Patrick O’Shea has been named editor of The Beaver County Times and The Ellwood City Ledger in Pennsylvania. He succeeds former Executive Editor Lisa Micco, who left The Times in January. more

Paul Smith, who was instrumental in the Arkansas Democrat's winning a David-and-Goliath battle against the Gannett Co. Inc. and its Arkansas Gazette in 1991, died Tuesday of cancer. more

Sean O’Brien has been named publisher for The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), the Chowan Herald and The Perquimans Weekly, Robin Quillon, president of Adams Publishing Group in Eastern North Carolina, announced this week. more

Pam James has been named editor of the Daily Jeffersonian in Cambridge, Ohio, to succeed Beth Bailey, who has accepted a new position within Gannett. more

In his new role, John Torres will be focused on continuing and enhancing the paper's engagement efforts with the Space Coast community, leading its editorial board and overseeing the opinion page. more

A veteran reporter who has steered the Apalachicola Times in Florida for the past two decades will be expanding those duties to take the helm at a second weekly paper, The Star. more

After 30 years mostly as sports editor at the Fulton Sun in Fulton, Missouri, Ryan Boland is in the editor's seat. He previously served two brief stints as the Sun's news editor. more

Mike Boyd has been named editor-in-chief of the Mohave Valley Daily News in Bullhead City, Arizona. more

The Associated Press has named Anna Jo Bratton as U.S. enterprise editor on the news cooperative’s Global Enterprise Team, where she will work with colleagues across the United States to produce high-impact journalism for the country and for international audiences. more

Nine years after joining The Paris (Texas) News as an advertising representative, Clay Carsner will assume the role of publisher. more

Eric Mayberry, who most recently was regional vice president of Amplified Digital, was named president and director of local sales and marketing of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville. And, Sam Worthington was appointed president and director of local sales and marketing for Lee’s Roanoke region. more

A national search has begun for a new editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Wendy Fullerton Powell, who has been editor in Fort Myers/Naples, will serve as interim editor. more

Mary Irby-Jones will be the first woman and second African American to lead The Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. Her first day on the job will be March 15. more

“I’m excited to acquire Hot Springs Village Voice," says Jennifer Allen. "It has been my home for 14 years and this will be the first time in those 14 years the Voice will be locally owned.”   more

RJI's new director of innovation says her position "lets me help journalists create the space, provide the resources and carve out the time to address their challenges. Whether it’s revenue generation, management culture, community engagement, tool building ... I love that I get to say 'Yes!' to help journalists tackle a project or a goal or a strategy they’ve wanted to try for a while." more

“Justin’s proven ability to manage complex data-driven projects and turn editorial ambition into technical and journalistic achievement is what AP needs to push its data journalism forward,” says Troy Thibodeaux, the AP’s data science and news applications editor. more

With this new appointment, Daisy Veerasingham will have responsibility for all AP departments. This includes the company’s news, business and technology operations, all of which will report jointly to her and President and CEO Gary Pruitt. more

Bryan Stevens, a seasoned journalist and East Tennessee State University adjunct instructor with long family roots in Unicoi County, has been named managing editor of The Erwin Record in Tennessee. more

In her new role at USA TODAY, Kristen Go will supervise teams covering consumer news and technology, life and entertainment, travel, education and enterprise reporting focused on equity issues such as race, identity and social justice. more

Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications recently welcomed Penelope “Penny” Muse Abernathy as a visiting professor. Abernathy recently retired from the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, where she served as the Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics. more