News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 4/5/05   Click on image for publication quality photo  ELLZEY NAMED NEWS DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEASTERN’S KSLU 90.9         HAMMOND – Don Ellzey, long time publisher and owner of the “Ponchatoula Enterprise,” has been named news director of KSLU 90.9, Southeastern Louisiana University’s public radio station.         “We are very pleased to have Don join us here at KSLU. He brings a wealth of local, state and national news expertise to the station,” said KSLU Interim Director Todd Delaney.         Ellzey joins the KSLU staff after retirement from the Ponchatoula weekly. He began his newspaper career in 1962 working for the Enterprise. After a stint in the military and state government, he returned to journalism as an editor for the “Daily News” in Jennings, La. In 1973 he joined the staff of the “Lake Charles American Press” as the legislative, city government and police reporter until he purchased the “Ponchatoula Enterprise” in 1984.         Ellzey graduated from Louisiana State University in 1968.         “The News with Don Ellzey” airs from 6-9 a.m. on weekday mornings, while news updates are broadcast at 3 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m. Ellzey can be contacted at 985-549-2330 or donellzey@hotmail.com.