Former Wenatchee World editor Gary Jasinek passes

The briefing

Publisher Emeritus Rufus Woods remembers Gary Jasinek, who led The Wenatchee World newsroom as managing editor from 1997 to 2009 and died in Palm Desert, California. Recruited from the Tacoma News Tribune, Jasinek was an avid outdoorsman who rode Around Mount Rainier in One Day and partnered with Woods in the Ridge to River Relay's tandem division. He was also a diversity, equity and inclusion trainer whose workshops focused on helping people recognize implicit biases rather than shaming them.