The Daily Journal in Franklin, Indiana, has announced two staff changes.
Editor James Vaughn has promoted news reporter Leeann Doerflein to news editor and long-time reporter Ryan Trares to senior reporter and columnist, effective immediately.
Doerflein joined the newspaper staff in March 2020, the same week the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the county. She has led the paper’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic ever since. She also covers Franklin.