Senior Group President, East Newspaper Group and President and Publisher, The News Journal

Inducted into MDDC’s Hall of Fame in 2011. This article is based on information submitted at the time.

W. Curtis Riddle was born in 1950 and graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1972 with a degree in journalism. Among other positions, he was a reporter and editorial writer for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY before moving east in 1976.

Riddle worked a number of positions at The Baltimore Sun, including multiple reporting assignments and editor positions. He started his career with Gannett in 1982:

• Senior Group President, Gannett Co., Inc. East Newspaper Group – June 1994 to present
• President & Publisher, The News Journal, Wilmington, DE – June 1994 to present
• President & Publisher, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, MI – June 1990 to June 1994
• President, Central Regional Newspaper Group, GCI – May 1991 to May 1993
• Vice President, Central Regional Newspaper Group, GCI – July 1989 to May 1991
• Publisher, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN – 1988 to 1990
• Assistant to Publisher, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH – 1987 to 1988
• Managing Editor, The Cincinnati Enquirer – 1985 to 1987
• Deputy Managing Editor/Sports, USA Today, Arlington, VA, – 1982 to 1985

Riddle was awarded Gannett’s Manager of the Year in 1992 and 1993.