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Ken Tingley

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Ken Tingley was the editor of The Post-Star in Glens Falls, N.Y. from 1999 to 2020. During his tenure, the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2009, was recognized by the New York State Associated Press Association with its “Newspaper of Distinction” award nine times while winning more than a dozen national awards for its journalism.

During his tenure Tingley wrote an award-winning local news column that was regularly honored by the New York State News Publishers Association and the New York State Associated Press Association. When Tingley retired in July 2020, his column had been named a finalist by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in 8 of the past 10 years. It was honored with a first-place award in 2016.

Ti Ken Tingley was the editor of The Post-Star in Glens Falls, N.Y. from 1999 to 2020. During his tenure, the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2009, was recognized by the New York State Associated Press Association with its “Newspaper of Distinction” award nine times while winning more than a dozen national awards for its journalism.

During his tenure Tingley wrote an award-winning local news column that was regularly honored by the New York State News Publishers Association and the New York State Associated Press Association. When Tingley retired in July 2020, his column had been named a finalist by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in 8 of the past 10 years. It was honored with a first-place award in 2016.

Tingley has also been active in state and national journalism organizations. He was president of the New York State Associated Press Association in 2010 when it merged with the state broadcasters association. He also served twice on the board of directors of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was a Pulitzer Prize judge from 2008-09.

Before becoming editor in 1999, Tingley was sports editor of The Post-Star from 1988 to 1999 where the sports section was annually honored as one of the best small-newspaper sports sections in the country by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Tingley was honored for his writing by APSE 11 times, including five times for columns. Tingley served as third Vice President for APSE from 1995-97.

Tingley started his newspaper career as a sportswriter at the Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent in 1979 before moving on to the Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (1980-82), The Daily Star in Oneonta, N.Y. (1982-87) and the Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News (1987-1988).

Tingley grew up in Seymour, Conn. and graduated from Seymour High School in 1975. He attended college at the University of Connecticut’s Waterbury branch for two years, before transferring to Eastern Kentucky University where he became sports editor of The Eastern Progress his senior year and graduated with a degree in journalism in 1979.

He married his wife, Gillian, in 1982 and they had a son, Joseph, in 1996. This is Ken’s first book.
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