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<\/a> Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n

The Chicago Tribune<\/a> unveiled plans today for a sweeping reorganization of its newsroom, aimed at becoming what publisher and editor-in-chief Bruce Dold called \u201cmore nimble, more entrepreneurial, more responsive to our readers\u2019 current interests and permanent passions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dold outlined the changes, including the addition of a second managing editor and expansion of the newspaper\u2019s \u201caudience insight team,\u201d in an email to the staff.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Dold<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe have to change the way we work and challenge our assumptions about how we create stories and relate to our readers,\u201d Dold wrote. \u201cWe must put the audience at the center of what we do. A strategic goal for this newsroom is to produce digital journalism so meaningful, habit-forming and essential that people are willing to buy digital subscriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christine Taylor, vice president of digital publishing for the Hartford Courant, will join the Tribune in the new role of managing editor, audience. (Both papers are owned by tronc.)\u00a0Peter Kendall, who has been managing editor since 2015, will continue as managing editor, content.<\/p>\n

As part of the companywide reorganization, Kurt Gessler, deputy editor for digital news at the Tribune, will be promoted to director of editorial operations for tronc. He will report to Colin McMahon, who recently was named senior vice president of editorial operations.<\/p>\n

Here is an excerpt from Dold\u2019s email to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colleagues,<\/em><\/p>\n

I am pleased to announce the senior leaders who will guide the Chicago Tribune, and to provide\u00a0more detailed information on the next steps in\u00a0our\u00a0newsroom reorganization.<\/em><\/p>\n

Christine Taylor, vice president of digital publishing for the Hartford Courant, will join the Tribune as managing editor, audience.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Kendall will serve\u00a0as managing editor, content.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m also pleased to announce that as part of our company-wide reorganization, Kurt Gessler will be promoted to director of editorial operations and join the tronc central team. Kurt will work with all markets, including the Tribune, on audience engagement and development. He will report to Colin McMahon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chrissy and Peter will be full partners in the leadership of the newsroom, reporting to me. Both will drive all aspects of creating our journalism, from how we conceive of stories to how we execute them and present them to our audience. Through local and companywide initiatives, they will lead our efforts to expand our content and products and attract a wider audience.<\/em><\/p>\n

The directors of local\/breaking news, sports, life and culture, public interest investigative reporting and city at work will report to Peter.<\/em><\/p>\n

A new audience insight team, a trending desk, the director of visual content and the new position of marketplace editor will report to Chrissy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of you have worked with Chrissy. She is a digital innovator\u00a0and dynamic leader\u00a0who can help us think in new ways about our journalism and our reach. She has served as the head of digital publishing for the Courant since March 2013, leading audience engagement strategy, managing new product and platform development and creating innovative approaches to revenue generation. \u00a0She has worked at the Courant since 2004, holding several roles including home page editor, online community manager and lead web producer for Metromix\u00a0Connecticut.<\/em><\/p>\n

She\u2019s returning to her Midwest roots: Chrissy grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She has an MA in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Colorado.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please welcome Chrissy when she visits the newsroom on Tuesday. She will formally join us on March 19.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Kendall has, of course, worked with nearly all of you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter has headed the Tribune\u2019s newsgathering departments as managing editor since 2015. He has helped to lead our transition to a digital newsroom and a cultural shift to make us all more focused on the reader. He believes in great stories and is driven to find new ways to tell them and to make our journalism even more relevant to our readers.<\/em><\/p>\n

More, now, on how we will be changing.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Tribune has an unequaled role as a provider of quality journalism and as a leader in the community. Every day, we publish thousands of words and images that live up to our mission:<\/em><\/p>\n