The Spectrum's editorial board elected Aaron Mansfield as the editor in chief for the 2012-13 school year during a closed forum on Thursday morning.
Mansfield, a sophomore English major, is currently the senior life editor and was the senior sports editor for the fall 2011 semester. He is pursuing the English department's journalism certificate, and he has been on staff since the spring 2011 semester.
Mansfield is currently a sports web writer and reporter for WGRZ-TV, and he will be a sports reporter and copy editor intern for The Buffalo News this summer. He hopes to pursue a career in broadcast sports journalism in the future.
Mansfield received endorsements from Andrew Wiktor, the 2010-11 editor in chief, and Ben Hayes, a sports anchor for WGRZ-TV. He was very thankful to all who have supported him throughout the election process.
"I'm honored and humbled to accept the position," Mansfield said. "It's been a goal of mine for over a year, and I'm ready to take over. We've made huge progress as a paper this year, but we're just getting started. I'm very close with current Editor in Chief Matthew Parrino, so we've been developing a plan for how we can further our success next year and after that. While The Spectrum is now gaining national notoriety - winning three national awards in 2011 and 2012 - we don't want to stop there. I have a lot of big goals, and I believe we'll accomplish them."
Advertising and Co-Creative Director Aline Kobayashi also participated in the election.
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