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Nicole Stockdale, a native Midwesterner who has helped oversee five newsrooms in California for McClatchy in recent years, will become the next executive editor of The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) and The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina).
Katherine Miller, a veteran newspaper executive who began her career in Joplin, Missouri, has been appointed publisher of The Joplin Globe.
Cox Enterprises has named Shereta Williams as executive vice president of Growth Operations. In this role, Williams will continue to help drive the company's diversification strategy and oversee all Cox Enterprises' majority-owned businesses outside of its core operating divisions, Cox Communications and Cox Automotive.
Several changes are coming to the leadership of the Anchorage Daily News, including the departure of the editor and the publisher, owner and president Ryan Binkley announced Monday.
Josh O'Connor, an innovative newspaper executive who currently serves as a senior vice president and regional publisher of Carpenter Media, has been named the next CEO of Wick Communications.
Reporter Simone Carter, a Texas native who previously worked for the Dallas Observer and Newsweek, has joined The Olympian to cover Washington state government for the state capital’s newspaper as well as McClatchy’s three other sites in the state.
Benjamin Goad, veteran editor and news director of The Tennessean, part of Gannett’s USA TODAY Network, has been appointed executive editor of the 117-year-old news organization. He is the 18th editor in the publication’s history. 
The Minnesota Star Tribune has announced that its editor, Suki Dardarian, is retiring after more than a decade at the media company.  Dardarian’s last day as editor will be Monday, Feb. 3.
Carol Hunter, one of the longest-serving executive editors in the 175-year history of the Des Moines Register, announced Thursday she is retiring after a 45-year career in journalism. 
Rufus Friday, the former publisher of the Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky, will join the Center for Integrity in News Reporting (CFINR) as its executive director on Dec. 30.
Roger Simmons has been with the Sentinel since 1993 in a variety of sports, news and digital roles.
Hans Meyer has been named the next director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, taking over for Eddith Dashiell, who is retiring in June after five years leading the school.
He made his mark on newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore, but may be best known for having been abducted in Atlanta in 1974.
Marilyn W. Thompson, who has worked on major, awarding-winning investigations for some of the nation’s top newsrooms, is joining The Post and Courier as a member of its investigative and special projects team.
Aaron J. Kotarek will join The Spokesman-Review as general manager on Nov. 22, Publisher William “Stacey” Cowles has announced.
Meeting the diverse needs of an evolving customer base and ensuring that The Gazette’s marketing and advertising teams (Colorado Springs, Colorado) have the tools to thrive within the workplace are the twin objectives of the news organization's newest additions, Stacey Sedbrook and Mike McKiernan.
Heidi Wright, immediate past president of America's Newspapers, reflected on the journey she has shared with the local community in a recent column as she bid farewell on her last day as chief operating officer of EO Media Group and publisher of The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon.
Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and championed freedom of expression for journalists around the world, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22. He was 91.
Krutika Pathi has been appointed the news director for the U.K. and Ireland, based in London. She is currently the South Asia correspondent for the AP, based in New Delhi, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Susan Lunneborg has been promoted to managing editor of the West Central Tribune in Willmar, Minnesota, effective immediately.
Bill Albrecht has been named regional president of APG of East Central Minnesota, according to APG Central Division President Jeff Patterson.
Sammy Lopez, executive director of the New Mexico Press Association, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 6. His family was with him at the hospital, after having suffered a stroke the day before.
Dirks, Van Essen & April, the leading merger and acquisition firm in the U.S. newspaper industry, is pleased to announce that Kelli Bultena has joined the firm as a senior associate.
APG of the Rockies has acquired The Cheyenne (Wyoming) Post from Golden Media Inc. and named Vince Bodiford as its new regional president.

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