Don Rogers hopes to boost community journalism. more

The board of directors of the Times Publishing Company is adding David Denor, Carolyn Fox, Jessi Navarro and Jay Rey as its newest members. The Times also announced a promotion for Joe DeLuca, one of its longtime senior leaders. DeLuca, 65, was named president of the Tampa Bay Times. more

As The Ada News seeks to expand its audience through both print and digital platforms, it will be led by Maurisa Nelson, who has been named general manager. more

Over the course of almost four decades with the Times Publishing Co., Andy Corty has been tapped to handle a wide range of responsibilities. Next week, he will retire. more

Jelani Cobb has been named dean of Columbia Journalism School, as of August 1, 2022. Professor Cobb is the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism and Director of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights. more

The former general manager of The Bellingham Herald has been named as the next publisher of the Idaho Statesman. more

In announcing her decision to retire at the end of the year, Diane McFarlin said: “I have loved every role that I have played in my 44-year career: reporter, editor, publisher, college administrator. Each job has seemed better than the last, and that has certainly been true as dean of my alma mater.” more

Jeffrey Gerritt, recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, has been appointed editor of the Sharon (Pennsylvania) Herald and New Castle News, effective July 13. more

Rob Walters, an award-winning journalist with decades of experience, has been named editor of the Kingsport (Tennessee) Times News. Walters joined the Six Rivers Media family from the Bristol Herald Courier, where he had served as managing editor since 2016. more

Robert W. Decherd will move into an executive chairman role until his retirement to the board next year. more

Orangeburg native Damion Waymer has been selected as the next director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the University of South Carolina’s College of Information and Communications. more

SCS is excited to announce the hiring of Ambrose Cavalier as an applications developer, effective May 20. more

Brian Corcoran, who has served as interim publisher of The Post-Star since March, has been named publisher of the Glens Falls paper. more

Executive Editor Alison Bath will assume leadership in Eugene, Ore., with the departure of Publisher Shanna Cannon. more

Pete Rosengren, vice president of sales and digital strategies for the Daily Herald Media Group in Arlington Heights, Illinois, died Sunday during a family vacation in Florida after he hurried into the Gulf of Mexico to help his sons and other children being carried out to sea by a rip current. more

Marcia Pledger, a former financial journalist and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been named The Florida Times-Union's new opinion and engagement editor. She is the first woman and the first Black journalist in the position last served by Mike Clark, who retired in 2020. 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

Scott Embry has joined Adams Publishing Group and The Greeneville (Tennessee) Sun as regional advertising director. more

As The Sumter Item continues to evolve, it will soon do so minus one familiar face but with the addition and promotion of two more. more

Cindy Clark, a former salesperson with the Fredericksburg (Texas) Standard-Radio Post, has begun her tenure as the advertising director for the 116-year-old publication. more