Craig Nakano has been promoted to assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts, reporting to Deputy Managing Editor Julia Turner. Matt Brennan has been promoted to deputy editor, Entertainment and Arts.
Iliana Limón Romero has been named assistant managing editor for Sports, reporting to Deputy Managing Editor Julia Turner.
Chris Stone, who joined the company in 2020 as executive sports editor, is taking on a new role as deputy managing editor for new initiatives and vice president of LA Times Studios. He will report to Shani Hilton, managing editor for new initiatives and senior vice president of LA Times Studios.
Robert W. Decherd will move into an executive chairman role until his retirement to the board next year.
Judy Woodruff says she'll be stepping down as anchor of PBS' nightly “NewsHour” program at the end of the year.
The Dart Center has announced the recipients of the 2022 Ochberg Fellowship, a program that deepens journalists' reporting of violence, conflict and tragedy. This year’s Fellows include outstanding senior and mid-career journalists in all media, representing six continents.
Jelani Cobb has been named dean of Columbia Journalism School, as of August 1, 2022. Professor Cobb is the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism and Director of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights.
Jessica Parker Gilbert is joining The Washington Post as head of product. In this role, she will lead the Product and Product Design teams working on the entire suite of Washington Post branded products, including the website, apps and tools for journalists and marketers.
Hope Corrigan is joining the newsroom as an editorial initiatives manager. She will work on new ways to proactively package, communicate and promote the newsroom’s most innovative, creative and ambitious coverage alongside its advertising, marketing and subscriptions teams.