Fladung named managing editor of Plain Dealer

Thomas J. Fladung, who was managing editor of the Beacon Journal from July 2000 to November 2002, has been named managing editor of The Plain Dealer.

A native of Canton and graduate of the University of Dayton, Fladung has spent the past five years as editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He became editor there in September 2005. Fladung, 51, had a variety of editing positions at the Detroit Free Press before coming to Akron. He also spent nine years at The State in Columbia, SC and also worked at the Canton Repository, the Columbia Record and The Beavercreek Daily News.

"Thom's depth of experience, passion for excellent journalism and knowledge of Northeast Ohio will serve The Plain Dealer well," Editor Debra Adams Simmons said. Simmons became managing editor of The Plain Dealer in October when former Editor Susan Goldberg left to join Bloomberg News.

Adams Simmons, 45, came to the Plain Dealer in September 2007. She had previously been editor of the Akron Beacon Journal for four years.

"I can't wait for the opportunity to do journalism at The Plain Dealer and try to add to the newspaper's recent run of high-impact breaking news and enterprise," Fladung said. "We're also thrilled to be coming home."

Fladung is married to Jeannette Meyer-Fladung. They have one son, Jimmy, 14, a high school freshman, and a daughter, Kayleigh, 19, a freshman at the University of Dayton.

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