Jack Bess

By Jack Bess, managing editor

The loss of Jack Bess as editor of the News*Star.Jack's exit was a part of the reorgani-zation when Pioneer Press bought the chain.Bess knew and loved Edgewater and made sure that we got coverage for our many positive developments.

The exciting décor at the Chicago International Hostel, 6318 N. Winthrop, as seen on ABCChicago 7 special "Asian Influences".

Booster and News-Star managing editor Jack Bess' email address is jbess@pioneerlocal.com; Booster staff writer Patrick Butler's is pbutler@pioneerlocal.com and columnists Marcella Tardy's, mtardy@pioneerlocal.com News-Star sport editor Rob Valentin is at rvalentin@pioneerlocal.com.

Jack Bess

Managing EditorNews-Star & Booster - Pioneer Press

Jack BessManaging Editor

847.329.2985

jbess@pioneerlocal.com
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Jack BessManaging Editor

847.329.2985

jbess@pioneerlocal.com

Among the forty judges for the newspaper category were Jack Bess, managing editor of three newspapers covering Chicago's North and Northwest sides in the Lerner Newspaper Chain; Gerald M. Costello, former president of The Christophers and founding editor of two diocesan newspapers: The Beacon, Paterson, NJ and Catholic New York, NY; Bob Keeler, an editorial writer for Newsday, NY and a Purlitzer Prize winner; Paul Moses, a former religion writer and city editor at Newsday, NY who teaches journalism at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; Patrick Olsen, deputy editor for the Chicago Tribune's daily tabloid Redeye; Dr. Amy Kiste Nyberg, an associate professor of journalism at Seton Hall University, NJ and Marc Larson, a staff photographer for the Green Bay News Chronicle for 22 years.

By Jack Bess, Managing Editor