Thursday, June 21, 2007

Changing of Beats at the Citizen

The Elk Grove Citizen staff will be switching beats in the coming weeks in an effort to cover the community as best possible.
The politics and local government beat - which includes the Elk Grove City Council and Elk Grove Planning Commission - will now be covered by Reporter Blake Ellington. He replaces Shannon Savage, who was on the beat for more than one year.
Savage will be taking over the Lifestyles beat/section and will cover all aspects of Elk Grove's art and culture scene, as well as movie reviews, play previews, coverage of regional entertainment events and much more.
Cameron Macdonald will stay with his usual beats - police and public safety; the Cosumnes Community Services District; the Elk Grove Unified School District; and other random assignments.
The Citizen's Summer College Intern - Sarah Kyo of San Jose State Univ. - will be helping with all sorts of assignments, including question of the week, our special sections during the summer, and as many news stories as we can find for her.
We hope our readers and the citizens of Elk Grove enjoy our newspaper. Feel free to leave a comment or send an e-mail to the editor, Jeff Forward.