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Friday, April 11, 2025
Hey everybody,
Here’s your Friday newsletter, slightly late as usual. I’d say I’m sorry, but we both know I’m not. Today, we have a very exciting announcement which we hinted at earlier this week.
A&E editor Alexis Letang has been selected as the Daily’s Editor-in-Chief for the 2025-26 academic year. You can find a story about that below and can go read some of her work here. You may recognize her from The Scene, our A&E newsletter that goes out every Wednesday, which she has put together for about a year now.
Now, don’t get too excited thinking you’ve finally gotten rid of me. I may not be long for the world of collegiate news, but I’m still going to be kicking around in your inbox for another month or so.
Take it easy,
Spencer White | Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]
Top Story
Alexis Letang is the current Minnesota Daily Arts and Entertainment desk editor. Photo by Pooja Singh
by Ahmed Hassan | Published April 11, 2025
The Minnesota Daily Board announced Thursday that current Arts and Entertainment desk editor Alexis Letang will be the Daily’s new Editor-in-Chief for the 2025-26 academic year.
Letang, who has worked as the arts and entertainment desk editor since spring 2024, will step into the role in May.
Letang started her career at the Daily in 2023 as an intern for the campus administration desk. From there, she worked as a reporter and later editor for the arts and entertainment desk.
“I'm happy,” Letang said. “I've been wanting this since I transferred here, so this is a little unreal.”
She said her main goals are to further the Daily’s video programming and update its style guide.
The Minnesota Daily Board said in a statement it believes “Letang’s leadership will be beneficial in continuing the momentum cultivated in the Minnesota Daily over the last year.”
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