Robert W. Decherd will move into an executive chairman role until his retirement to the board next year. more

Jelani Cobb has been named dean of Columbia Journalism School, as of August 1, 2022. Professor Cobb is the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism and Director of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights. more

A veteran Des Moines Register editor, Gage Church, has been named editor of the Ames Tribune. more

James Dao has been named the editorial page editor of The Boston Globe. He will lead the Globe's Opinion team, one of the highest profile positions at New England's largest media company. more

Zeina Karam, The Associated Press’ current news director for Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, has been named deputy news director for Europe, rounding out the region’s leadership team. more

Chris Lykins has been named executive editor of digital content for Southern Newspapers. This newly-created role will help chart digital content direction, create and implement standards across properties and work closely with staff members across SNI's community newspapers, magazines and digital tools. more

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, it was announced that Sara Gillesby will lead global video for AP and Josh Hoffner will direct U.S. news coverage. more

USA TODAY announced Francesca Chambers, an eight-year veteran covering the White House, will be joining as a White House correspondent starting May 9. more

Adams Publishing Group of Southern Wisconsin has announced upcoming staffing changes at the Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent and the Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle. more

The Athens (Ohio) Messenger welcomes its newest staff writer, Nicole Bowman-Layton. more

Jeremy Speer, publisher of The Courier in Findlay, The Advertiser-Tribune in Tiffin and Review Times in Fostoria has been promoted to group publisher of Ogden Newspapers’ five papers in northwest Ohio, adding the Sandusky Register and Norwalk Reflector to the publications he oversees. more

Stacker, a news agency offering a newswire that provides data-driven feature content to thousands of news outlets across the country, has appointed Micah Cohen to the newly created role of editor-in-chief. Cohen will oversee Stacker’s growing newsroom, leading content strategy and managing data reporting and editorial. more

Former circulation manager for The Sand Mountain Reporter, Jonathan Bottomlee, has jumped back into sales, taking the lead as advertising director. more

In her new role, Roxanna Scott will work closely with sports editors across the country on coverage plans, recruiting and staff development. more

John Wagner will succeed Rachel Kytonen, who has resigned to become the city administrator for the city of Braham. more

Valerie Secor, advertising director of The Daily Star in Oneonta, New York, has been promoted to general manager of the paper, Publisher Fred Scheller announced Tuesday. more

One new director and four incumbents were named to The Associated Press board of directors, it was announced following the news cooperative’s annual meeting at its New York headquarters. more

Veteran newspaper executive Jim Wilson, who served as the publisher of Waco Tribune-Herald from 2012 until his retirement in 2020, died April 15 after a battle with cancer. He was 68. more

Jack Ronald, the former editor and publisher of The Commercial Review in Portland, Indiana, and a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, has died at age 73. more

Cathy Culler Hughes is retiring after 50 years with The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 23 of the years as the newspaper’s publisher. more