The state’s largest alternative weekly paper, the Alibi, will have a new editor Monday, as former Managing Editor Laura Marrich takes over for the departing Christie Chisholm. (Full disclosure: I brought Laura to the Alibi as my intern six years ago, when I was an editor there, and I’m telling you she is a genius!)

Chisholm (also a genius!) started as a freelance writer for the paper’s news section; she is leaving to pursue work as an independent journalist, according to a post on the paper’s WeBlog.

Marrich’s promotion means other staffers will also move up in the ranks. News editor Marisa Demarco will become managing editor and Jessica Cassyle Carr will take on the music section.

Here’s a snippet from the announcement:

“Christie Chisholm has been one of the most capable, articulate and well-informed editors the Alibi has ever worked with, and while we mourn her loss on staff, we eagerly anticipate her accomplishments both as an Alibi contributor and a freelance writer at large,” says Alibi Publisher Carl Petersen. “At the same time, the paper will be very fortunate to have someone of Laura Marrich’s caliber at the helm. Laura is a born leader with seemingly boundless reservoirs of energy, humor and creativity that energize everyone around her. She will no doubt shine all the brighter as editor.”