Our team

The people behind the reporting.

Classic Reporters is published by Nancy Reed and edited by Andrew Bishop. The senior editorial staff are listed below.

Leadership
Nancy Reed
Publisher Miami

Nancy Reed

Nancy is the publisher of Classic Reporters, working from Miami. Her background is in media and business operations, and she holds responsibility for the site’s overall direction, financial sustainability, and the independence of the editorial operation from the commercial side of the site. She leaves the day-to-day editorial decisions to the newsroom and writes an occasional column on the business of journalism.

Andrew Bishop
Editor-in-Chief Cleveland

Andrew Bishop

Andrew leads the newsroom from Cleveland. His career spans more than fifteen years in editorial leadership at regional daily newspapers, with a background that includes reporting on city government, state politics, and federal courts before he moved into editing. He sets the standards for what runs on the site, oversees the corrections record, and is the final authority on questions of what Classic Reporters will and will not publish.

Senior editorial staff

Editors across the desks.

Kelly Franklin
Managing Editor San Diego

Kelly Franklin

Kelly manages the day-to-day operations of the newsroom from San Diego. She came to Classic Reporters after twelve years at a Pacific-region daily, where she rose from city desk reporter to assistant managing editor with stops on the politics and copy desks. She is responsible for the editorial calendar, story assignments, and the flow of publication across the desks.

Michael Dawson
Business Editor Little Rock

Michael Dawson

Michael runs the business and economy desk from Little Rock. His reporting career includes more than a decade covering business, finance, and labor at regional daily newspapers and a national business publication.

Christine Riley
Features Editor Portland, Maine

Christine Riley

Christine edits the features section from Portland, Maine. Her career includes more than a decade of feature writing and editing at national publications and regional newspapers, with a particular interest in food, travel, and the everyday economics of American households.

Frank Hopkins
Standards Editor Wichita

Frank Hopkins

Frank oversees the publication’s standards program from Wichita. He handles fact-checking on sensitive material, manages the corrections record, and serves as the point of contact for readers and named subjects who identify errors in published pieces.

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