NEW DESK EDITOR

Jill Harte recently assumed the position of desk editor at the Tyler (Tex.) Courier-Times, an afternoon newspaper of about 50,000 circulation.

Harte, an honor graduate at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, also does occasional special assignment reporting for the paper.

She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Harte of Cape Girardeau, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feldmeier of Cape Girardeau