Zach Hansen has been named the economic development and commercial real estate reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. more

The Sumter Item has recently welcomed a handful of faces to its newsroom and customer service department that are a mix of new hires and returning employees or were promoted. more

Joe Imel has been named the paper’s general manager and Wes Swietek remains the newspaper’s managing editor. more

Lynn Hamilton is retiring from WEHCO Media Inc. after almost 48 years with the company. His retirement is effective July 29. more

Alton Brown, the former regional publisher for Lee Enterprises in North Carolina, has been named president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. more

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, at First Baptist Church in Bemidji. more

Tessa Olive, who joined the Post Bulletin in 2015 as the marketing director for Rochester Magazine, recently stepped into the leadership role for all of the PB's publications. more

Danny A. Martin, a tough, kind-hearted newspaperman and former publisher of The News-Press died June 26 in Fort Myers, Florida. He was 80. more

Frank Daniels Jr., the blunt, coarse and candidly liberal publisher of The News & Observer, who led his grandfather’s newspaper to a modern age and progressive voice, then stood as the last of his Raleigh family to hold its reins, died Thursday. He was 90. more

Julia Stidham has been named publisher of The Union and Don Rogers is returning to the newsroom as editor. more

Geoff Thompson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management and Technology lecturer, has been named the new Associate Director of Sports Journalism and Communication beginning Aug. 15. more

Alejandro de Onís has been appointed Knight’s vice president for communications and digital strategy. Roshell R. Rinkins was appointed Knight’s vice president for grants administration and chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. more

Keith Lawrence, business and entertainment reporter with the Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger-Inquirer, has announced plans to retire — after 50 years and five-and-a-half months at the paper. more

Katherine Landergan is joining The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as the Health and Safety Net reporter. more

Mark Millsap will oversee the daily operations of the Jefferson City News Tribune, Fulton Sun, California Democrat and HER Magazine, along with CMNI's commercial printing facility. more

Prior to being named education editor, Eric Stirgus was the newspaper’s higher education reporter. more

Cox Enterprises has announced that Karen Bennett will move from Cox Communications to Cox Enterprises as the company’s new executive vice president and chief people officer, effective Jan. 1, 2023. more

Hong Cheng, dean and professor in the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago, will be the dean of the College of Arts and Media at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Cheng will begin his duties at SIU on July 1. more

Group lead editor Madeline Westberg is taking the role of managing editor of The Waterloo/Marshall Courier (Lake Mills, Wisconsin). more

The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications has announced a new faculty member and the promotion of another as it expands its role in solutions journalism and audio reporting. more