs broad and deep. We're thrilled to have him join our team as we create a new online <em>Observer</em> that will bring our long tradition of fearless investigative reporting and great storytelling to new generations of Texans."</p> <p>Tomlinson spent 14 years with the AP before coming to the <em>Observer</em>, where he will be in charge of cultural and arts coverage. He will also, this fall, spearhead an ambitious expansion of the online <em>Observer</em>.</p> <p>Tomlinson succeeds Brad Tyer, who received a coveted Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan.</p> <p>"I am excited to be part of the team that will take the <em>Observer</em> into the 21st century," Tomlinson said. "We will work hard to introduce the latest technologies that will fill the gaping hole left by the daily newspapers as they cut back. At the same …<br/><br/><a href='http://www.texasobserver.org/press/comments/observer-names-managing-editor'>Read the entire article »</a> <br /><br /> http://www.texasobserver.org/press/comments/observer-names-managing-editor </div> <br /><br /> <img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/images/email/email_footer.gif" />