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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Brant Houston, Executive Director, 573-882-2042, brant@ire.org
IRE elects four new members to board, re-elects three
June 19, 2006
COLUMBIA, Mo - The IRE membership elected board members for seven of the 13 seats on the board at the membership meeting at its annual conference in Fort Worth on June 17.
They are:
• New member Wendell Cochran, American University
• New member Renee Ferguson, WMAQ-Chicago
• New member Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald
• Incumbent Dianna Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Incumbent Mark Katches, The Orange County Register
• Incumbent Stephen Miller, The New York Times
• New member Duff Wilson, The New York Times
The other members are David Boardman, The Seattle Times; Cheryl Philips, The Seattle Times; James Grimaldi, The Washington Post; Duane Pohlman, WEWS-Cleveland; Deborah Sherman, KUSA-Denver; and Nancy Stancill, The Charlotte Observer.
Marilyn Thompson of the Lexington Herald-Leader and Lise Olsen of the Houston Chronicle were elected contest judges and will join several board members and a Missouri School of Journalism faculty member on the contest committee.
The board elected Grimaldi as president, Phillips as vice president, Hunt as treasurer and Miller as secretary. The board elected Stancill as a member of the executive committee, which is composed of the officers and one other board member.
There were 129 ballots cast, including absentee ballots:
| Candidate |
Total votes |
| |
(includes absentee) |
| Renee Ferguson |
116 |
| Mark Katches |
116 |
| Duff Wilson |
116 |
| Manny Garcia |
110 |
| Wendell Cochran |
101 |
| Dianna Hunt |
99 |
| Stephen C. Miller |
98 |
| Paul Adrian |
79 |
| Eric Longabardi |
40 |
| Bill Gephart (write-in) |
1 |
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| Candidate |
Absentee votes |
| Renee Ferguson |
12 |
| Mark Katches |
11 |
| Duff Wilson |
0 |
| Manny Garcia |
7 |
| Wendell Cochran |
5 |
| Dianna Hunt |
10 |
| Stephen C. Miller |
10 |
| Paul Adrian |
11 |
| Eric Longabardi |
14 |
| Bill Gephart (write-in) |
1 |
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