Mark J. Rochester has been tapped as the next executive editor at the Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune, where he will lead newsroom operations with a focus on watchdog journalism.
Rochester, an Indianapolis native who attended Indiana University, has spent more than 35 years in the news industry, mostly in senior management positions with an emphasis on investigative journalism.
He most recently was the managing editor for California-based nonprofit inewsource where he managed a team of reporters and editors in San Diego.
