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SENIOR EDITORS

Chris Coates, executive editor, (804) 649-6146, ccoates@timesdispatch.com, @ByChrisCoates

David Ng, managing editor, (804) 649-6442, david.ng@timesdispatch.com


STATE NEWS

Andrew Cain, editor, (804) 649-6645, acain@timesdispatch.com@AndrewCainRTD

Eric Kolenich, higher education and health reporter, (804) 649-6109, ekolenich@timesdispatch.com@EricKolenichRTD

Michael Martz, state politics reporter, (804) 649-6964, mmartz@timesdispatch.com@mmartzrtd

Dave Ress, state politics reporter, (804) 649-6948, dress@timesdispatch.com@DaveRess1

Charlotte Rene Woods, state politics reporter, (804) 649-6254, cwoods@timesdispatch.com@CharlotteWords


LOCAL NEWS

Mark Bowes, courts, breaking news and public safety reporter, (804) 649-6450, mbowes@timesdispatch.com@RTDMarkBowes

Anna Bryson, education reporter, (804) 649-6922, abryson@timesdispatch.com@AnnaBryson18

Lyndon German, breaking news reporter, (804) 649-6340, lgerman@timesdispatch.com, @Lyndon__G

Thad Green, counties reporter, (804) 649-6023, tgreen@timesdispatch.com@thadgreen

Em Holter, Richmond reporter, (804) 649-6178, eholter@timesdispatch.com@EmHolterNews


LIVING AND BUSINESS

Colleen Curran, editor, (804) 649-6151, ccurran@timesdispatch.com@collcurran

Sean Jones, business reporter (804) 649-6911, sjones@timesdispatch.com

Bill Lohmann, columnist and features reporter, (804) 649-6639, wlohmann@timesdispatch.com@BillLohmann


ENTERPRISE AND INVESTIGATIONS 

Sean McGoey, data reporter, (804) 649-6012, smcgoey@timesdispatch.com@SeanMcGoey

Luca Powell, data reporter, (804) 649-6103, lpowell@timesdispatch.com@luca_a_powell


SPORTS

Michael Phillips, sports editor, (804) 649-6546, mphillips@timesdispatch.com@michaelpRTD 

Mike Barber, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech sports reporter, (804) 649-6546, mbarber@timesdispatch.com@RTD_MikeBarber

Zach Joachim, sports reporter, (804) 649-6555, zjoachim@timesdispatch.com@ZachJoachim

Melanie Martinez, sports reporter, (804) 649-6442, mmartinez@timesdispatch.com@melanieml33

John O’Connor, University of Richmond and Flying Squirrels reporter, (804) 649-6233, joconnor@timesdispatch.com@RTDjohnoconnor

Tim Pearrell, high school sports reporter, (804) 649-6965, tpearrell@timesdispatch.com@timpearrelltd

David Teel, sports reporter, (757) 897-2049, @ByDavidTeel 


COPY DESK

Chris Wilbers, planning and presentation editor, (804) 649-6837, cwilbers@timesdispatch.com

Symea Fitts, copy editor, (804) 649-6310, sfitts@timesdispatch.com

Linda Hall, copy editor, (804) 649-6545, llhall@timesdispatch.com

Sam Parker, copy editor, (804) 649-6544, sparker@timesdispatch.com

Vince Shaw, copy editor, (804) 649-6443, vshaw@timesdispatch.com

Amber Steinmetz-Cole, copy editor, (804) 649-6772, asteinmetz-cole@timesdispatch.com


VISUALS

Shaban Athuman, photographer, (804) 649-6382, sathuman@timesdispatch.com

Daniel Sangjib Min, photographer, (804) 649-6382, smin@timesdispatch.com

Eva Russo, photographer, (804) 649-6382, erusso@timesdispatch.com


OPINION

Scott Bass, editor, (804) 649-6801, sbass@timesdispatch.com@scttbass

Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, (804) 649-6814, jschapiro@timesdispatch.com@RTDSchapiro

Michael Paul Williams, columnist, (804) 649-6815, mwilliams@timesdispatch.com@RTDMPW 


CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Last updated on March 8, 2023