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Michael F. Curtin Michael F. Curtin, 56, is associate publisher emeritus of The Columbus Dispatch. With The Dispatch for 35 years, Curtin began as a general assignment reporter. For 18 years, most of his reporting career, he specialized in the coverage of state and local government, public policy and politics. His beats included Columbus City Hall, Franklin County government, the Ohio General Assembly and local and state political campaigns. In 1985, Curtin became the newspaper’s chief political writer and director of The Dispatch Poll. In October 1994, he became the paper’s executive managing editor. He was promoted to editor in December 1995 and associate publisher in July 1998. Curtin was named president of The Dispatch Printing Company in January 1999, chief operating officer in 2002 and vice chairman in 2005. On Dec. 31, 2007, he retired from the executive suite. As associate publisher emeritus, Curtin consults for The Dispatch on editorial policy and civic affairs, researches and writes. He is the author of The Ohio Politics Almanac, 1 st and 2 nd editions, published by Kent State University Press. Current civic positions include serving on the boards of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Mount Carmel Health System, the YMCA of Central Ohio, the Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation, the Catholic Foundation of the Columbus Diocese, and Ohio Dominican University. He is a Columbus native and a graduate of the Ohio State University School of Journalism. He is married to Sharon Rhodes Curtin; they have two adult children. |
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