The Acorn (blue) heading | John Loesing
https://www.theacorn.com/letter-to-the-editor/
The Thousand Oaks Acorn | Becca Whitnall
https://www.toacorn.com/letters-to-the-editor/
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John Loesing
John Loesing is managing editor of the Acorn Newspapers and editor of The Acorn. In his more than 20 years with the company, he has helped oversee growth in coverage from one newspaper to five. Loesing is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a three-time winner in the California Newspapers Publishers Association Awards for feature and editorial writing. He has twice won a SCAN NATOA (States of California and Nevada chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors) Government Broadcast Awards.
Becca Whitnall
Becca Whitnall is a former T.O. Acorn reporter and current editor of the Thousand Oaks Acorn. A UC Berkeley alumna, Becca uses her English lit education to write pun-laden and alliterative headlines and her peace and conflict studies education to quell arguments in Facebook comments. With the Acorn, she’s won California Newspaper Publishers Association first-place awards for breaking news, coverage of local government, in-depth reporting and land use reporting.
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