Longtime Savannah Morning News Executive Michael Traynor has left the organization as part of a corporate management restructuring, parent company Gannett has announced. more

Kelly McGowan, an Iowa State graduate and a four-year member of the Des Moines Register staff, has been named editor of the Ames (Iowa) Tribune. more

Tribune Publishing Company has extended its cooperation agreement with Alden Global Capital LLC and has appointed Randall D. Smith of Alden to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. The Board size has been increased from six to seven members. more

LocalEatsandEssentials.com, a website that allows diners to order takeout or curbside pickup from local, independently owned restaurants in two New York counties, launched today. The site will be expanding into other market areas over the next few months and working with other local media companies and restaurants to launch this program in their areas.  more

Presteligence has announced that three Lee Enterprise markets will leverage My Team Scoop for their high school sports scores and stats. The Tulsa (Oklahoma) World, Roanoke (Virginia) Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch will cover up to 300 schools combined. more

Five undergraduate students from Florida International University's Department of Journalism + Media are working with the Miami Herald covering topics ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to city governance as part of a new internship program. more

Sunday, June 28, was celebrated as Freedom of the Press Day in honor of the five Capital Gazette employees murdered two years ago in Annapolis, Maryland. The proclamation was signed by Gov. Larry Hogan. more

Adams Publishing Group is now requiring all employees and customers to wear masks while in offices. The company is also reimbursing employees for buying masks. more

Jeana Stanley, who joined Hearst’s corporate finance team as vice president in August 2018, died June 26 in Tierra Verde, Florida. She was 54. more

Nominate someone you know who has spent his or her career moving the news publishing industry forward by leading, inspiring and motivating others! All nominees must be at least 50 years old by July 1. The deadline for entries is July 10. more

The Miami (Florida) Herald reported this morning that Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has asked a judge to consider the public interest — and the vital role of local journalism — when weighing the fate of the Herald’s parent company, McClatchy. more

More than one-fourth — 2,100 — of the country’s newspapers operating 15 years ago are no longer in business, according to the latest report on the state of local news by Penelope Muse Abernathy of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Only half the number of journalists working at newspapers 10 years ago are doing so today. In addition to the state of local newspapers, the report focuses on the state of digital media, ethnic media and public broadcasting outlets. more

Two journalists at Nieman Lab, the Nieman Foundation’s publication covering digital innovation and change in journalism, are moving into new roles beginning on July 1. more

Romando Dixson has been named executive editor of the Journal Star in Peoria, Illinois, becoming the first African American to serve as editor of the paper. more

Nashville's taking center stage in a new ad campaign that focuses on the critical need nationwide for Americans to know, and practice, their First Amendment rights to free speech, a free press, peaceable assembly, religion and petitioning the government. more

Adams Publishing Group has announced that the Mesabi (Minnesota) Daily News and Hibbing Daily Tribune are merging into one six-day newspaper, the Mesabi Tribune, effective Wednesday, July 8. more

Lee Enterprises has entered into a strategic alliance with Best Agent Today that will bring  new real estate services to Lee's digital brands in all 77 of its markets across the country. more

The Associated Press has announced a new feature that allows live video customers to access live event coverage for up to a week after it's delivered. more

Five McClatchy newspapers in South Carolina — The State (Columbia), The Island Packet, The Beaufort Gazette, The Sun News (Myrtle Beach) and The Herald (Rock Hill) — have launched "We Rebuild" sections on their websites to bring together perspectives and solutions for a path to restore their communities in a post-pandemic world. more

Medill will launch a comprehensive series of initiatives through Metro Media Lab to help local news organizations better engage with citizens; provide quality, solutions-oriented journalism; and strengthen the sustainability of local news organizations through research, training and student-produced storytelling in partnerships with Chicago outlets. more