San Diego Community Newspaper Group recently announced Thomas Melville as the new editor at the Peninsula Beacon and Beach & Bay Press. He will also edit and update the papers’ websites and social media platforms.
“I’m really excited to be a part of the San Diego Community Newspaper Group,” Melville said. “I look forward to working with [publisher] Julie Main and everyone at the group.”
Melville has more than 15 years of experience in the publishing industry. Until recently, he was editor of Energy Digital magazine in Carlsbad, Calif., a global publication focusing on the renewable energy sector.
Prior to moving to San Diego, Melville was the editor and part owner of the Bayside Gazette newspaper, based in Ocean City, Md. Throughout his career, he has been the editor of several weekly newspapers in New York, North Carolina, and Maryland. Also, he was an associate editor at Success magazine, a national business publication.
He has won several press association awards from three different states for his writing, photography, and page design. His landscape and conceptual photography has been honored at juried exhibitions at galleries in Salisbury, Berlin, and Ocean City, all in Maryland.
Melville currently lives in North Park but plans on moving back to the beach and bay area. “I lived in Pacific Beach for two years when I first moved here and want to get back to the beach,” he said.