Trevor Baratko has been named editor of InsideNoVa and FauquierNow.com, two properties owned by Rappahannock Media LLC. more

Lan Nguyen Chaplin will serve in IMC department; Larry DeGaris will run Spiegel Research Center. more

Donna Hall to retire after 35 years with Cox Enterprises and three years as publisher. more

News Media Corporation owner John Tompkins recently announced two promotions within the organization. Current NMC chief revenue officer JJ Tompkins has been promoted to company CEO and longtime Brookings Register Publisher Billy McMacken has been named the company’s new chief operating officer. more

Booker Izell, 82, died Feb. 16 after an extended illness. As head of diversity and inclusion, he changed the face of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its parent company Cox Enterprises. more

The Dallas Morning News has named Tampa Bay Times senior editor Amy Hollyfield its new managing editor. more

Ross Ramsey, executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune, has announced plans to retire May 1. more

Barry Winterland is retiring from his role as regional finance director at Lee Enterprises, including properties in southeastern Wisconsin, and general manager of Lee’s Central and Southern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin properties. more

Allison Petty, an Illinois native and award­-winning reporter and editor who has been recognized nationally for her journalism and newsroom leadership, has been named Central Illinois executive editor of Lee Enterprises Inc. more

Longtime Denton Record-Chronicle Publisher Emeritus Fred Patterson was remembered by friends and family as a man with two careers. more

Chris Coates, an award-winning and innovative journalist who has run several newsrooms in the Midwest, will be the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s next executive editor. more

Robert Medley has been named editor of the Times Record, swtimes.com and affiliated newspapers. Most recently, he was managing editor at the Yukon Progress, Piedmont-Surrey Gazette and Okarche Warrior, all weekly papers in Oklahoma. more

John Shank is joining D-R Media in Florida as vice president and group publisher. He will be overseeing the D-R Media weekly newspapers in Lake, Polk and Sumter counties. more

Robert Miller, or as many Columbia Basin Herald readers may know him, R. Hans Miller, was promoted from senior reporter to managing editor on Feb. 14. more

CNHI has promoted Lisa Chappell, a veteran Texas publisher, to regional executive for the company’s newspapers in North Texas and five others in Oklahoma. more

Emily Enfinger, a veteran newspaper reporter who most recently worked for The Courier and Daily Comet, has been named managing editor of The Daily Iberian. more

Executive Editor Maria De Varenne, The Tennessean’s tenacious longtime newsroom leader, has announced plans to retire from journalism. more

Coda Ventures, a leading newspaper research and consulting firm, welcomes industry veteran Al Getler to the Coda team. more

Rene Sanchez, a Louisiana native and award-winning journalist, will be the next editor of The Times-Picayune, The Advocate and NOLA.com. more

In a memo to editorial staff, Executive Editor Julie Pace announced two key appointments. Karen Mahabir becomes director of news talent for development and Corinne Chin is the new director of news talent for recruitment. more