News Media Alliance Executive Vice President and General Counsel Danielle Coffey has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Press Club Journalism Institute (NPCJI), the nonprofit affiliate of the National Press Club, for a two-year term. more

In his new position, Jason Adrians will be the top news executive for all 77 of Lee’s local news organizations. more

Andy Alford will be involved in all decisions involving hiring, advancement and compensation, and also oversee the paper's fellowships program and source diversity project. more

Candy Parks, advertising manager for the Park Rapids Enterprise, will retire at the end of January. Todd Keute will assume publisher and advertising director responsibilities at the paper. more

Storied Atlanta journalist Dick Williams died Thursday from congestive heart failure. He was 77. more

Darcy Carstens brings years of experience in marketing and relationship-building. more

Bob Wick, co-owner of Wick Communications, died Jan. 13 after a fight with cancer and subsequent heart attack. Wick Communications is a three-generation multi-media company that has operations in 11 states. more

The Herald Democrat publisher has added the states of Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to his list of responsibilities. more

Tommy Cooper has been named the Journal's new circulation director. more

After a career of more than four decades with the newspaper, Paul Tash will retire as chairman of the Tampa Bay Times on July 1 and has named Conan Gallaty, the president of Times Publishing Company, to succeed him. more

Parade Media Senior Vice President of Newspaper Relations Kevin Craig has announced the retirement of the company’s vice president of newspaper relations, Scot Dalquist, effective April 1. Mike Devon, a 30-plus-year veteran of the newsprint industry, was named to succeed Dalquist in the role. more

In announcing plans to retire, Evan Smith said he will remain with The Texas Tribune while the board selects his successor and to assist with the transition through the end of 2023 as a senior adviser. more

The American Press Institute (API), an affiliate of the News Media Alliance dedicated to helping news publishers navigate and adapt to organizational and industry change to sustain journalism, today announced it has hired Michael D. Bolden as its new executive director and chief executive officer. more

In her new role, April Lane will lead the expansion of e-commerce and performance marketing capabilities across Hearst’s consumer media businesses. more

Veteran journalist and Meridian native Ida Brown has been named editor of Meridian Home and Style and Timeless Meridian, both magazines published by The Meridian (Mississippi) Star. more

Eliza Gaines has been promoted to executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock. For the past two years, she has served as managing editor of the newspaper. more

Jim Falzone, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been promoted to vice president of production for CNHI, LLC, the company announced Monday. more

Ross McDuffie, a veteran digital media and publishing executive, has been named president of Madison Media Partners, the digital media and full-service marketing company that produces the Wisconsin State Journal, madison.com and The Capital Times. more

Victor Hanson II, former publisher of The Birmingham (Alabama) News and the head of an editorial board that won the newspaper’s first Pulitzer Prize for editorials in 1991, died Friday, Jan. 7. more

Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, died Thursday evening after a yearlong battle with cancer. more