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is the recently retired president and editor of the in North Carolina and the Herald of Rock Hill, South Carolina. She previously worked at the newspaper for 14 years in various roles, including assigning editor, reporter and copy editor. 鈥�
Chisenhall left鈥疌harlotte in&苍产蝉辫;2000鈥痜辞谤鈥痶丑别鈥�,鈥痵erving first as鈥�managing editor, followed by 12 years鈥�as鈥痚虫别肠耻迟颈惫别&苍产蝉辫;editor and senior vice president鈥痜辞谤鈥痭别飞蝉.鈥�In Kansas, she was a trustee of the William Allen White Foundation, formed in 1945 to support the journalism school at the University of Kansas,鈥痑苍诲鈥痺补蝉鈥痑苍&苍产蝉辫;advisory board member for the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State&苍产蝉辫;鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测.鈥赌�
鈥�She returned to鈥痶he Observer in 2016 as managing editor鈥痑nd was named鈥痚虫别肠耻迟颈惫别&苍产蝉辫;editor鈥痑 year later.
Chisenhall鈥檚 news teams in Charlotte and Wichita have won dozens of journalism awards for news coverage, investigative reporting, feature writing and visuals, as well as innovative work such as podcast series. Journalists in Wichita also published a book on behind-the-scenes police work that led to the capture of the BTK serial killer.
Chisenhall鈥痟as been a four-time juror for the , and a judge for the New England Newspaper & Press Association awards and the &苍产蝉辫;补飞补谤诲蝉.鈥赌�She has been a panel speaker on news collaboration at the and the 2021 鈥�
Chisenhall serves on board of directors. She was among the founding editors of the North Carolina News Collaborative and the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative. She鈥痠s a鈥痬ember of the Online News Association and a past member of the News Leaders Association and .
She is among the distinguished women leaders serving on the advisory board for the Widener Global Leaders Program at 黑洞社区鈥檚 W. Frank Barton School of Business.
础鈥�native of south-central Illinois, Chisenhall鈥痚arned鈥痑 B.S. in journalism and political science from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.鈥疭he began her career as a copy editor and page designer at the Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi.