In this edition of the Richmond Free Press I introduce a new managing editor who I think inaugurates an exciting new era for this publication and for its readers in Metropolitan Richmond, the Old Dominion and beyond.

His name is Craig Belcher. He is a Richmond native with extensive experience editing and writing for news and arts publications in Central Virginia.

Craig received a bachelor’s in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996.

He began his journalistic career as editor of the weekly Caroline Progress in Caroline County. He later served as the online editor for Style Weekly.

For the past six years Craig was the arts and entertainment editor for Richmond Magazine, where he received awards from the Virginia Press Association for writing and editing.

We welcome Craig’s energy and skill. And you, our valued readers, are encouraged to communicate with him your ideas and opinions about issues that affect our lives.

Jean Patterson Boone

Publisher