The parent company of The Lancaster News has named a new publisher in the wake of the departure of Dale Morefield. more

In a memo to staff, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Julie Pace announced updates to AP’s News leadership. more

Katrice Hardy, a seasoned media executive who has led major news organizations in Texas, Indiana and South Carolina, has been named chief executive officer of The Marshall Project, the Pulitzer prize-winning nonprofit newsroom that covers criminal justice. She begins on March 17 and will be based in Dallas. more

AP Executive Editor Julie Pace and Chief Revenue Officer Kristin Heitmann announced that David Scott will take on a new role as vice president of U.S. election services, a new business unit for AP. more

Joe Imel, who began his journalism career in rural Kentucky 38 years ago, has been named regional publisher of eight Carpenter Media Group newspapers in Kentucky, as well as one property in both Tennessee and Ohio. more

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). more

Katherine Miller, a veteran newspaper executive who began her career in Joplin, Missouri, has been appointed publisher of The Joplin Globe. more

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. more

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. more

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. more

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. more

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.  more

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. more

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.  more

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. more

Roger Simmons has been with the Sentinel since 1993 in a variety of sports, news and digital roles. more

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. more

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. more

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. more

Sydney Sims has joined the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project  as its first full-time outreach coordinator to lead national Sunshine Week and other efforts to educate journalists and the public about their rights to access government information. more