Editor at well-regarded paper in California leaves to become assistant to the city manager

When Greg Clark, left, took a job with his hometown newspaper, the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif., he never expected to stay too long. That plan changed, but after 31 years at the 34,000-circulation daily paper, he is moving to "the other side" to become assistant to the city manager. His new job will involve handling the budget for the city manager's office, working with the state legislature and conducting hearings.

“The Record Searchlight, to a great extent, reflects three decades of Greg Clark and his work as a journalist here,” Silas Lyons, the paper’s editor, told Record Searchlight reporter Dylan Darling. After earning a journalism degree from the University of Oregon, Clark was hired as an education reporter in 1976. He became assistant city editor in 1981 on his way to being named managing editor in 1996. In his time there, Clark helped guide the well-regarded newspaper's addition of a Sunday edition and its move from afternoon to morning delivery. (Read more)