Faye Edmundson has more than 30 years experience with daily and weekly newspapers, mostly in community journalism, in Texas and Atlanta. Before becoming editor of Duluth Patch, she covered Duluth city government for the daily newspaper in Gwinnett County for three years. 

Faye was news editor for nearly 15 years of the Northside/Sandy Springs/Vinings Neighbor Newspapers in Atlanta. She has been an account executive and photographer for Maizie Hale Public Relations, community news editor for the Vinings Gazette, and editor and reporter for the Fayette Sun and Southside Sun.

She worked as a reporter or the Alice (TX) Echo-News and as a copy editor for the Corpus Christi (TX) Caller-Times before moving to Atlanta. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Texas-Austin.

Joy is the editor of Lilburn-Mountain Park Patch. Previusly, she was the editor of Snellville Patch, which she launched in December 2010.

Deanna Allen is the local editor for the Barrow Patch. She is a native of Georgia who grew up in Jackson County, attended elementary, middle and high school locally and moved just 50 miles away for college. After graduating in 2006 from Piedmont College with a bachelor's degree in mass communications and political science, she worked as a reporter for the Barrow County News before taking a job as a copy editor and page designer with the Gwinnett Daily Post. After about a year, Deanna returned to writing as a features and lifestyles reporter for the Daily Post and then signed on in November 2008 with Patch. She lives in a quiet subdivision in Winder with her two Boxer bulldogs, Louie and Sophie. When she has free time to herself, she enjoys reading and catching up on her favorite TV shows.

Bryan Curtis handles the announcements and events calendar for the Duluth Patch.

He was born and raised in Charlotte, NC, where he graduated from West Charlotte High School with high honors. Bryan first came to Georgia when he enrolled at the University of Georgia to study biochemistry and molecular biology. Now he lives in Gwinnett County and hopes to return to UGA to further his education.

Although he chose to study science, reading and writing have been among Bryan's greatest passions since he was a child, and he is excited to have the opportunity to be involved with Patch. Bryan's other interests include computers and video games, hiking and camping, and watching sports. 

 

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Melissa grew up in the Patch town of Lilburn and currently resides in another Patch town, Loganville.  As a life long resident of Gwinnett County, she is enjoying getting to spend more time in the local communities and working with local businesses.  She comes from a sales and marketing background in the music industry. 

Interested in advertising on Patch?  She can be reached at melissa.collins@patch.com or (678) 575-8499.

Bill is the former Public Information Officer for Forsyth County Government, a veteran news reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a freelancer for Associated Press. He now owns his own political consulting firm  and is the proud grandfather of Alex, Caleb and Mason.  

Carol Frey is a special education teacher by degree, a homemaker, family C.E.O. and procurement specialist by design. A freelance writer and author of two humorous cookbooks "Have You Considered Cooking?" and "The Grits Shall Rise Again!", Carol has enjoyed living in Peachtree Corners for 23 years. She looks forward to bring news and views about the area to all of our readers. www.carolgfrey.com.

Raised as an army brat until starting High School, Melanie finally placed roots down in the Atlanta area and earned her Bachelor's in Psychology from Oglethorpe University. She later went on to earn her Master's in Education. 

Melanie now resides in North Atlanta with her husband, four kids, and a Maltese-Shih Tzu named Toto. When not playing chauffeur for her kids, she enjoys reading,writing, and finding the best online deals. 

A culmination of many influences makes Stacie Stamper a multi-dimensional professional. Having lived in Singapore, Germany and England, she wants to bring the best attributes of the places she has lived and traveled to the community she serves.

Stacie's career before children was in health care information systems. She worked for QS1 Pharmacy Systems, Indiana University Hospitals, Ernst & Young and finished her career with HBO & Company in Houston, Texas. 

Upon re-emerging in the workplace after her two sons were in school, Stacie began selling oriental rugs which led to starting a design|build cooperative on Main Street in Duluth.  She closed the design studio after 5 years to persue a career with Habitat for Humanity International as the Donations Coordinator for Gwinnett ReStore.

Phil Meyer is Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame in Journalism in the spring of 2008.  He joined the Journalism School in 1981 and served as Knight Chair in Journalism Professor from 1993-2008.  Prior to joining the school, he held a number of reporter and research positions at various media outlets. 

He has won numerous awards including the 2005 Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Research About Journalism (with Scott Maier). He was named a Fellow of Society of Professional Journalists in 2005. In 2004, the Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication gave him its Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award. And in 2000 he received the American Association for Public Opinion Research Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement.

Meyer is the author of several books including The Vanishing Newspaper:  Saving Journalism in the Information Age and Precision Journalism:  A Reporter’s Introduction to Social Science Methods.  Journalism Quarterly in 2000 listed this book as one of the 35 significant books of the 20th century in journalism and mass communication; and the American Association for Public Opinion Research, observing its 50th anniversary in 1996, listed it as one of 50 significant books on public opinion research.

He received his B.S. in technical journalism from Kansas State University and his M.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina.

Steven Berlin Johnson is a pioneer in the web world, as a co-founder of FEED, Plastic.com, and Outside.in, which was acquired by Patch in March of 2011. He also co-created Findings.com, which launched in late 2011. Steven was the 2009 Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at The Journalism School at Columbia University, and served for several years as a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU’s Journalism School. He is a bestselling author of seven books, and won acclaim and a Newhouse School Mirror Award for his 2010 Time Magazine cover story, "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live." 

Speaking of Steven's editorial prowess, check out this video based on Steven's book, Where Good Ideas Come From, which was named one of the best books of 2010 by The Economist.

Brian was Editor-in-Chief of Time Out New York magazine before coming to Patch. Before that he worked for a variety of publications both online and off, including Details magazine, New York Magazine, and the old, dearly departed Sidewalk.com. He has written for numerous publications, from the New York Times magazine to Harper's Bazaar. He graduated from Bowdoin College and got an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University so he could put his novel in a drawer with distinction. He lives in Manhattan with his beautiful wife, adorable son, angelic daughter and the world's most dog-like cat. He’s proud as hell of what the Patch team has built.

Ken Paulson is president and chief executive officer of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University and in Washington, D.C.

Previously, Paulson served as the editor and senior vice president/news of USA Today.  He is now a columnist on USA Today’s board of contributors, writing about First Amendment issues and the news media.

Throughout his career, Paulson has drawn on his background as both a journalist and lawyer, serving as the editor or managing editor of newspapers in five different states.

He also is past-president of the American Society of News Editors, the nation’s largest organization of news media leaders.

Paulson also was the host of the Emmy-honored television program “Speaking Freely,” seen in more than 60 PBS markets nationwide over five seasons, and the author of "Freedom Sings," a multimedia stage show celebrating the First Amendment that continues to tour the nation's campuses.  

He was an early advocate of making newspaper content available online, launching online newspapers in both Florida and New York in 1993.

For 12 years, Paulson was a regular guest lecturer at the American Press Institute, speaking to more than 5,000 journalists about First Amendment issues. He was honored with the API Lifetime Service Award. In 2010 and 2011, he served as chair of the PBS Editorial Standards Review Committee.

In 2007, Paulson was named fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, “the highest honor SPJ bestows upon a journalist for extraordinary contributions to the profession.” In 2008, he  received the Robert S. Abbott Memorial Award for Meritorious Service in Mass Communications from the Southern Regional Press Institute. He has also been elected to the Illini Publishing Hall of Fame at the University of Illinois.

He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He also has served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from American University.