Diane Jones Christian Standard Staff Update
Diane Jones Christian Standard staff update introduces her full-time role as magazine production coordinator after years of service at Standard Publishing. The update also expresses gratitude for Jennifer Holder, Kathy Underwood, and Jim Nieman during a season of staff transition.
- Diane Jones began serving with Christian Standard this summer and is now full-time.
- Kathy Underwood helped carry the work during an interim period after Jennifer Holder’s maternity leave.
- Managing editor Jim Nieman helped guide the magazine through the behind-the-scenes changes.
By Mark A. Taylor
You may notice a new name on our masthead. Or if you’ve contacted our office, you may have seen that name on the e-mail or heard a new voice over the phone.
They all belong to Diane Jones, who began her service with CHRISTIAN STANDARD this summer. Hers was a gradual transition from her previous duties at Standard Publishing to this new role. She’s here full-time now, and we couldn’t be happier.
Diane Jones Joins the Christian Standard Staff
Diane is sitting at the desk formerly occupied by Jennifer Holder, whose name has stayed on our masthead even though she departed for maternity leave in December. We anticipated that her departure would be temporary, so we didn’t insert the name of her interim replacement, Kathy Underwood. When Jennifer decided to stay home with her new baby, we began rethinking our organizational chart, and Kathy stayed on longer than we had planned.
We’re most grateful for the conscientious and competent work she did, much of it based on the excellent foundation left by Jennifer before her. Many readers, writers, and advertisers were served well by Kathy during the several months she worked here.
We believe the same will happen now with Diane. She comes to us after more than a decade of service in a variety of administrative support positions at Standard Publishing, in the sales, marketing, and editorial departments. We value the wide range of experience and abilities she brings to this new assignment.
Her title is magazine production coordinator, a clue to the fact that she will do more than help us produce weekly issues of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. As she learns the capabilities of our company’s newly installed system for circulation management, she will contribute to the work of The Lookout as well.
Meanwhile, we must thank managing editor Jim Nieman for steering us through this past year’s interim arrangements. His steady hand on our weekly work is a major reason most readers haven’t seen any signs of our behind-the-scenes changes.
Author: Mark A. Taylor
Mark A. Taylor, who served as Christian Standard editor from 2003 to 2017, retired in June 2017 after almost 41 years with Standard Publishing (Christian Standard Media).
