Carmichael takes editorial helm at Meridian
Your sardonic editor has been reminded repeatedly over the past few days that he’s officially no longer a kid: First, a nice clerk at the grocery store informed him she knew of “Tang,” but only because she’d seen it on “That 70s Show;” second, he no longer recognizes one song in the pop top 10; third, the new editor of The Meridian Star is a youthful 26-years-old.
Wunderkind Fredie Carmichael (yes, only one D in Fredie) has returned to the Star to take the paper’s editorial reins. He’s an accomplished reporter who many will remember for his frequent wins at MPA summer confabs in years past. He succeeds Steve Stewart, who departed this spring to become publisher of The Tidewater News in Franklin, Va.