The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, September 11, 1994             TAG: 9409100182
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
SERIES: FACING THE FEAR
        PAYING THE PRICE
        This series is a combined project of The Associated Press, the Newport
        News Daily Press, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times & 
        World News, and The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star.
                                             LENGTH: Short :   47 lines

ABOUT THE SERIES

ILLUSTRATION: Graphic

Journalists from the commonwealth's four largest newspapers

joined forces to produce this series on parole.

The key staffers:

Margaret Edds, 47, Richmond-based staff writer for The

Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, has covered state politics and

Virginia issues since 1974.

Bob Evans, 38, a reporter and editor with the Daily Press for the

past 16 years.

Anne Gearan, 31, the Northern Virginia correspondent for The

Associated Press. She joined the AP in 1989.

Frank Green, 43, a Times-Dispatch staff writer since 1980, now

covering prison and juvenile justice issues.

Laurence Hammack, 32, a staff writer The Roanoke Times and

World-News since 1985. He now covers state courts in Roanoke.

Stephen Rountree, 26, a staff artist who came to The

Times-Dispatch in 1992.

Greg Schneider, 30, state team leader for The Virginian-Pilot and

The Ledger-Star and the Roanoke Times, based in Richmond. He

started at The Virginian-Pilot eight years ago.

Tony Wharton, 34, a staff writer at The Virginian-Pilot and The

Ledger-Star. He joined the newspapers in 1986.

Key editors include: Dorothy Abernathy, 38, chief of bureau for

The Associated Press; Joseph Gatins, 47, associate city

editor/projects for the Times-Dispatch; Tom Warhover, 31, public

life editor for The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. Stephanie

Klein-Davis, 33, a staff photographer at the Roanoke Times, served

as project photo editor.

KEYWORDS: PAROLE REFORM VIRGINIA REPORTERS

EDITORS by CNB