Creative Loafing Charlotte New Editor, Kimberly Lawson
Creative Loafing, a SouthComm media company, announced today that the recently vacated editor position will be filled by a female for the first time in 25 years in the Charlotte market.
CHARLOTTE, NC, May 26, 2013
Creative Loafing, a SouthComm media company, announced today that the recently vacated editor position will be filled by a female for the first time in 25 years in the Charlotte market. On May 28, Kimberly Lawson will take the helm of CL's editorial staff of award-winning journalists.Lawson began her journalistic career with Creative Loafing seven years ago. She worked her way up from copy editor to operations editor, which transitioned into managing editor and now editor. Publisher Wendy Goldstein is "happy to see Kim rise up through the ranks and looks forward to working with her to continually improve the quality of the Creative Loafing product." As editor, Lawson plans to focus on growing readership on the website, experimenting with format, and continuing to expand the print product into a dynamic multimedia source for all things arts and entertainment.
Lawson earned a B.A. in English from Augusta State University and her M.A. in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Often found writing fiction in local coffee shops, working to emulate her mother's Korean recipes and attempting to perfect her warrior pose in yoga, Lawson is a true enthusiast of the arts and entertainment scene in Charlotte. Follow her excursions on Twitter at @kimlawson22, or better yet, send her a note at kimberly.lawson@creativeloafing.com.
About Creative Loafing
Founded in 1987, Creative Loafing Charlotte is the go-to source for all things arts and entertainment in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area of North Carolina, including music, film, visual and performing arts, dining, style, sex and love, as well the region's most fearless, hard-hitting news stories. Creative Loafing distributes more than 47,000 copies of its print edition each Thursday to more than 1,300 locations and reaches more than 276,000 readers. For more information, visit: ClClt.com
About SouthComm Inc.
SouthComm was formed in late 2007 to operate regional niche publications. The Nashville-based company now owns more than 20 titles targeting general news, alternative, business, society and female audiences in Nashville, Louisville, Kansas City, Charlotte, Cincinnati and Tampa as well the regional Medical News chain of papers. The company also owns Target Marketing and SouthComm Publishing, custom publishing companies serving chambers of commerce and other associations around the country. For more information, visit southcomm.com.