Nancy Kaffer, a national award-winning columnist, has been named editorial page editor of the Detroit Free Press. Kaffer, 47, is the first woman in the newspaper’s 191-year history to hold that title.  more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has announced that Justin Price has been hired as a data journalist for the newsroom’s Digital Storytelling team. more

The Claremore (Oklahoma) Daily Progress has welcomed Joe Mack as the new regional advertising director. more

SCS is excited to announce that Michael Grabowski has been promoted to director of application development. more

The Inland Press Foundation has elected Bill Masterson and Bradley Waters to serve on the Foundation board of directors. more

John Miller has been named managing editor of both the Post Register (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Rexburg Standard Journal. more

Mark Lewis has been named regional president for Adams Publishing Group-Southern Wisconsin. APG Media of Southern Wisconsin includes The (Janesville) Gazette, Beloit Daily News, Daily Jefferson County Union, Watertown Daily Times, Antigo Daily Journal, Marinette EagleHerald and Hometown News Group weekly publications in Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Dodge and Columbia counties. more

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has announced that David Cuillier has been named director of the Brechner Center Freedom of Information Project. He will join the Center on July 1. more

Former Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times Advertising Director Jennifer McCullough has been named publisher of The Times, succeeding Carlina Villalpando Daugherty, who announced her resignation early this month.  more

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications announced that Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) Professor and Chair Dave Ostroff is stepping down as head of the department at the end of the spring 2023 semester. more

The Missouri School of Journalism is set to welcome two new research faculty and alums who will work with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) to translate academic work into direct benefits for newsrooms around the country. more

John D’Orlando, 61, spent more than five years as president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, and has served as vice president/advertising director of the Orlando Sentinel Media Group in Orlando, Florida.  more

The Jackson (Wyoming) Hole News&Guide has a new publisher. Adam Meyer, a minority owner of this paper’s parent company, Teton Media Works, has been promoted from the associate publisher role he held for seven years. more

U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner has announced two key hires to AP’s U.S. News team. more

John D’Orlando, 61, spent more than five years as president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, and has served as vice president/advertising director of the Orlando Sentinel Media Group in Orlando, Florida.  more

James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI), died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. more

Star Tribune Media Co., Minnesota’s largest media company, has appointed Steve Grove its new publisher and CEO. more

Rusty Turner, who oversees news operations at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and several weekly newspapers, announced Monday he plans to retire this spring after dedicating 40 years to journalism in the region. more

The love of a good story and the ability to tell one in a convincing and attention-grabbing way was central to Jeff Nesmith’s life, both personally and professionally. more

Craig Selby, long-time publisher and general manager of Charleston Newspapers, the former parent company of The Charleston Gazette and the Charleston Daily Mail, died Monday (Feb. 6) after a long illness. He was 77. more