Tyler to direct Institute publications

The Island Institute has chosen David Tyler, co-founder and former co-publisher of the Island Times, as its new publications director. He will replace David Platt, who is retiring after 18 years of leading the organization’s print and online publication efforts. Tyler will oversee the Working Waterfront newspaper, the Island Journal magazine, and other Institute publications projects. A graduate of Connecticut College, Tyler has been involved in community journalism for 20 years and is also the author of Maine’s Casco Bay Islands: A Guide, published by Down East Books in 2007.