photo by Jim Powers–Inquirer and Mirror and Nantucket Today publisher Marianne Stanton, Wednesday afternoon, May 22, 2013.

Marianne Stanton is the Editor and Publisher of The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket’s weekly newspaper since 1821. She grew up in the newspaper business, starting in the newsroom as a reporter, and is the longest serving publisher in the newspaper’s 198 year history. Under her leadership The Inquirer and Mirror has won numerous awards in journalism, advertising, business development and circulation. She is also a recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award. Marianne is a Nantucket native, attended the University of Denver and received her MBA from the Simmons Graduate School of Management mid-career.