McClatchy announced the promotion of Stephanie Pedersen to President and Editor of The (Tacoma) News Tribune and Washington State Regional Editor of McClatchy's four newsrooms comprising The News Tribune, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald and the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick. Pedersen will also serve as President of The Olympian, and begin in her new role at the end of June when she relocates to Tacoma. Pedersen in the past 12 years has played important roles in news innovation and leadership initiatives at McClatchy. She is currently Executive Editor and General Manager of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, SC, where she has led the newsroom for four years. Pedersen has played important roles in piloting new, innovative digital initiatives at McClatchy. She pioneered Newsroom Reinvention and Digital Saturday at The Sun News. These two efforts that adapted digital journalism processes and tested offering news to subscribers exclusively online one-day-a-week, have both been scaled successfully across McClatchy's 30 local newsrooms. Pedersen succeeds Rebecca Poynter, Publisher of The News Tribuneand The Olympian, Vice President, Local Sales Northwest, and Dale Phelps, Editor of The News Tribune.