IWMF Board of Directors
Narda
Zacchino is deputy editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Before joining the Chronicle in May 2001, Zacchino spent more
than 30 years at the Los Angeles Times.
Starting her career at the Times as a reporter, Zacchino worked
her way up through the ranks as assistant city editor for government
and politics, Sacramento bureau chief, Orange County editor and deputy
managing editor. Most recently she was associate editor and reader's
representative, a department she created in 1999.
During her tenure at the Times, Zacchino had oversight for nine
feature sections, originated the highly successful Calendar weekend
section, oversaw three regional editions and was the originator of the
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. She is a member of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors and was 1996 chair of ASNE's diversity
committee.
IWMF Live chat with Narda Zacchino (9/23/02).