About Us

Welcome to The Leader on the 'Net, your website source for news and events in the Surrey and North Delta communities. Established in 1929, The Leader is an award-winning community newspaper, publishing Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Look within our pages and this website for the most comprehensive information available on news, local issues, politics, sports, community events, arts and culture, editorial opinion, and readers' views. Surrey's newspaper of record is now the city's choice in cyberspace. Read our stories, browse our site, and let your voice be heard in our questions of the week. Above all, let us hear your opinions and views. Our mailing address is #200-5450 152 St. Surrey, B.C. V3S 5J9. Our main phone number is 604-575-2744. Email us at newsroom@surreyleader.com

Your Community News Team

	Publisher Jim Mihaly 604-575-2744	Jim Mihaly has considerable experience in the newspaper industry. Having come from a family newspaper background he has worked in nearly every capacity during his 27 year career. publisher@surreyleader.com
	Director of Sales and Marketing Karla Pearson 604-575-5345	Karla Pearson has 35 years of experience in the industry and looks forward to sharing her marketing expertise with businesses in Surrey and North Delta. admanager@surreyleader.com
	Managing editor Andrew Holota 604-575-2744	Andrew Holota is managing editor of The Surrey-North Delta Leader, where he assumed the lead position in 1993. His newspaper career spans 30 years. Andrew is also the regional editorial manager for Black Press Lower Mainland, overseeing reporting initiatives and journalism training for 19 newspapers. editor@surreyleader.com
	Associate editor, Columnist Paula Carlson 604-575-5332	Paula Carlson is associate editor of The Surrey-North Delta Leader, where she began her journalism career more than 14 years ago as a news reporter. She has won numerous awards for her insightful and moving feature, news and opinion writing. pcarlson@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Ryan Starr 604-575-5817	Ryan Starr is a general news reporter with The Surrey Leader and has been with Black Press since 2005. Prior to this he worked for Business Examiner newspaper and was editor of a community newspaper in the B.C. Interior. rstarr@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Sheila Reynolds 604-575-5336	Sheila Reynolds has been a reporter at The Surrey-North Delta Leader for more than a decade, covering education, arts and entertainment, and general news beats. She has won several provincial, national and international awards for her feature and news writing. sreynolds@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Jeff Nagel 604-575-5334	Jeff Nagel is the regional reporter for Black Press based at the Surrey/North Delta Leader. He covers transportation, health and other regional issues for Black Press newspapers across the Lower Mainland. jnagel@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Rick Kupchuk 604-575-5335	Rick Kupchuk is a sports reporter and section co-ordinator with The Surrey/North Delta Leader. His newspaper career spans 25 years, including the past 20 with The Leader, during which he has won regional and provincial awards for his sports writing. sports@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Dan Ferguson 604-575-5331	Dan Ferguson has been a working journalist for more than 30 years. He has a number of U.S. and Canadian awards to his credit and currently covers crime, the courts and Delta civic affairs. dferguson@surreyleader.com
	Reporter Kevin Diakiw 604-575-5333	Kevin Diakiw has been reporting Surrey civic politics for more than a dozen years. He also covers business and general news, and has been honoured on numerous occasions for his journalism. kdiakiw@surreyleader.com