The Free Lance-Star newsroom contacts

Editorial page staff
Paul Akers pakers@freelancestar.com	Editor of the Opinion pages	374-5531
Clay Jones cjones@freelancestar.com	Editorial cartoonist	374-5000, ext. 5684
Hilary Kanter hkanter@freelancestar.com	Letters editor	374-5000, ext. 5751
Karen Owen kowen@freelancestar.com	Viewpoints Editor	540/374-5412
Linda White lwhite@freelancestar.com	Editorial writer and columnist	368-5034

Editors
Dick Amrhine damrhine@freelancestar.com	Real Estate editor Oversees House & Home and real estate sections	374-5406
Steve DeShazo sdeshazo@freelancestar.com	Sports editor Also writes regular column	374-5443
Dave Ellis dellis@freelancestar.com	Director of photography	374-5437
Dick Hammerstrom rhammer@freelancestar.com	Local news editor Oversees coverage of state government and politics; Fredericksburg government; police and courts; and coordinates intern program.	374-5414
Laura Hutchison lhutchison@freelancestar.com	Local news editor Oversees coverage of education, Spotsylvania and Stafford government and local people and places.	374-5485
Phil Jenkins pjenkins@freelancestar.com	Metro editor Oversees the Local News Desk and coverage of Caroline, King George, Culpeper, Orange, the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck	374-5422
Edward Jones edjones@freelancestar.com	Editor of The Free Lance-Star	374-5401
David Lyne dlyne@freelancestar.com	Wire editor Primary editor of world, national and state wire reports	540/374-5429
Sandy Mahaffey smahaffey@freelancestar.com	Editor of the Books page	374-5403
Janet Marshall jmarshall@freelancestar.com	Editor of Healthy Living	374-5527
Nancy Moore nmoore@freelancestar.com	Managing editor	374-5420
Howard Owen howen@freelancestar.com	Business editor Oversees the business section	540/374-5539
Elizabeth Pezzullo epezzullo@freelancestar.com	Food editor Also edits special sections	540/374-5421
Ben Sellers bsellers@freelancestar.com	Youth and Sounds editor	368-5004
Katherine Shapleigh kshapleigh@freelancestar.com	Life editor Oversees Life, Family and Travel sections.	374-5461
Betty Snider bsnider@freelancestar.com	Coordinating editor Oversees newsroom production, special sections and TV Star.	374-5427
Bill Tolbert btolbert@freelancestar.com	Night editor	374-5000, ext. 5693
Jim Toler jtoler@freelancestar.com	Local news editor Edits stories on health and medicine, religion and social services, the environment and development	374-5416
Gwen Woolf gwoolf@freelancestar.com	Town & County magazine editor	374-5432

Features staff
Kimberly Baer kbaer@freelancestar.com	Features reporter	368-5028
Laura Moyer lmoyer@freelancestar.com	Features reporter Covers general assignment stories	374-5417
Susan Scott Neal sneal@freelancestar.com	features reporter	374-5000, ext. 5701
Dave Smalley dsmalley@freelancestar.com	Weekender editor	374-5430
Jenny Strobel jstrobel@freelancestar.com	Features reporter	374-5000, ext. 5698
Michael Zitz mikez@freelancestar.com	Features Reporter Covers general assignment stories, including technology

Local news reporters
Emily Battle ebattle@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers city of Fredericksburg	374-5413
Ellen Biltz ebiltz@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers police and courts	374-5424
Karen Bolipata kbolipata@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers Spotsylvania schools and Germanna Community College	540/374-5418
Jeff Branscome jbranscome@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers UMW, Stafford and Caroline schools	374-5402
Corey Byers cbyers@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers King George and Caroline government	735-1976
Chelyen Davis cdavis@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers state and federal government and politics	804/782-9362
Frank Delano fpdelano@gmail.com	Reporter Covers the Northern Neck, including Westmoreland County and Colonial Beach	804/333-3834
Rusty Dennen rdennen@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers environment and growth	374-5431
Cathy Dyson cdyson@freelancestar.com	Reporter Writes about fascinating people and places	374-5425
Keith Epps kepps@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers police and courts	374-5404
Bill Freehling bfreehling@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers business	374-5405
Pamela Gould pgould@freelancestar.com	Reporter General assignment business reporter. Also covers North Stafford and Quantico.	657-9101
Edie Gross egross@freelancestar.com	Reporter Special projects and general assignment reporter	374-5428
Jim Hall jhall@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers health and medicine	374-5433
Kelly Hannon khannon@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers transportation	374-5436
Rob Hedelt rhedelt@freelancestar.com	Local columnist Also reviews movies for Weekender and television for TV Star	374-5415
Kafia Hosh khosh@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers Stafford County government	735-1977
Cathy Jett cjett@freelancestar.com	Assistant business editor Also covers business, including retail growth, development and banking	374-5407
Donnie Johnston djohnston@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers Culpeper County and writes columns	374-5400
Robin Knepper rknepper@earthlink.net	Reporter Covers Orange County	374- 5400
Clint Schemmer cschemmer@freelancestar.com	Reporter General assignment reporter	368-5029
Dan Telvock dtelvock@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers Spotsylvania County government.	374-5438
Amy Umble aumble@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers religion and social services	735-1973

Photography staff
Suzanne Carr Rossi scarr@freelancestar.com	Photographer	374-5000, ext. 5690
Bob Martin bmartin@freelancestar.com	Photographer	374-5000, ext. 5688
Reza Marvashti rezam@freelancestar.com	Photographer	374-5000, ext. 5639
Mike Morones mmorones@freelancestar.com	Photographer	374-5000, ext. 5625
Kevin Morrow kmorrow@freelancestar.com	Image technician and photograp	374-5439
Scott Neville sneville@freelancestar.com	Photographer	374-5000, ext. 5643

Sports staff
Rich Campbell rcampbell@freelancestar.com	Reporter Covers the Washington Nationals	735-1974
Taft Coghill tcoghill@freelancestar.com	Sports reporter Covers University of Virginia sports and general assignments	374-5526
Adam Himmelsbach ahimmelsbach@freelancestar.com	Sports reporter Covers the Washington Redskins and the Washington Wizards	374-5442
Jim McConnell jmcconnell@freelancestar.com	Sports reporter Covers NASCAR and Virginia Tech sports	374-5444
Kurt Nicoll knicoll@freelancestar.com	Sports reporter Covers rec sports, UMW and other local college sports	374-5441
Justin Rice jrice@freelancestar.com	Assistant sports editor Oversees sports coverage, including high schools	368-5045