Griffin Pritchard, formerly sports editor of The Wetumpka Herald and The Eclectic Observer, has been promoted to managing editor of The Tallassee Tribune. All three newspapers are publications of Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.’s Elmore County division. He will fill the post vacated by Ashley Vice.

Pritchard joined the staff of The Wetumpka Herald in May 2008. He is a native of Alexander City and a graduate of Benjamin Russell High School. He earned a double major in print journalism and sports information from Troy University.