The Principals

Chris Marston, Editor and General Manager
Luray Page Free Press

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Chris Marston has more than 20 years of successful management experience of partners, subcontractors and clients in a variety of fields – from food and beverage to the construction industry to Federal Contracting initiatives.

Marston is a lifelong resident of Page County and wishes to use his extensive experience in various fields to help bring a little of the outside world to Page County and to take a little of Page County to the outside world.

He is a 1992 graduate of the University of Virginia where he worked in the Sports Promotions and Sports Information Offices. Since returning home, he has worked with local high school athletics, youth recreation, Boy Scouts, community theater and youth theater projects.

Marston also ventured into small business ownership, served as executive director of a 501 (c) 3 non-profit education foundation and directs the efforts of a local food ministry through Christ Episcopal Church.

 

Chris Graham, President
Augusta Free Press LLC

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Chris Graham is a 17-year veteran of print and web media, radio and television.

He has covered two presidents – Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – in addition to conducting numerous one-on-one interviews with former Virginia governors George Allen, Jim Gilmore, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, current governor Bob McDonnell, and a host of other newsmakers in Richmond and on Capitol Hill.

Chris is the president of Augusta Free Press LLC and editor of AugustaFreePress.com and The New Dominion Magazine. He has published two books, Stop the Presses, a humor column collection, and Judge Not, a political thriller. He also co-authored with Patrick Hite Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall. That book was released in September 2006.

Chris is also the web editor and play-by-play webcaster for the Waynesboro Generals Valley League baseball team.

He has won 15 Virginia Press Association awards for his reporting and writing.