Rita McInerney, who has been on the staff of The Georgia Bulletin since April 1985, has been appointed associate editor.

Her journalism background includes 18 years as wire editor of the Globe-Times in Bethlehem, Pa., the first woman to serve in this position. She also wrote general news and feature articles during 23 years on the afternoon daily.

Prior to that she was women’s editor of the Times Herald in Norristown, Pa., and the Patriot News in Harrisburg, Pa.

The recipient of several writing awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Assn. and the Pennsylvania Women’s Press Association, she wrote the centennial history of her home parish, Our Mother of Consolation in Philadelphia, and was a free-lance writer before moving to Atlanta in 1984.