Thank you, Chris Lester
When Chris Lester agreed to become The Beacon’s interim editor-in-chief in June 2025, he was supposed to help us through a transition. He did that. But “transition” hardly captures what happened during his 15 months here. Under Chris’ editorial leadership, The Beacon produced some of the strongest journalism in our young newsroom’s history. “Dumped in […]
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