Editor Sandra Rowe leaving The Oregonian; Executive Editor Peter Bhatia to succeed her

Editor Rowe leaving Oregonian; Bhatia to take over

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of The Oregonian since 1993, says she’s leaving the newspaper at the end of the year.

Publisher N. Christian Anderson III named Executive Editor Peter Bhatia on Monday as Rowe’s successor. Rowe hired Bhatia as managing editor in late 1993 and named him executive editor in 1997.

Under Rowe’s leadership, The Oregonian has won five Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other national awards.

Rowe says she and her husband, Gerard, will remain in Portland. She says she’ll continue to be involved in leadership areas that “could contribute to the economic and educational vibrancy” of Oregon but first plans to take most of 2010 off “to enjoy more time with my daughters and year-old granddaughter.”

Information from: The Oregonian, www.oregonlive.com