Sewell Chan, the current editorial page editor and former deputy managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, will be The Texas Tribune’s next editor-in-chief. more

Annabelle Timsit will join The Washington Post as a breaking-news reporter at its new hub in London. She will be part of a team that will play a key role in The Post's global expansion. more

Known as a journalist who asked tough questions and an all-around stand-up guy, former Associated Press correspondent and public servant Ed Moreno has died. He was 67. His family said Moreno died July 27 of a brain tumor at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 18. more

Erin Cunningham will become Foreign’s evening editor of The Washington Post, steering breaking-news coverage through a critical part of the day. more

Rachel Kersey, the Beaumont Enterprise’s new government reporter, said from a young age, she had two distinct attributes — she loved to read and she asked a lot of questions, no matter how bold. more

Digital news leader Jim Brady will join the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as vice president/journalism. Heidi Barker, a former NBC Network News producer turned corporate communications executive, will be Knight’s new vice president/communications and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. more

Brent Jones has been unanimously elected president of the Dow Jones News Fund (DJNF) by its Board of Directors, succeeding Dick Levine, who is retiring. more

Emily Walsh has been named president of the Observer Media Group, a family-owned and operated multimedia company. In her new role she will continue a multigenerational lineage at the helm of the Florida media company. more

The Associated Press today named Daisy Veerasingham as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Veerasingham, AP’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, succeeds retiring AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt to become the 14th leader of the AP in its 175-year history. more

Veteran newspaper editor Thadd White has been named group editor of the Chowan Herald and Perquimans Weekly. White will be joined by Managing Editor Leslie Beachboard and a staff of reporters and writers. more

The Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) recently announced changes within its leadership team, including the naming of Scott Gaines as publisher and the transition of Pipes Gaines to publisher emeritus. more

Jenny Rogers will oversee a talented and growing Lifestyle team that includes four editors (one in charge of each of its coverage areas — Wellness, Home, Parenting and KidsPost), three reporters, an editorial aide and a vast network of freelance contributors. more

The death of NNA’s Postal Chair Emeritus Max Heath, Shelbyville, Kentucky, on July 28 set off a period of mourning across the community newspaper industry. more

Louise Story, who oversaw digital strategy and technology at The Wall Street Journal, has decided to leave the paper after less than three years. more

Sherry Chisenhall, The Charlotte Observer’s editor and president, announced her departure Monday morning, telling her newsroom staff that she is leaving on her own terms and with full confidence in the paper’s mission and continued vitality. more

Mariel Garza is being promoted to deputy editorial page editor and will join The Times’ masthead, effective Aug. 9. more

Katrice Hardy has been named executive editor of The Dallas Morning News, effective Aug. 12. Hardy becomes the first female and African American to hold this position, which continues her legacy of breaking both color and gender barriers, which she has done throughout her distinguished career. more

Kevin Fixler joins the Idaho Statesman as an investigative reporter on the accountability team. He comes from The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, California, where he tracked local government and transportation for more than three years. more

Shani Hilton has been appointed to the newly-created role of managing editor for new initiatives at the Los Angeles Times, effective immediately. She will be responsible for driving the L.A. Times’ efforts to expand its journalism and to foster a newsroom culture of aggressive, organic experimentation with form and approach. more

Katherine Boo, Washington, D.C.-based author and journalist, Gail Collins, opinion columnist for The New York Times, and John Daniszewski, vice president and editor-at-large for standards for The Associated Press, have been elected as co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The trio succeeds ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg and Simon & Schuster Vice President and Executive Editor Mindy Marqués González, who shared the post during 2020-2021. more