National Desk's new night editor

Here's a memo from National Editor Scott Kraft announcing Connie Stewart's appointment as night editor of that desk:

I'm delighted to announce that Connie Stewart, who has skillfully guided the early Sunday Bulldog edition of the paper for much of the past two decades, has joined the National Desk as night editor.

Connie has a wealth of editing experience, and much of it with national news. She was assistant political editor during the 1992 presidential campaign and, earlier, a national copy editor, news editor and wire editor.

She came to the paper from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, where she was an editorial writer, editor of the Q&A interview and copy editor.

She began her career at the Des Moines Register & Tribune as an editorial writer and holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and journalism from the University of Iowa.

Connie fills much of her spare time with yoga, aerobics, running, hiking and singing. She has a soft spot for feral cats and has been known to sing them the Gayatri Mantra.

Please join me in congratulating Connie on her new appointment.