Peter Frank, who currently oversees coverage of breaking and trending news in Green Bay and at other sites in the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, will lead local news coverage at the Press-Gazette and serve as the primary contact for readers and Green Bay-area community leaders. more

Veteran Press & Dakotan (Yankton, South Dakota) Digital Media Director/Advertising Sales Representative Beth Rye has taken up the reins as advertising director, while longtime advertising director Micki Schievelbein transitions to semi-retirement. more

Bluegrass Newsmedia has announced that Jeff Kuerzi has been appointed president and publisher of Bluegrass Newsmedia and LocalDigitalKY. more

Gerardine Mobley has been named Advance Local’s first VP of diversity & inclusion and will work collaboratively across the organization to further the company’s D&I efforts. more

The Philadelphia Inquirer has named Layla Jones as its economic equity reporter. more

In a memo to staff on Jan. 4, U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner announced four key news leadership positions around the country. more

Indira Lakshmanan, an award-winning journalist who has reported from more than 80 countries, is joining The Associated Press to lead the global enterprise team. more

Andrew Morse joins The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as it expands its digital audience while maintaining its dedication to providing strong, local, independent journalism to the metro Atlanta area. more

Peter Bhatia, the top editor of the Detroit Free Press, told staff in December that he will depart the company early in 2023 in the hope of saving jobs from looming companywide layoffs. more

Deirdre Sykes O’Neil, a driving force in New Jersey journalism who guided generations of reporters and editors through the newsroom of The Record (Bergen, New Jersey) with unwavering standards and a comforting personal touch, died Thursday, Dec. 29. She was 68. more

WEHCO Media Inc., parent company of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will remain in the hands of family leadership with the announcement that Executive Editor Eliza Hussman Gaines will become the next publisher on Jan. 1. more

Leonard Pitts Jr. is retiring as a Miami Herald columnist to write novels full time. more

After spending years leading news sites just over the state border, Lynne Sullivan has been named regional executive editor of The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal and The Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News.   more

Cox Enterprises announces the appointment of Barbara Kennedy Harty, Grace Lieblein and Troy D. Taylor to its board of directors. more

The Herald Journal (South Logan, Utah) welcomes Andrew Weeks as its new managing editor. more

Schurz Communications, Inc. has announced that the board of directors has elected John Reardon as the company’s next president and CEO, effective Feb. 1, 2023. He will succeed Todd F. Schurz, who has served in the role since 2007. more

The Post and Courier has hired a publisher and advertising director as it expands its Upstate operations and prepares to open a new office in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. more

George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor and regional editor of USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin, announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of the year after more than 43 years in journalism. more

Steve Turnham has been promoted to Washington Bureau chief, while Ethan Nelson is named head of Court TV prior to Jan. 1 launch. more

Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas Tribune, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced. more