Bob Heisse, Centre Daily Times Editor: 2012 APME Board President
Bob Heisse, the executive editor of the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa., is in line to be president of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 2012.
His election Wednesday in St. Louis by the APME board of directors puts him on the leadership ladder starting in 2010, when he will serve as board secretary.
He serves as vice president the following year before becoming president.
Other incoming APME officers are President Otis Sanford, editor for opinion and editorials, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., and Vice President Hollis Towns, executive editor of the Asbury Park Press in Neptune, N.J.
Heisse was first elected to the national board in 2007 and has overseen APME’s Innovator of the Year competition each year.
He is also active in the Pennsylvania APME chapter and will be president of that organization in 2011. He is also a former president of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors.
“I’m honored to serve on this board and now to have this opportunity,” Heisse said. “The training we provide is critical for newsrooms and our leadership on national reporting projects promotes strong journalism across the country.”
A Penn State journalism graduate, Heisse previously worked at the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News and Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times. He’s a member of the Penn State College of Communications Alumni Board and the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross board.APME, an association of editors at AP’s 1,500 member newspapers in the U.S. and newspapers served by the Canadian Press in Canada, works closely with the news company to strive for journalism excellence.
APME also supports training and development of editors in a changing media landscape and initiatives in online credibility and diversity.
