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Editors: At Georgia's Rome News-Tribune, Charlotte Atkins has been named editor; previously she had been metro editor of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. A Rome native, earlier Atkins spent a decade at Florida's Vero Beach Press-Journal and six years at California's Monterey County Herald. ... At Ohio's Ashland Times-Gazette, Ted Daniels has been named editor and general manager; previously he was the paper's editor. Daniels, a native of Ashland County, had a 23-year career at the Indianapolis Star including five years as managing editor -- before he went to the Times-Gazette in 2002. ...

Front office: At the Times of Northwest Indiana, Varinda Missett has been named advertising director; previously she was classified manager at the North County Times of Escondido, Calif. (both are Lee papers). A 14-year industry veteran, Missett started selling advertising for West Coast Publishers and in 1998 went to the Blade Citizen, which was soon renamed the North County Times. She was named classified manager in 2000. ... At the Daily World in Aberdeen, Wash., Beth Whisenhunt Brodhead has been named advertising director; previously she was classified manager. Brodhead has been with the paper for five years and was named classified manager last year. ... # >ET