Henry named executive sports editor

November 18, 2007 01:07 am

— From staff reports
sports@joplinglobe.com
Jim Henry has been named executive sports editor for The Joplin Globe, according to the paper’s editor, Carol Stark.
Henry, who returned to the sports department on Nov. 12, began his journalism career during his senior year at Boonville High School. He worked as a one-man sports staff at The Boonville Daily News from 1971 until 1976, and later worked at the Fort Gateway Daily Guide in Waynesville from 1976 to 1978. He joined The Joplin Globe staff in April of 1978, where he worked until September of 2003.
Since 2003, Henry has worked for The Morning Sun. in Pittsburg, Kan. His primary beats were Pittsburg State University and Pittsburg High School.
Henry and his wife, Mary Ann, who is a special education teacher, live in Pittsburg.
He fills a position that had been held the past 18 months by Lance Ogden. Ogden has returned to Oregon to work as a sports editor.
Jim Fryar, who has been covering sports for The Globe since 1975, continues as sports editor.