The Charlotte Observer Newspaper hires FAMU graduate as top editor

Rana Cash

Rana Cash, a 1992 graduate of the FAMU School of Journalism and Graphic Communications has been named executive editor of The Charlotte Observer.

Cash, is currently executive editor of the Savannah Morning News in Georgia, will draw upon her three decades of experience in sports and news journalism including stops at The Miami Herald, The Dallas Morning News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune and The Louisville Courier Journal.

“I’m honored to assume the role of executive editor of the Charlotte Observer, one of the leading newsrooms in the Southeast, and one positioned in a fast-growing and rapidly-diversifying city,” Cash said. “My career has taken me to multiple newsrooms and cities across the country, and each stop has brought new opportunities to grow, lead and make an impact on my community with accountability and solutions-oriented journalism. To carry into those doors with me the rich legacy of Florida A&M and the journalism department is significant, and I do so with immense pride.”

In the announcement about her hiring, Cash pledged to ask tough questions of leadership and to cover Charlotte’s communities from the ground up, The Observer reported.

Move over SBI, FAMU has a new flagship?

Cash, who came to FAMU on a track scholarship will join a growing number of FAMU J-School grads taking over top editorial jobs at newspapers across the country. 

Earlier this year, The USA Today/Gannett Newspapers Network, selected FAMU grads Marlon Walker and Leon Tucker to lead two of its newsrooms in Jackson, Mississippi, and Lakeland, Fl.    They join FAMU grad Avido D. Khahaifa who serves as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at the Orlando (FL) Sentinel Newspaper