Register Names Tonnie Katz Editor, Walsh Circulation VP

Tonnie L. Katz, one of two managing editors of the Register, on Friday was named editor, succeeding N. Christian Anderson. He was appointed executive vice president and associate publisher earlier this week.

Katz, 47, joins the ranks of seven other women across the country who direct the news departments of newspapers with a circulation of more than 100,000, according to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Also on Friday, John Walsh, 41, was promoted to vice president of circulation. Walsh came to the Register last fall from the Journal Register Co., a newspaper group headquartered in New Jersey. He succeeds John Schueler, who became executive vice president and general manager.

Katz joined the Register as an assistant managing editor in 1988 from the San Bernardino Sun, where she had been managing editor. She was promoted to managing editor of the Register in 1989.

Richard Cheverton, the Register’s other managing editor, is in charge of strategic planning, while Katz oversaw day-to-day operations.

Katz also has been managing editor of the now-defunct News-American in Baltimore and Sunday projects editor for Newsday in Long Island, N.Y.