HOLLIS R. TOWNS is an award-winning senior news executive who has a passion for news and community interests. He is currently regional editor of Gannett New Jersey, a group of eight dailies and websites, and the executive editor and vice president/news of the Asbury Park Press, which has a long history of public service and watchdog reporting. Towns co-chairs the ASNE Diversity Committee and is a member of a host of organizations, including NABJ, ONA, IRE and APME.