Dr. Angela Jerome, communication professor, has been named the assistant director of the newly merged School of Media & Communication in the Potter College of Arts & Letters (PCAL) at Western Kentucky University.
Paul Gaier has joined Adams Publishing Group as its new regional president for Northern Wisconsin, working with newspapers in Eau Claire, Rice Lake, Spooner, Ashland, Sawyer County and Price County.
The Gazette and affiliated APG publications across southern Wisconsin have implemented a staffing reorganization that will help ensure readers get the best local news coverage.
The Detroit Free Press has announced the appointment of Nicole Avery Nichols as executive editor. A seasoned journalist and media executive with more than three decades of newsroom experience, Nichols most recently served as editor in chief at Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization focused on education in America.
USA TODAY editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll has joined the ASU Media Enterprise as executive director of a new initiative focused on reimagining local journalism.
The Associated Press has announced two new hires to its Climate and Environment team.
A third generation veteran of the newspaper business has been named publisher of The Lufkin (Texas) Daily News.
The University of Maryland has named Rafael Lorente dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, effective July 1. He currently serves as associate dean for academic affairs and director of the master's program for UMD's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.