The Women in Journalism Workshop at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute is an annual workshop that focuses on challenges, accomplishments and issues specific to women in the journalism industry today. The conference is designed to help build safer, more diverse and innovative newsrooms to serve communities worldwide. This year's workshop will be May 1-3, 2020. more

The new vice president of advertising for the Richmond Times-Dispatch will bring a strong emphasis on digital and non-traditional solutions. Under his leadership, the newspaper's goal is to expand its digital advertising portfolio and to continue to enhance its robust newspaper, magazine and specialty advertising options. more

Dean Ridings joined America's Newspapers Nov. 11 as chief executive officer. more

A new pilot program from the Solutions Journalism Network and the Google News Initiative aims to help newsrooms create and monetize solutions journalism. more

McClatchy has announced the launch of an ambitious initiative to cover the 2020 presidential race differently. The package includes a standalone politics subscription product for political obsessives, plus a free, daily election-focused newsletter for deeply engaged political enthusiasts and the relaunch of its weekly politics podcast, "Beyond the Bubble." more

The Cullman Times has named a new editor, who spent several years as the director of communications for the Georgia Municipal Association prior to joining CNHI. more

Kirk Davis, chief operating officer of New Media Investments and CEO of GateHouse Media, intends to leave New Media upon the close of the Gannett-GateHouse merger. more

In response to its need to find a solution that improved the user experience, while driving more revenue, The Washington Examiner has chosen Brainworks' Advertising and CRM solution. more

Frustrated with seeing Alabama schools drop to a literacy level of 50th in the state, the publisher of The Greenville Standard urged local businesses to become sponsors of a weekly page for children. Three businesses quickly stepped up and letters received recently from students have convinced the publisher that he made the right decision. more

Matt Volz, who served as interim Rockies news editor with The Associated Press over the past year, has been appointed to permanently fill the position. In his interim role, he helped lead award-winning coverage, such as the 20th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting massacre. more

The IRS has granted nonprofit status to The Salt Lake Tribune. This approval opens the door for other newspapers interested in taking the same step. more

Veteran newsroom managing editor Mike Frey of The Daily Journal in Kankakee, Illinois, will retire by the end of the year. Misty Knisely has been named to succeed him. more

CNHI is expanding its regional editor program to include five new appointments. “This team works hard to help our newsrooms create great journalism,” said Kayla Gagnet, senior vice president of content & digital operations. “They have collaborated to develop investigative reporting, feature pages and sports content that our readers really value.” more

A new report from Mather Economics found that digital-only subscribers were less sensitive to incremental renewal price increases than print-only readers in the same market. more

A new study from the Knight Foundation and Gallup says yes, but only because the national news is trusted so little. So while there's still trust in local, it's tenuous. more

New Media Investment Group Inc. and Gannett Co., Inc.  have announced the expected members of the board of directors for the combined company, effective upon completion of the proposed acquisition of Gannett by New Media. The board will have nine members, including Michael Reed as chairman, five independent directors from New Media, and three directors from Gannett. more

Nick Monico has been appointed chief operating officer of Adams Publishing Group where he will focus on helping the company maximize its revenue, content, circulation, digital and operational initiatives. more

Great West Newspapers has chosen Brainworks' new Advertising & CRM solution, Stratica. more

USA TODAY’s product design team studied a year’s worth of engagement and search trends to optimize how content is arranged and displayed before rolling out the new design of USATODAY.com. Among the changes: a new bold, yellow label serves as a “virtual highlighter” to brightly distinguish opinion pieces from USA TODAY’s reporting. more

Veteran Oklahoma newspaper executive Gary Jackson has been appointed publisher of the Tahlequah Daily Press. more