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August 4, 2005

The Bay State Banner announced today that veteran journalist Howard Manly has been named executive editor of the Banner. Manly will assume his new post on August 15.

“I am delighted to welcome Howard to the Banner,’’ said Melvin B. Miller, the Banner’s publisher. “Howard is extraordinarily talented and shares our vision of the future and importance of the black press.’’

Manly will report directly to Miller and will have significant responsibilities in running the day-to-day operations of the newspaper. Manly will also report on local and national issues as well as write a regular column.

“I’m glad to be home,” Manly said. “Over the last 40 years, the Banner has gained a solid reputation and I would like to build on those years of hard work.’’

Under the reorganization, Yawu Miller becomes senior editor.

Manly, 47, started his career at the New Bedford Standard-Times in 1982. He has worked at the Washington Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Newsday, Newsweek, the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald. His free-lance articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Black Enterprise, Washingtonian and Atlanta Magazine. He is co-author of “Lift Every Voice,” a nonfiction account of the internationally acclaimed Boys Choir of Harlem.

Manly is also a guest host for “Basic Black,” a public affairs television show on WGBH.

Manly grew up in Washington D.C. and graduated from the St. Albans School. He went on to graduate from Bucknell University in 1981 with a B.A. in International Relations.

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