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Dennis Anderson (Managing editor)

Dennis Anderson joined the Lawrence Journal-World as managing editor in April 2005. He previously worked for 10 years at Gannett Co. Inc. newspapers, including serving as managing editor of the Norwich Bulletin in Connecticut from 1999-2005 and as metro editor of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin in New York from 1996-1999.

Anderson, 46, has spent most of his career as an editor. He was managing editor for two of the Pioneer Press chain of suburban Chicago newspapers before joining Paddock Publication's Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., in 1990, where he was a bureau chief.

He has received several Associated Press and Gannett awards for news coverage, and he was recognized as one of Gannett's top 10 supervisors in 2000. He won the Kansas Press Association's award for best column writing in 2006.

Anderson has participated in a number of journalism training seminars including American Press Institute workshops for city editors and for managing editors. He graduated from Columbia College in Chicago.

He is a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Lawrence class of 2006. He coaches youth baseball and writes a blog — What About Me? — for Boomergirl.com. Anderson, his wife, Julie, and their sons, Eric and Thomas, and dog, Lorenzo, live in Lawrence.

Recent stories

World Company book recounts dream season
April 23, 2008
You experienced the championship; now you can read the book.
National pastime
The art of baseball
March 30, 2008
There is a grace to the game of baseball. Its leisurely pace is interrupted by bursts of speed and strength, not unlike ballet. Perhaps that’s why artists often gravitate to it in word, music and film.
Journal-World sweeps SNA Awards for ’07
January 26, 2008
The Lawrence Journal-World on Friday won 23 Suburban Newspapers of America Awards for 2007, the most in the country for the third consecutive year.
Environmentalists hope to boost freshwater mussel populations
November 5, 2007
The dense forest that buffers the Verdigris River from barren bean and corn fields tells the story of last May’s devastating flood in southeast Kansas. The flood destroyed the crops, and their remnants hang lifeless from the trees some 30 feet up a steep hill from the river. That’s how far the river rose. New crops will have to wait another year, but already the Verdigris is on the mend, with help from the freshwater mussels that for centuries have worked to keep the water clean and provide food for the river’s fish and other wildlife.
Uncle Ike
Fictional ‘First Wave’ weaves its story with that of one of Kansas’ most beloved figures
September 24, 2007
Dwight D. Eisenhower is best known as Gen. Eisenhower, leader of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, or as President Eisenhower, leader of the free world at the height of the Cold War.
Academy teaches better understanding of news
August 26, 2007
The third Citizen Journalism Academy takes place this fall. The CJA is sponsored by The World Company and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas University.
More changes in store for newspaper
July 29, 2007
Journal-World readers have a passion for the newspaper. When we made changes to the format earlier this month, we received calls, letters and e-mails. Last weekend, the editors met several hundred readers at Hy-Vee on Sixth Street. Many people made a special trip to talk with us. The response was flattering. Some shared a complaint or two, but most said they enjoy starting their day with the Journal-World.
Construction won’t hamper annual Red Dog’s Dog Days
May 31, 2007
Construction near Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium won’t disrupt the summer session of Red Dog’s Dog Days, which starts Tuesday.
Sleepless subjects
May 22, 2007
While most of Lawrence is sound asleep, Sharon Cobbinah is wide awake, albeit sipping on a can of caffeinated Pepsi.
Calling it a day
Life full of ups, downs, surprises: Coach serves as mentor for team, family
May 22, 2007
Brad Stoll doesn’t let a day go by without listening to Willie Nelson. Nelson’s music gets him pumped up for his day, and his day is one of extremes.

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