Tim Morse named sports editor of The Albany Herald

ALBANY — Veteran sports journalist Tim Morse has been promoted to sports editor of The Albany Herald.

“Tim’s an accomplished sports journalist who’s done an outstanding job for us,” Albany Herald Editor Jim Hendricks said. “I’m happy we had someone of his caliber on staff to steo into this important position.”

The Norman Park native is a graduate of Colquitt County High School. He is a graduate of Valdosta State University where he majored in English with a minor in journalism. Morse has more than 15 years of newspaper writing experience that includes stops at the Statesboro Herald, Dublin Courier Herald, Augusta Chronicle and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. He has been a sportswriter at The Herald in Albany for the past year.

While most of his career has been spent covering high school sports across Georgia South Carolina and Alabama, Morse has covered many colleges, including Georgia Southern, Clemson, Columbus State and Albany State universities. Morse also has experience covering the Atlanta Braves.

An avid high school baseball fan, Morse has been publishing the Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine, an annual high school baseball magazine, since 2007.

Morse and his wife, Stacy, reside in Moultrie with daughter, Olivia.

Morse replaces John Millikan, who accept a sports journalism position in Indiana.