Top leadership is changing at The Post and Courier Columbia, as South Carolina’s oldest and largest newspaper continues to expand its capital city bureau. more

Cox Enterprises has announced that Jennifer Hightower has been promoted to executive vice president and chief legal officer and is joining the company's executive leadership team. more

Harrison Jones started freelancing with The Evening Sun in 2015 at the age of just 18. more

NorthJersey.com and The Record (Woodland Park, New Jersey) have announced that Regan Apo has been named the organization's general manager. Apo will assume her role on Oct. 1. more

Sarah Stonbely, the research director at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, has been named director of Medill’s State of Local News Project. more

G. Ogden Nutting, who for nearly three decades served as president and publisher of Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ogden Newspapers Inc., died Friday, August 25, at age 87. more

Walter Moore Dear II, a dedicated newspaperman who loved music, books, travel, philanthropy, dogs and cats — and, most of all, people — died at the age of 91 of a stroke and dementia. more

Veteran ad executive Ryan Kedzierski was tabbed general manager of The Tennessean (Nashville), effective Oct. 1. more

Matt Hickman previously worked for the paper from 1998-2015 as a sports reporter, sports editor and assistant managing editor, during which time he won more than 30 statewide awards, mostly for sports coverage and column writing. more

Shannon Welch will become general manager of the Des Moines (Iowa) Register, effective Oct. 1, the company announced Thursday. more

The News-Press has announced that Tom Claybaugh has been named the general manager in the Fort Myers, Florida, market. In this role, Claybaugh will work closely with the executive editor to strengthen local connection points with businesses and brands to drive community-based strategies and engagement, effective Oct. 1. more

Sally Hampton McMullin passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Aug. 17, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Norman McMullin, a past president of the Inland Press Association. more

Jake Winfrey, sports editor of The Cullman Times, has been named CNHI’s Alabama group sports editor. Just in time for football season, the newly created position became effective this month. more

Crystal Childers, general manager of The Duncan (Oklahoma) Banner, has been promoted to publisher of the newspaper. more

Aaron Morrison has been named AP's new race and ethnicity news editor, taking over a team at the vanguard of the U.S. media’s coverage of race. more

Don Rogers hopes to boost community journalism. more

Veteran newspaper publisher Mark Millsap has been hired to serve in the roles of Tennessee Press Association (TPA) executive director and Tennessee Press Service (TPS) executive vice president. He officially begins on Sept. 11. more

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information (CCI) has appointed Peyton Manning (’97) as a professor of practice starting in the fall 2023 term.   more

Newsroom leader Alex Mena, who rose from answering phones as a teenager at the Miami Herald to become managing editor of the storied newsroom, on Monday was named executive editor of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald. more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired acclaimed Georgia broadcaster Bill Nigut to co-host Politically Georgia alongside the AJC's award-winning team of Greg Bluestein, Patricia Murphy and new co-host, AJC Washington Correspondent, Tia Mitchell.  The show will expand to five days a week. more