The U.S. Senate Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal agency that oversees Voice of America and other international broadcasting entities. more

Evelyne Musambi will be joining AP's Africa news team as East Africa reporter, starting Nov. 1 and based out of Nairobi, Kenya. more

Daniel Kuhns has been promoted to director of audience development and circulation at The Joplin (Missouri) Globe. more

Andy Bernhard has led the paper for 35 years. more

Megan Janetsky is The Associated Press’ new English-language correspondent for Cuba and the Caribbean. more

RJ Benner has been named the new publisher and advertising director for the Aiken Standard. more

The Huntsville (Texas) Item has a new editor taking the helm of the newspaper — Brenda Poe. more

Ron Nixon has been promoted to a new leadership role with The Associated Press: vice president for news, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships. more

Star Tribune Media Co., Minnesota’s largest media company, today announced that Mike Klingensmith, its publisher and CEO, will retire in January 2023, following a 13-year tenure marked by achievements and improvements in virtually all areas of the company. more

George B. Irish, the publisher of the San Antonio (Texas) Light from 1988 until its closure in 1993, died at his New Jersey home on Tuesday (Sept. 13) from an apparent heart attack at age 78. more

Elizabeth Walters has been named interim editor of the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in South Carolina. Walters replaces Steven Bruss, who leaves his position Friday, Sept. 23. more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has named Destiny Cook as a junior social media producer. more

Sabra Ayres, a longtime foreign correspondent with extensive experience covering Ukraine, Russia and Eastern Europe, has been named The Associated Press’ chief correspondent for Ukraine. more

Mallika Sen has been appointed as the new entertainment news editor for The Associated Press, based in New York. She has had several roles at the AP, most recently on the East regional desk, where she’s handled numerous major breaking stories. more

The new publisher and advertising director for The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), Chowan Herald (Edenton) and The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford) expressed excitement last week about the opportunity to work for newspapers in three communities with a strong sense of community. more

There’s a new leadership team at the Detroit Lakes Tribune, with Publisher Devlyn Brooks and Managing Editor Tris Anderson now at the helm. more

In a memo to staff, AP Education Reporting Network Director Chrissie Thompson announced three additions to the network aimed at deepening education coverage by the AP and across the news industry. more

Jeffrey M. Hayden, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of The Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript, effective immediately. more

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Vice President and Head of Global Newsgathering Paul Haven and Middle East News Director Karin Laub announced key appointments for news leaders in two important sub-regions. more

SCS is excited to announce that its longtime director of sales, Phil Curtolo, has been promoted to vice president of sales. more