Janet Vetter Named Deputy News Director
Episcopal News Service. February 2, 1984 [84018]
NEW YORK, (DPS, Feb. 2) -- Janet E. Vetter, a member of the Church Center staff for seven years, has been promoted to the post of deputy news director by Presiding Bishop John M. Allin.
As deputy, she shares with the news director, the Rev. William D. Dearnaley, the writing, editing and production of the Diocesan Press Service and assists in running the news operations at meetings of the General Convention, the House of Bishops, the Executive Council and other major national meetings of the Episcopal Church. The Press Office is also responsible for answering most of the general information inquiries that come to the Church Center.
The unit is part of the Office of Communication at the Center and Vetter will take on general duties in developing the various news and information papers that support the general church program. She will have primary responsibility for assisting the diocesan editors and working with them to develop stories on the work of the Church throughout the country.
"I'm extremely pleased that Miss Vetter could join our office," Dearnaley said. "Her research work is excellent and her long experience with the Hunger network will make her a valuable resource to the editors. I believe that we will be able to meet requests much more thoroughly and quickly now than we have been able to do this last year. Even more, we will be able to develop a regular method of surveying the dioceses and finding programs that are worth sharing."
Vetter joined the Church Center staff in late 1976 as secretary in the Hunger Office. Working first with the Rev. Charles A. Cesaretti and then with his successor, Dr. David Crean, she has had a major role in the growth and effectiveness of the Hunger network. She also has served as assistant editor, staff writer and layout editor for the Hunger Networker which is now mailed to more than 5000 people.
A native New Yorker, she is an honors graduate of Hunter College. She is a former vestry member of Church of the Intercession, New York, where she is active in scholarship, hunger education, and food pantry programs.