Lovely, Randy
Posted 9/28/2010 8:25:00 AM

Randy Lovely was named Editor and Vice President/News at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com in January 2008. He came to Phoenix in 2002 as managing editor and was promoted to executive editor in 2005 before moving into the top news position.

Before coming to The Republic, Randy was executive editor of The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, California. Lovely began his career in 1986 as a reporter at the Sturgis Journal, when Gannett owned the newspaper. He worked at two Knight-Ridder newspapers in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Long Beach, California, before returning to Gannett in 1992 as an assistant managing editor at the News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida. From 1997 to 2000, he served as managing editor of the Shreveport Times in Louisiana before moving to Palm Springs.

The Republic has been awarded a Gold Medal by Gannett for performance by a newspaper in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008, and was named the company’s Newspaper of the Year in 2005. Lovely received a president's ring for performance during his first year as editor in 2008. While in Palm Springs, he received his first Gannett President's Ring.

Lovely has a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, which inducted him into its Journalism Hall of Fame in 2008. Last fall, he returned to campus as a Hearst Visiting Professor. Randy is on the board of directors of the Associated Press Managing Editors.

Lovely and his partner, John, enjoy traveling, desert landscaping and spending time with friends. They support and volunteer with several local organizations, including the Arizona Animal Welfare League from which they rescued their dog, Keely.