Seattle Times managing editor named new Oklahoman editor
January 8, 2021 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoman has hired Seattle Times managing editor Ray Rivera to be its new executive editor.
The Oklahoma City daily reported Rivera’s appointment was announced Thursday. He also will serve as regional editor of other Gannett-owned USA Today Network’s Sunbelt region publications in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico.
The El Paso, Texas, native grew up in Raton, New Mexico, and began his career as a part-time sportswriter at the Carlsbad Current Argus. He went on to work as a reporter at the Santa Fe New Mexican, Salt Lake Tribune, Seattle Times, The Washington Post and The New York Times.