The News/Media Alliance has expanded its public policy team, with a final key role being filled with the hiring of Neil Quinter as its new senior vice president, global government affairs. more

Lisa Walsh was a pillar in the Sarasota-Manatee community; a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter; and the backbone of one of the most successful media companies in Florida. more

Betsy Miles has been named as the next executive director for the West Virginia Press Association. more

The New York Times Company has announced that Anthony DiClemente has been named senior vice president, investor relations. more

"I am leaving CUNY’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the end of this term. Technically I’m retiring, though if you know me you know I will never retire." — Jeff Jarvis more

Two former Chicago Tribune editors will join Shaw Media in prime leadership roles for the company’s Northern Illinois news operation. more

The News/Media Alliance today welcomed Regan Smith to the organization as its new senior vice president and general counsel. In this role, Smith will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to lead legal affairs and related public policy initiatives for the Alliance. more

Eugene Tinklepaugh, 42, has been tapped to succeed the late Gene Metrick as editor of the Rocky Mount (North Carolina) Telegram by the newspaper's publisher, Kyle Stephens. more

Matthew Tranquill, a news veteran and digital advertising pioneer with a proven record of enhancing community newspapers, has joined the Idaho Press as publisher and Idaho regional president. more

Top leadership is changing at The Post and Courier Columbia, as South Carolina’s oldest and largest newspaper continues to expand its capital city bureau. more

Cox Enterprises has announced that Jennifer Hightower has been promoted to executive vice president and chief legal officer and is joining the company's executive leadership team. more

Harrison Jones started freelancing with The Evening Sun in 2015 at the age of just 18. more

NorthJersey.com and The Record (Woodland Park, New Jersey) have announced that Regan Apo has been named the organization's general manager. Apo will assume her role on Oct. 1. more

Sarah Stonbely, the research director at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, has been named director of Medill’s State of Local News Project. more

G. Ogden Nutting, who for nearly three decades served as president and publisher of Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ogden Newspapers Inc., died Friday, August 25, at age 87. more

Walter Moore Dear II, a dedicated newspaperman who loved music, books, travel, philanthropy, dogs and cats — and, most of all, people — died at the age of 91 of a stroke and dementia. more

Veteran ad executive Ryan Kedzierski was tabbed general manager of The Tennessean (Nashville), effective Oct. 1. more

Matt Hickman previously worked for the paper from 1998-2015 as a sports reporter, sports editor and assistant managing editor, during which time he won more than 30 statewide awards, mostly for sports coverage and column writing. more

Shannon Welch will become general manager of the Des Moines (Iowa) Register, effective Oct. 1, the company announced Thursday. more

The News-Press has announced that Tom Claybaugh has been named the general manager in the Fort Myers, Florida, market. In this role, Claybaugh will work closely with the executive editor to strengthen local connection points with businesses and brands to drive community-based strategies and engagement, effective Oct. 1. more