Julia Wallace

Julia Wallace is the editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, directing a team of 500 talented and creative journalists. Since joining the paper in 2001, she has introduced several new sections, including Atlanta & the World, Movies & More and the Thursday entertainment tabloid accessAtlanta. She also has focused on key areas of content improvement, including watchdog reporting, state government news and lifestyle stories.
She became editor in July of 2002 after serving as managing editor for 18 months.

Ms. Wallace is originally from Rock Island, IL, and attended Northwestern University.  In 1977, she was an intern in the features section of the Atlanta Journal.  She began her career in Norfolk, Virginia, at the Ledger-Star and then the Dallas Times-Herald.  

In 1982, she joined USA TODAY as a reporter and worked her way up to managing editor/special projects.  During that time, she worked in news, sports and special projects.  She joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1992 as managing editor. She left in 1996 and joined the Salem (OR) Statesman Journal as executive editor.  In 1998, she became managing editor at the Arizona Republic and served two years before moving to Atlanta.

She is a member of the board of directors of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She is married to free-lance writer and author, Don Campbell.  They have two daughters.