Monday, August 20, 2007
O-A News welcomes new managing editor
Wayne Snow has been named the new managing editor of the Opelika-Auburn News.
Snow has worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in several different roles for almost 22 years. His prior work experience includes a stint as bureau chief for UPI when it was a much larger news organization than it is today. He has also served as city editor at the Savannah Morning News in Savannah, Ga., and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Ga.. Earlier in his career, he served as managing editor of the Warner Robins Sun, a small daily in central Georgia.
Snow is not only a well-rounded journalist, he is also a well-rounded person. He has written extensively in the AJC about his world travels, especially to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His reporting from Chernobyl last year on the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst atomic accident won numerous awards.
Snow also served as a Russian linguist in the U.S. Navy and is a marathon runner with plans to compete in a couple of weeks in the Memphis Marathon. Last year, he ran in the New York Marathon.
Snow holds a B.A. in history from Mercer University and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas.