WASHINGTON, July 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Catholic
Reporter (NCR) has announced that veteran journalist Carol Zimmermann will join the publication as
News Editor. She will officially begin her role on August 5.
Her byline is one of the most familiar and
trusted in Catholic news.
Zimmermann, based in the Washington,
D.C. area, comes to NCR after a respected career as a
reporter and editor at Catholic News Service (CNS). At CNS, she
covered the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference and a wide range of
other key Catholic issues, events, and institutions. Her byline is
one of the most familiar and trusted in Catholic news.
"Carol has excellent connections and contacts in Washington's Catholic world. That's especially
important during this election year in a town where key power
players from the White House to Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court
are Catholic," said NCR CEO and Publisher Joe Ferullo. "It is a thrill to welcome Carol to
our team and to continue to have a strong presence in Washington."
When most of CNS was closed down by the bishops in 2022,
Zimmermann moved to DeSales Media, the communications group at the
Diocese of Brooklyn. She remained
in Washington as the senior
national correspondent for the diocese's newspaper and website, The
Tablet.
Zimmermann is a board member of the Catholic Media Association.
She and her husband, Mark, editor of the Catholic Standard
newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, have two adult children and a high
schooler. They attend St. Rose of Lima Parish in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Zimmermann steps into the position most recently held by
Joshua McElwee. He worked out of
Washington as NCR's News Editor
for the last three years and, before that, as the news outlet's
Vatican correspondent for seven years in Rome. McElwee will soon be joining Reuters
news service as their Vatican reporter.
NCR is an independent, lay-led news organization covering the
Catholic Church and issues of importance and interest to Catholics
nationwide. Founded in 1964, NCR is marking its 60th year in
publication. NCR received 43 honors for its work this year from the
Catholic Media Association, including citations for investigative
reporting, Global Sisters Report and EarthBeat, NCR's online
publication devoted to environmental issues.
For further information, please contact NCR Publisher/CEO
Joe Ferullo or GM Tony Hernandez
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