Shawn Palmer

Publisher

Shelby Ashline became the Recorder Features editor in February 2018. As a reporter, she used to cover Northfield, Bernardston, Warwick and Leyden. She is a 2016 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she studied Journalism and French. In her journalism career, she has written for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Amherst Wire, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Western Mass Women Magazine and Beetle Press. Shelby is originally from Vermont and is also an avid horse enthusiast.

E-mail: sashline@recorder.com

Andy Castillo is the Features Editor and Digital Director at the Greenfield Recorder. After traveling the world as a writer for GoNOMAD.com Travel, reporting for The Greenfield Recorder and Daily Hampshire Gazette for a time, he has returned to Recorder in an expanded capacity. As a teenager, Andy delivered the Gazette for a number of years. Later, while studying English at UMass Amherst, Andy sharpened his news writing pen at the university's student-run newspaper, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, and simultaneously learned to meet deadlines by producing television newscasts with WWLP 22News.

E-mail: acastillo@recorder.com

Paul has worked for the Recorder since 1989 and lived in Greenfield since 1999.

Jeff Lajoie began writing for The Recorder sports department in February 2017. Prior to that, he spent six years covering high school sports for Salmon Press publications in the Lake Winnipesaukee area of New Hampshire. A Holyoke native, Lajoie graduated from UMass with a bachelor's degree in sport management in 2008. He has spent time as a sports stringer for The Recorder since 2004.

Chris Harris edits 30 annual special sections for the Greenfield Recorder, such as the Almanac, Summer and Fall Valley Guides, holiday and seasonal supplements and special projects publications. She edits three quarterly or bi-monthly niche magazines distributed up and down the Pioneer Valley: Valley Kids, Going Green and Healthy Life. She also serves on the editorial board and edits the Saturday Religion Page. Harris graduated from Greenfield Community College and the University of Massachusetts and has worked at The Recorder since 2004.