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Customer Service Manager Kim Kirk
Phone: 256-235-9253
Toll-free: 866-814-9253
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Anniston Star Web Division

Multimedia Director Justin Thurman
Phone: 256-235-9221
Cell: 256-473-0310
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Online Manager Gary W. Lewis
Phone: 256-235-3531
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Online News Editor Brandon Wynn
Phone: 256-235-3538
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Web Producer Erik Lyda
Phone: 256-235-3538
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Anniston Star Newsroom

Editor Bob Davis
Phone: 256-235-3591
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Managing Editor Anthony Cook
Phone: 256-235-3558
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Senior Editor George Smith
Phone: 256-235-3541
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Obituaries: Jeran Foster
Phone: 256-235-9212
FAX: 256-241-1970
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Phone: 256-235-3556
FAX: 256-241-1991
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Phone: 256-235-3556
FAX: 256-241-1991
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Local news

Metro Editor Ben Cunningham
Phone: 256-235-3542
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Assistant Metro Editor and Business Editor Mary Jo Shafer
Phone: 256-235-3543
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Assistant Metro Editor Judy Johnson
Phone: 256-235-3569
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Crime and courts beat writer Nick Cenegy
Phone: 256-235-3544
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Oxford and education beat writer Dan Whisenhunt
Phone: 256-235-3547
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Anniston and Calhoun County beat writer Megan Nichols
Phone: 256-235-3549
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Reporter Graham Milldrum
Phone: 256-235-3548
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Sports department

Sports Editor Bran Strickland
Phone: 256-235-3570
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Assistant Sports Editor Christa Turner
Phone: 256-235-3570
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Sports Columnist Joe Medley
Phone: 256-235-3576
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Golf and JSU teams writer Al Muskewitz
Phone: 256-235-3577
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Prep sports writer Nick Birdsong
Phone: 256-235-3573
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Sports copy editor John Dietrich
Phone: 256-235-3571
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Features department

Features Editor Laura Tutor
Phone: 256-235-3560
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Entertainment Editor Deirdre Long
Phone: 256-235-3589
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Presentation Editor Tosha Jupiter
Phone: 256-235-3555
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Features copy editor Bill Edwards
Phone: 256-235-3563
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Features writer Brett Buckner
Phone: 256-235-3561
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Bookshelf Editor Laura Tutor
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Commentary department

Editor at Large John Fleming
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Commentary Editor Phillip Tutor
Phone: 256-235-3592
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Editorial page designer Wen Scherer
Phone: 256-235-3579
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Letters to the Editor: Sue Magouirk
Phone: 256-235-3557
FAX: 256-241-1991
E-mail Speak Out

News desk

News Editor Melissa Cosper
Phone: 256-235-3581
E-mail:Melissa Cosper

Assistant News Editor Lora Reynolds
Phone: 256-235-3585
E-mail:Lora Reynolds

Deputy assistant news editor Angela Reid
Phone: 256-235-3578
E-mail:Angela Reid

Copy editor Kevin Jeffers
Phone: 256-235-3588
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Copy editor Katrina Junkin
Phone: 256-235-3588
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Copy editor Michael Martin
Phone: 256-235-3579
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Photography department

Chief photographer Trent Penny
Phone: 256-235-3565
E-mail:Trent Penny

Photographer Stephen Gross
Phone: 256-235-3566
E-mail:Steve Gross

Photographer Kevin Qualls
Phone: 256-235-3568
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Photographer Bill Wilson
Phone: 256-235-3567
E-mail:Bill Wilson

Advertising department

Advertising Office Manager Barb Manuel
Phone: 256-235-9222
Fax: 256-241-1984
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Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Williams
Phone: 256-235-9229
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Classified Advertising
Phone: 256-235-9211, 9212, 9213, 9214
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Niche Products division

Magazine & Niche Products Manager Theresa Shadrix
Phone: 256-235-3539
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Circulation department

Circulation Director Dennis Dunn
Phone: 256-235-9250
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Circulation Manager Donnie Bowman
Phone: 256-235-9251
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Customer Service Manager Kim Kirk
Phone: 256-235-9259
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Production department

Production Director Roger Sawyer
Phone: 256-235-3500
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Production manager Ben Gilreath
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The Ayers Institute for Community Journalism

President Chris Waddle
Phone: 256-235-3590
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Executive Assistant Carmelita Palmer
Phone: 256-235-3580
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Consolidated Publishing Co.

Chairman & Publisher H. Brandt Ayers
Phone: 256-235-9201
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President Phillip A. Sanguinetti
Phone: 256-235-9202
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Vice President for Operations Ed Fowler
Phone: 256-235-9203
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Vice President for Sales Robert Jackson
Phone: 256-235-9206
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Controller Scott Calhoun
Phone: 256-235-9290
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