New leader for Daily Reporter

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An editor with more than a decade of journalism experience is the new leader of the Daily Reporter news operation.

Indiana native Katie Duffey has worked as an editor and designer on the Daily Reporter for nearly four years. Since 2015, she has been heavily involved in editing stories and photos, writing headlines and managing other content for the Daily Reporter.

Beyond that, she has managed the editing and design of all other weekly and daily newspapers owned by AIM Media Indiana, the parent company of the Daily Reporter.

Duffey has an extensive record of journalism excellence in every facet of newspapering — reporting, design, editing and management — and has won dozens of awards for her newspaper work.

“We are thrilled Katie has accepted the opportunity to lead the Daily Reporter. She is a talented journalist committed to serving the people of Hancock County,” said Chuck Wells, publisher of the Daily Reporter. “She will bring energy and vision to the Daily Reporter.”

As editor, Duffey will oversee the Daily Reporter news and sports coverage and its associated weekly newspapers and websites — the Fortville-McCordsville Reporter, New Palestine Press and the Pendleton Times-Post.

“I am incredibly fortunate to be coming to the Daily Reporter at such an exciting time for Hancock County,” Duffey said. “I’ve spent my entire career working in community journalism, and in those 13 years I have seen how important the role of a hometown newspaper can be to the people it serves.”

“As a copy editor and designer working on the Daily Reporter for nearly four years, I have been continually impressed with the vibrancy Hancock County has to offer,” Duffey said. “From the exceptional schools, to the deeply rooted agricultural community, to the booming economic future there is just so much to be excited about here. I can’t wait to help tell all of those stories, both large and small.”

Duffey grew up in West Lafayette and has been involved in community journalism since graduating from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens.

After graduating from college, she was a senior reporter, managing editor and then editor of the Monticello Herald Journal, where she was responsible for all aspects of the news and sports operations. She has covered and reported on a wide variety of beats and topics, including government, crime, economic development, health care, housing and courts.

In May 2012, she joined AIM Media as a copy editor and designer, and was quickly promoted to assistant managing editor and then managing editor.

Duffey replaces Noelle Russell, who has taken a job with the state of Indiana.