Published: November 11, 1999
Last Updated: January 11, 2000
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ASNE on the move

Peter K. Bhatia, executive editor of The Oregonian in Portland was elected treasurer-designate of the American Society of Newspaper Editors during its fall board meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. He will become treasurer of the 850-member group in April and rise through the officer ranks to head ASNE beginning in April 2003.

Bhatia, 46, has been a member of ASNE since 1987, and has chaired two of ASNE’s key committees, those for its convention program and magazine. He has also served on the Change, Future of Newspapers and Minorities committees. He is current vice chair of the Ethics and Values Committee. He was elected to the ASNE board in 1997.

Before becoming executive editor in 1998, Bhatia was managing editor of The Oregonian. Prior to that, he was executive editor of The Fresno (Calif.) Bee, managing editor of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, editor of The York (Pa.) Dispatch, managing editor of The Dallas Times Herald, and deputy managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner.

Bhatia is a native of Pullman, Wash., and a graduate of Stanford University. He is married to Elizabeth Dahl, a fellow journalist. They have two children: Megan, 13 and J.P., 10.