NATION

Janet Chusmir, president and publisher of the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo., will become executive editor of the Miami Herald in May, replacing Heath Meriwether.

Meriwether, 43, who has held the post since July, 1983, will assume another role in the Knight-Ridder organization, which owns the Herald and the Daily Camera. Chusmir, 57, was a member of the Herald staff from 1968 to 1982. During that time she was a reporter, columnist, features editor, Living Today editor and assistant managing editor for features.