Sep 28th, 2009 - dailypress
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The longtime newsroom leader of The Star-Ledger of Newark is retiring after a 15-year run in which he led New Jersey's largest newspaper to two Pulitzer prizes before the industry's financial woes forced him to cut staff.
Jim Willse announced plans Monday to step down as the newspaper's editor next month. Managing editor Kevin Whitmer, 42, will succeed him.
Willse led the Star-Ledger through a turbulent period in the newspaper industry as the migration of readers and ad dollars to the Internet triggered bankruptcies, sales and job cuts. The newspaper's newsroom staff declined by 45 percent after it gave buyouts to 151 of its 334 news staffers last year.
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