People In The News
The four new hires will cover finance and money-in- politics issues.
Jennifer Marek has been the general manager for the Oakdale Leader since May 2006.
Hank Vander Veen is publisher of the Turlock Journal.
Melissa Bonnick will be responsible
for leading the development of Genesis Media’s advertising operations
team.
Six multiformat journalists will staff the new AP bureau.
Peter Kuisle had been responsible for sales, service and marketing.
Kathy Thomson is president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Times.
Janice Vallin will lead advertising and sales with the
objective to develop and achieve successful sales strategies and foster
revenue-generating initiatives for print, digital and mobile platforms.
Tom Clifford previously served as executive news director at The Post and Courier in Charleston S.C.
Randall Brant has served as vice president of sales and marketing since early 2011.
Michael J. Connor joined The Post-Standard as a reporter in 1976.
Steven R. Swartz previously served as senior vice president of the corporation and president of Hearst Newspapers.
Ryan Schuyler started his Brehm Communications career at Gold Country
Printing in November 2005.
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