Doerflein
The Daily Journal is pleased to announce two staff changes.
Editor James Vaughn has promoted news reporter Leeann Doerflein to news editor and long-time reporter Ryan Trares to senior reporter and columnist, effective immediately.
Doerflein joined the newspaper staff in March 2020, the same week the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the county. She has led the paper’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic ever since. She also covers Franklin.
In her new role, she will keep a close eye on all of the county’s local governments, including its several small towns, to make sure readers aren’t missing anything. She will also be responsible for the newspaper’s social media channels in an effort to reach a wider audience. Today, the paper is launching a metered paywall on dailyjournal.net, so it is of the utmost importance to provide quality content online.
Doerflein studied journalism and political science at the University of Indianapolis on the southside, and has a master’s degree in strategic communication from Purdue University. She lives in Greenwood.
Trares joined the newspaper staff in 2008, and has told thousands of stories that run the gamut since then. He has won numerous awards for his reporting and writing, including for his ongoing coverage of the opioid epidemic’s impact on the region, and is the brain behind many of our feature sections, including Accent, Go! and Brave Hearts.
In his new role, he will continue to report on arts and entertainment, local businesses and nonprofits, and health care, tackle special assignments and help coach rookie reporters. He will also write a weekly column about the joys, frustrations, and bewildering, hysterical, heart-pounding moments of modern fatherhood, as we continue our efforts to provide as much local content as possible.
Trares studied journalism and creative writing at Miami University in Ohio.
