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Pat
Thomas
Let's face it: CoxNet has meant extra effort and plenty of tender loving care to make it work well. At the Dayton Daily News, the editor who's taken up the banner with a gusto that has inspired colleagues is Features Editor Pat Thomas.
She saw the wisdom of sharing stories, photos and graphics, and enjoys seeing Daily News work turn up in papers far beyond Ohio's borders. Furthermore, she wasn't daunted by new routines or software that CoxNet cooperation entailed. Her decision to pitch in enthusiastically made Thomas the first recipient of the CoxNet Award, which goes to the employee who best typifies the spirit of cooperation. The category was added to the Best of Cox Awards this year and is expected to become a mainstay. For its first winner to be a ranking editor at Cox Newspapers' birthplace gives it additional meaning. "In the past 18 months or so, it's become clear that CoxNet is an immensely useful way to access good reporting, photography and illustration from our sister papers," Thomas said.
"It's also the way to share our own hard work and compelling coverage. "The tradeoff for the few minutes it takes to budget-tool a story or send an advisory is that we are part of a larger, more responsive journalism environment." Before joining the Daily News in 1992, the Cleveland native and Bowling Green State University graduate worked for the Journal-Herald in Dayton; Austin American-Statesman; and Virginian Pilot in Norfolk. In Dayton, the Daily News staffers knew Pat Thomas was a nimble, flexible manager. Now everyone in CoxNet does, too.
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