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Page 4 May 2022 Bill Dolan Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster) Joseph Hosey, a veteran journalist and top editor at the Joliet Herald-News, will become the next executive edi- tor of The Times of Northwest Indiana. Lee Enterprises Midwest News Director Marc Chase announced Hosey's appointment April 26 after- noon to The Times news- room staff. Hosey, 50, a native of the New York City borough of Queens, succeeds Chase, of Winfield, who was promoted in February to the corporate role of Midwest regional news director for Lee Enterprises. Chase, a 24-year veteran of Lee Enterprises news companies, served as Times executive edi- tor for the past four years and hired Hosey to succeed him. "Joe is one of the most respected public safety journal- ists in the greater Chicago area and one of the most accom- plished in the country," Chase said. "He's running a newsroom in a market not altogether unlike Northwest Indiana, and he's the kind of news leader who will immediately under- stand the issues central to our Region. "His hard-as-nails career has been built on the adept handling of high-profile cases and boldly facing down any threats to a free press." Chase noted that Hosey took the brave stand of protecting sources who provided him with police reports that shed light on a grisly, high-profile suburban Chicago murder case. A Will County, Illinois, judge threatened Hosey with jail time and fines if Hosey didn't disclose who provided those records, but a higher court later sided with Hosey and shielded his source. "Northwest Indiana deserves a strong news leader with a firm grasp on public safety journal- ism and a proven track record for taking aggressive and strong approaches to finding the truth and protecting the newsgath- ering process," Chase said. "Joseph Hosey has been a mas- ter of these tenets in his career." Hosey, who will begin lead- ing The Times newsroom May 9, said he's ready to dive into the bustling news market that is Northwest Indiana. "I'm looking forward to continuing the good work The Times already is doing," Hosey said. "I'm impressed with the Joseph Hosey named editor of The Times of Northwest Indiana "I'm looking forward to continuing the good work The Times already is doing. I'm impressed with the news staff. The Times website is terrific. I can't wait to put my imprint on the operation." — Joseph Hoseu, editor, The Times NWI The Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award was created through a grant by the Pulliam Trust to the Hoosier State Press Association Foundation to recognize Indiana journalists for outstanding reporting on environ- mental issues. The award was part of the HSPA Better Newspaper Contest for the first time in 2018. For more information on the contest, visit https://bit.ly/3KP1h80. Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust $1,000 Environmental Journalism Award Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Hosey See Hosey, page 5

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