Encarnacion Pyle, an award-winning reporter and editor with extensive experience producing high-impact investigative journalism, has been named the next executive editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Pyle is currently managing editor of The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, where she leads the daily operation of the newsroom. She also supervises the investigation and accountability team.
Encarnacion Pyle has been named the next executive editor of The Times-Dispatch and Virginia state editor, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
“I want to continue the great work that the newsroom is already doing and continue to be a service to the community,” Pyle said. “I have a soft spot for good enterprise reporting. I would love to see continued accountability and investigative reporting.”
Pyle, 56, was introduced to the newsroom Tuesday by outgoing Executive Editor Chris Coates, who joined The Times-Dispatch in March 2022. He was promoted to senior director-local news for parent company Lee Enterprises last year.
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“Being the top editor of The Times-Dispatch has been an honor, and I’m thrilled that an editor with a passion for ambitious watchdog reporting like Encarnacion will be continuing this talented newsroom’s deeply important work,” Coates said. “She’s a thoughtful leader who will do an incredible job telling this community’s stories.”
Pyle has been a reporter and editor for more than three decades. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland College Park. She also was a reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press, Ventura County Star and Oxnard Press-Courier in California.
At The Dispatch, she previously served as an assistant metro editor after working 19 years as a reporter covering such topics as immigration, aging, higher education and social services.
Encarnacion Pyle has been named the next executive editor of The Times-Dispatch and Virginia state editor, seen on Tuesday.
Pyle will also serve as Virginia editor for Lee. Other properties in the group include The Roanoke Times, The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg and The News & Advance in Lynchburg, among others.
Pyle starts in Richmond in February.
“The privilege is in wanting to both join such a talented newsroom as well as really serving the community,” Pyle said. “And what a great, thriving, vibrant community that you have here in Richmond.”
Photos: Snow in Richmond
The Hotel John Marshall sign is seen as snow falls on Sunday. Unlike the area’s previous storm, this weekend’s event is not expected to bring freezing rain, according to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Wakefield.
AJ Johnson, 7, stands in Capitol Square as snow falls on Sunday.
A person walks through snow on Broad Street on Sunday. Harry Thomas, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the snow may stick around for a while with temperature highs in the mid- to lower 30s this week.
A pedestrian walks through snow in Richmond’s Monroe Park on Monday. The winter storm that reached the eastern U.S. early Monday brought 2 to 4 inches of snow across the Richmond region.
A person walks through snow in Monroe Park on Monday. The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Wakefield said snow will likely fall in Richmond after 7 p.m. Friday and could amount to 3 to 4 inches before it’s over. The bulk of the snow is expected to clear out by 10 a.m. Saturday.
