{"id":146533,"date":"2021-09-28T23:59:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T04:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=146533"},"modified":"2021-09-30T00:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T05:28:28","slug":"independents-mosier-retiring-scott-truxell-new-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/independents-mosier-retiring-scott-truxell-new-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent announces editorial change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time in its nearly 20 years of existence, <em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Van Wert independent<\/em>&nbsp;is getting a new editor. Effective October 1, Editor Dave Mosier will be retiring from the position he has held since the&nbsp;<em>independent<\/em>\u2019s first edition hit the Internet in early January 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Independent-screen-shot-9-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146534\" width=\"350\" height=\"256\"\/><figcaption><em>The<\/em> <em>Van Wert independent<\/em> is getting a new editor, but will continue to provide the same quality news and sports to its many readers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been a great run and a wonderful experience, but it\u2019s time to move on and bring a new editorial perspective to the&nbsp;<em>independent<\/em>,\u201d Mosier said, noting that creating the web newspaper with partner Chris Roberts was a labor of love and, hopefully, has been a community asset for those wanting factual and responsible reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking over as editor will be Sports Editor Scott Truxell, a veteran sports and news reporter who began his journalism career in radio more than 30 years ago. Truxell has been sports editor of the independent since 2017 and has also covered a variety of news assignments, including all of the county\u2019s district boards of education and Van Wert City Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As editor, Truxell will continue to cover sporting events and sports stories for the&nbsp;<em>independent<\/em>, while adding news coverage as well. He will also continue to do some radio work, including co-hosting \u201cThe Chris Roberts Morning Show\u201d weekdays on WKSD radio and broadcasting local sports events on WKSD and its sister station, WERT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What won\u2019t change with a new editor is the independent\u2019s commitment to be the Van Wert County community\u2019s primary news source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to have the opportunity to share local news and stories with Van Wert independent readers,\u201d Truxell said. \u201cIt is important to keep all of Van Wert County informed of the latest news, breaking news events, sports, and more, and I\u2019m looking forward to carrying on the tradition started by Dave Mosier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, while Mosier is retiring as editor, he and Roberts will continue as co-owners of the web newspaper and Mosier will remain in his role as chief financial officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBoth Chris and I are committed to ensuring the&nbsp;<em>independent<\/em>&nbsp;continues its tradition of providing local coverage and news to the community, the same as it has for nearly two decades,\u201d Mosier said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent staff For the first time in its nearly 20 years of existence, The&nbsp;Van Wert independent&nbsp;is getting a new editor. Effective October 1, Editor Dave Mosier will be retiring from the position he has held since the&nbsp;independent\u2019s first edition hit the Internet in early January 2002. \u201cIt has been a great run and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 02:47:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}