Gallery: Current Herald-Dispatch employees on the job

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Linda Waddell is a recruitment manager in the Classifieds Department. She supervises the employment team and motivates the sales staff to achieve revenue, volume and frequency goals.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch Herald-Dispatch reporter Anthony Hanshew, left, talks with Marshall football coach Mark Snyder before a walk-through on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at Legion Field Stadium in Birmingham, Ala.

Reporter Jason McClure covers Tri-State sports.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Alicia Merritt is an advertising coordinator for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch News reporter Bill Rosenberger writes some information on a course given at Huntington High that allows high school students to receive college credits.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Connie Rappold is the switchboard operator. She answers incoming calls and helps walk-in customers.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Reporter Cynthia Soto covers Putnam County for The Herald-Dispatch.

Jeff Hutchinson is the prepress manager for The Herald-Dispatch.

Chris Lyons works in the distribution department for The Herald-Dispatch.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Tim Wilson is a press operator at the Print Shop.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Derek Wilson of the Information Technology department checks out some equipment during routine maintenance.

Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Photographer Mark Webb checks his shots while on assignment.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Sports reporter Grant Traylor writes down some stats during a Marshall University women's basketball game at Cam Henderson Center.

Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Editors gather for a daily meeting Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Misty Deere works in the circulation department of The Herald-Dispatch.

Photo courtesy Elizabeth Cremeans Pressroom workers honor retiree Danny Wright in 2008.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch Reporter Laura Wilcox, right, talks with a source during the second annual Candle Lighting Ceremony for National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month on Nov. 13, 2008, at Ritter Park in Huntington.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch News reporter Christian Alexandersen shakes hands with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the Republican GOP Convention in Charleston.

Robin Adkins is the commercial printing production manager with River Cities Printing. She coordinates electronic transmissions from customers, takes care of the prepress prep of negatives for printing, does graphic design, helps with troubleshooting and assists in customer relations.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch News illustrator Thom Marsh blogs about his craft at www.herald-dispatch.com.

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Georgetta Thevenin is the assistant controller in the Finance Department of The Herald-Dispatch.

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File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Herald-Dispatch reporter Grant Traylor covers high school sports.

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Linda Losey works in inside sales in the Classifieds Department.

David Hamilton is the production director. He is responsible for all production departments and the jobs they perform.

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File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Marshall's Emmanuel Spann fields questions from Herald-Dispatch sports columnist Chuck Landon on Aug. 4, 2008, at Joan C. Edwards during the Herd's annual football media day.

Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Bill Rosenberger, a reporter for The Herald-Dispatch, speaks with students April 25, 2008, during a career fair at South Point High School.

The Herald-Dispatch Classified Advertising Department in December 2007.

Cassandra Johnston Parsons is the non-daily publications editor for The Herald-Dispatch. She takes care of Tri-State Family magazine, the Lawrence Herald and the Putnam Herald.

Matt Dillon is an accountant in the Finance Department. He takes care of advertisement billing and rates and employees' time cards.

Photo courtesy Elizabeth Cremeans Father and son Keith Ferguson, left, and Dickie Ferguson are both production staff members at The Herald-Dispatch.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Amy Howat is director of advertising and marketing for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Scott Sword is an auto design specialist in the advertising department of The Herald-Dispatch.

Photo courtesy John Flavell Herald-Dispatch chief photographer Lori Wolfe stands in freezing water to shoot photos of the water main break in Ashland on Dec. 10, 2008. of the Ashland paper....

Brian Cardwell works in the building department for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Heath Harrison works at night on the copy desk, designing pages for the next day's newspaper.

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Howie McCormick/The Herald-Dispatch Staff photgrapher Chris Harris takes some senior portraits in the alley behind The Herald-Dispatch.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Sports writer Jason McClure throws down some stats during a Huntington High vs. Cabell Midland girls basketball game.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Vernon Lovejoy is night operations manager for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Jackie Stevens is the lead customer service representative in the Circulation Department of The Herald-Dispatch.

Scott Parsons, with his daughter, Claire, works at night on the copy desk, producing pages for the next day's newspaper. He also writes a column for the monthly Tri-State Family free publication.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Reporter Dave Malloy writes about Lawrence County, Ohio.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Reporter Dave Lavender, center, discusses the monthly Tri-State Family magazine at the 2008 Family Expo at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. At left is Tri-State Family account executive Debbie Ballard.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Patrick Messinger works in the finance department for The Herald-Dispatch.

Jeff Brown works in the retail advertising department for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Dianna Williamson is a digital advertising developer in the Online Department. She designs Flash ads for the newspaper's Web site.

Linda Waddell is a recruitment manager in the Classifieds Department. She supervises the employment team and motivates the sales staff to achieve revenue, volume and frequency goals.

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Howie McCormick/The Herald-Dispatch Copy editor Abby Rhoad enjoys a coffee break at The Herald-Dispatch.

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Howie McCormick/The Herald-Dispatch Reporter Laura Wilcox interviews Miami Dolphins' quarterback Chad Pennington.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch From left, Shirley Manis, Jeff Brown (of The Herald-Dispatch) and Gene Spurlock look over some advertising pages in the Herald-Dispatch Jan. 9, 2009, at Spurlock's Flowers. Herald-Dispatch ad reps often meet with customers to discuss their advertising needs.

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File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Kathy Taylor is a senior account/medical team leader in the Retail Advertising Department at The Herald-Dispatch. Her principle responsibilities include planning, coordinating and directing specific sales campaigns that encompass all revenue producing opportunities offered by The Herald-Dispatch and herald-dispatch.com. This includes conferring with accounts to determine such factors as advertising requirements, budgetary limitations, knowledge of products and services to be advertised and audience characteristics.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch From left, sports columnist Chuck Landon, sports editor Rick McCann and columnist Ernie Salvatore cover a game at the Cam Henderson Center.

The Herald-Dispatch Creative Services Department in December 2007. The department designs the ads you see in the newspaper each day.

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News intern Taylor Kuykendall prepares for a flight with Michael S. Lakin during the Spring Fling Fly-in at Lawrence County airport.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch City government reporter Bryan Chambers, right, speaks with Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe during a news conference at City Hall.

File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Ronald Burcham works in the circulation department for The Herald-Dispatch.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Jessie Smith is a graphic artist for The Herald-Dispatch. She designs ads in the Creative Services department.

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Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch News reporter Curtis Johnson gathers information on New Year's Day from YMCA patrons Jan. 1, 2009, at the Huntington YMCA.

Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Judi Reed looks over a document for accounts payable in the accounting office Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington.

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The Herald-Dispatch newsroom.

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Greg Wagoner works in the building department of The Herald-Dispatch.

Chris Harris/The Herald-Dispatch Jean Tarbett Hardiman interviews a source for a story about the 2008 South Point High School graduation.