This year's awards spotlighted high-impact, investigative and accountability journalism that revealed local government corruption, the failure of the nation's foster care system, overcrowding and violence in a local jail and the injustice of an underfunded and understaffed public defenders system in Missouri.  more

The Meridian (Mississippi) Star reported this week that its publisher, Bill Atkinson, has departed the newspaper to devote more of his time to sister newspapers in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. more

Brian Colligan, an award-winning journalist with more than two decades of newspaper experience, has been named the opinion editor of The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) and Daily Press in Newport News. more

McClatchy has announced the promotion of Stephanie Pedersen to president and editor of The (Tacoma) News Tribune and Washington State regional editor of McClatchy's four newsrooms comprising The News Tribune, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald and the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick. Pedersen will also serve as president of The Olympian, and begin in her new role at the end of June when she relocates to Tacoma. more

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has announced that Wynn Christian has been named president and director of local sales and marketing for the company’s Alabama region. more

The Gazette in Colorado Springs is generating added revenue, while allowing families to recognize their soon-to-to-be graduates with personalized messages. Inspired by what the paper is doing in the community, a local business also has stepped forward and offered to sponsor 75 graduates. more

With the help of Creative Circle Media Solutions, two small, rural towns in South Dakota have avoided becoming a news desert. The weekly Kingsbury Journal published its first issue this week, staffed by volunteers who are learning what it takes to publish a weekly newspaper. more

In addition to its earlier announcement that it is expanding into Greenville, South Carolina, The Post and Courier in Charleston has announced plans to launch a modern news operation in Myrtle Beach, later this summer. At a time when newspapers across the country are scaling back, The Post and Courier will hire reporters and editors to provide the kind of quality news and information the Myrtle Beach community deserves. more

Shane Fitzgerald, executive editor of the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and sub-regional editor for the former GateHouse Atlantic Region, will take on a broader role for the USA Today Network, serving as Gannett’s Pennsylvania editor. more

The Detroit Free Press is partnering with the Michigan History Center, which runs the Archives of Michigan and the Michigan History Museum System, to collect personal stories from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michigan History Center is gathering accounts and photos from the pandemic, posting them in real-time online and sharing them with the Free Press for use. The Free Press will assemble recordings to be shared in an audio series called We Lived It, and sent to the history center for archival use. more

Virtual, remote connectivity has been proven to be a lifesaver for many companies and their employees as well as people all over the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. While not being a new concept, it became painstakingly clear how important it is to be digitally connected despite being physically apart. This same concept applies to ProImage’s NewsWayX workflow products where virtual, cloud-based HTML5 technology is at the center of its core capabilities. This feature is one of the main reasons the Tribune Publishing Company decided in late summer last year to install the NewsWayX Workflow System across its six print sites: Chicago (Illinois) Tribune, Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Baltimore (Maryland) Sun, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Virginian-Pilot and the New York Daily News.  more

The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. is growing and will launch a modern news operation in Greenville, S.C., later this summer. At a time when newspapers across the country are scaling back, The Post and Courier will hire reporters and editors to provide the kind of quality news and information the Greenville community deserves. “Our newspaper’s mission has always been to build and become part of the fabric of the communities we serve,” said Post and Courier President and Publisher P.J. Browning. “Our expansion will provide relevant award-winning content that is engaging and impactful with a fresh, eager approach to the Greenville region.” more

Kirk Davis, former GateHouse Media CEO, has joined Nashville-based Power Poll, a nonpartisan survey, news and information company, as executive chairman of the board. The announcement comes as the rapidly expanding Power Poll launches its innovative news and survey product with media partners in Atlanta, Miami and Chicago. more

Mike Feeley, executive editor of The News Journal and Delaware Online, will take on a broader role for the USA Today Network, serving as Gannett’s South Jersey and Delmarva editor. more

Gannett Co. Inc.'s president of sales for the Great Lakes Region will lead the joint business operations of The Detroit (Michigan) News and Detroit Free Press. more

Gannett Regional Vice President David Foster is assuming leadership over the advertising sales division of the Spartanburg (South Carolina) Herald-Journal.  Foster currently oversees The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail, as well as the publications in Asheville, North Carolina; Montgomery, Alabama; and Hattiesburg and Jackson, Mississippi. more

Located in the heart of beautiful Colorado ski country, the Aspen Daily News has been in operation for 42 years. As a hyperlocal, free paper, the staff doesn't rely on subscriptions. The paper also operates without a nonprofit 501c3 status or the backing of a larger corporation. "We felt vulnerable not having those safety nets," Publisher David Cook said. "I wanted to be in charge of my ship and react quickly. I made adjustments to expenses, and worked with PPP loans and furloughs. But I knew a big part of getting through this was to get community support as quickly as possible." more

Citing “industry changes and unforeseen challenges brought on by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,” the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne said it will no longer print or deliver a newspaper on Tuesdays beginning June 2. more

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has announced that Wisconsin State Journal Publisher Tom Wiley has been named president and publisher of The Buffalo (New York) News. He succeeds Warren Colville, who has announced that he will retire. more

Bernie Heller has been named president and director of local sales and marketing for the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The appointment is effective immediately. Former Publisher Gloria Fletcher has left the company. more