A former intern with the AJC, Taylor Croft will now be reporting on the local news team covering the cities of Marietta, Smyrna, Mableton and Decatur, as well as major news in other small cities in metro Atlanta. more

Susan Ellis has been named chief financial officer for Wick Communications. more

The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, has selected Rob Zeaske as its CEO and president, following a national search launched last summer. Zeaske will step into the role on Jan. 23, a return of sorts as he was the nonprofit’s chief operations officer from 2019-2020. more

Mackenzie Warren, a top news executive at the nation’s largest local news publishing company, has been named director of the new Local News Accelerator at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. more

Sales and advertising veteran Ken Henry has joined the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch as vice president of advertising. more

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