Jack Robb, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of The Meridian Star in Mississippi. more

Susan King, dean of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, will step down this year, according to an email she sent to faculty Tuesday. King has been the dean of the journalism school since Jan. 1, 2012. She said she plans to return as a tenured faculty member after a leave. more

Gannett is aiming to attract 10 million subscribers to its local news content across the U.S. and U.K. within the next five years, and Renn Turiano has been charged as the person to do it. more

Three journalists will join the staff of the Center for Public Integrity this fall and contribute to the nonprofit news organization’s investigative reporting on the causes and effects of inequality in the United States. more

The Cincinnati Enquirer has announced that Kelsey Conway will be the beat reporter covering the Cincinnati Bengals. Conway, entering her eighth season covering the National Football League, is returning to Cincinnati after previously working for the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens. more

Misty Castile has been named the top editor at The Shreveport (Louisiana) Times, replacing Scott Ferrell, who moved to another position with Gannett. more

Gerald Thomas III has been named as the new sports editor for the Bryan County News (Richmond Hill, Georgia) and the Coastal Courier (Hinesville, Georgia). more

Autumn Phillips has been named the new executive editor of The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), bringing a creative spirit and a wealth of leadership experience to the newsroom’s top job. more

Jeff Dorsey has been named chief operating officer of McClatchy, effective immediately, after serving nine months as the company’s senior vice president of transformation. In this newly-created role, Dorsey’s portfolio will expand to include responsibility for the company’s technology and supply chain, as well as the entirety of its finance operation. These new responsibilities are in addition to his existing oversight of all aspects of McClatchy’s digitally-driven business transformation. more

Laura Manley will be joining the Shorenstein Center as its next executive director. She is currently director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at Harvard Kennedy School, and is an experienced leader in higher education and non-governmental organizations, with over a decade of experience using data and technology for the health of democratic societies. more

Clarice Touhey has been named publisher of the Williston Herald and Sidney Herald in Montana for Wick Communications. more

I can’t begin to tell you how proud, honored and privileged I feel today addressing you as the new editor of The Rogersville (Tennessee) Review. more

Colin McMahon is stepping down as editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune. The last day for the longtime Tribune reporter, editor and executive, who also serves as chief content officer for Tribune Publishing, will be Aug. 20.

Succeeding McMahon will be Mitch Pugh, who has been named executive editor of the Chicago Tribune after eight years in the same role at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. His first day will be Aug. 30. more

Beth Bennett, executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers during the group’s 98th annual summer conference in Madison, Wisconsin. more

Tampa Bay Newspapers Associate Publisher Jay Rey has been named publisher for the organization, which includes publications in Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Hillsborough counties. more

ProPublica announced on Monday that it had hired George Papajohn as a senior editor. Papajohn will help edit projects from the national newsroom and ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. He starts on Aug. 16. Papajohn comes to ProPublica from BuzzFeed News, where he served as an investigative editor. more

ING’s President, Mark Hall, of Post Media Network, announced today the addition of a new board member, Jason Elliott, vice president sales of manrolandGoss. more

Ralph Langer, a retired editor and executive vice president of The Dallas Morning News who led the newsroom during one of the most closely watched daily newspaper wars of the 1980s and 1990s, has died. more

The Washington Post today announced Michelle Jaconi will be head of news talent strategy and development, effective Aug. 16. In this newly created role, Jaconi will lead talent development initiatives across a variety of formats and emerging platforms, creating features and products to amplify the voices and personalities of Post journalists. She will also identify opportunities to showcase journalists’ signature styles and connect their work with a broader audience. more

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, who wrote about rock when music journalists were just beginning to take it seriously, and through her work met Jim Morrison, frontman of the Doors, with whom she said she had a marriage of sorts, died on July 23. She was 75. more