July 7, 2008
Tran Ha, assistant home and garden editor for the Chicago Tribune, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of TheMash, the Chicago Tribune's new weekly newspaper for Chicago public high school students. Tran takes on this new challenge after a year as editor of RedEye's weekend edition, where she presided over the launch, development and growth of that edition, which hit its goal of 100,000 opt-in subscribers and became profitable in its first year. TheMash will launch when school starts in September. Tran will move to her new job in early July. Tran is a graduate of the 2004 ELP Class in Chicago.