Lora Cicalo is The San Diego Union-Tribune’s senior editor. She is a lifelong San Diego County resident and a longtime employee of the Union-Tribune. She began her newspaper career at The Daily Californian in East County and ed the San Diego Tribune in 1987 as a copy editor and assistant news editor. Since the merger of the Tribune and The San Diego Union in 1992, she has served in a variety of roles, including assistant news editor, A1 editor, news editor and senior editor/news and copy desks. She served as managing editor for eight years before being named senior editor of the Union-Tribune in August 2023. She holds a B.A. in journalism and an M.S. in mass communications from San Diego State University and is a part-time lecturer at her alma mater.
