Brian MacLeod, current managing editor for Sun Media’s Sudbury Star and regional content editor for its northern and north-central Ontario group, has been named The Western Producer’s new editor.
He is scheduled to assume the position Oct. 1.
MacLeod has worked for 28 years, mainly as a writer and editor, at six newspapers in Ontario, and in communications at Falconbridge, a former nickel-mining operation in Sudbury, Ont.
MacLeod has a journalism diploma from Sheridan College and a bachelor of arts degree in political science and economics.