Alexandra Koch has joined the Aiken Standard newsroom as a crime and courts reporter. Koch lived outside of Chicago for most of her life and moved to Wilmington, N.C., during her high school years. Koch interned at the Wilmington Star News while still in high school and served as the yearbook editor-in-chief during her senior year. more

David Dennis Jr., a freelance journalist, educator and commentator based in Atlanta, Ga., has joined The Undefeated full-time as a senior writer covering music for the culture vertical of the ESPN multimedia content initiative on sports, race and culture. A frequent contributor to The Undefeated, Dennis will also write long- and short-form pieces on other topics at the intersection of race, culture and sports. more

Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, will join the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism beginning this fall as the Eleanor Merrill Visiting … more

Paige Harrison has been promoted to vice president of news for Hearst Television. Harrison has been with Hearst for 18 years and was most recently the news director of WCVB, Hearst’s flagship station in … more

The Committee to Protect Journalists has announced that Executive Director Joel Simon has informed the board of directors that he will step down by the end of the year after almost a quarter century … more

Guardian Media Group today announces that chief executive Annette Thomas, who joined the group in March 2020, has decided to leave the company at the end of June. more

Danielle Echeverria has joined The Chronicle as a reporter on its Engagement and Breaking News team. She has just completed her master's degree in journalism at Stanford University, where she won … more

otto (formerly DEVCON Detect Inc.), a B2B security software start-up innovating JavaScript vulnerability testing, monitoring and protection, has tapped Deborah Dreyfuss-Tuchman to lead the launch of … more

Lance Turner, currently the online editor for Arkansas Business Publishing Group, will succeed Gwen Moritz as editor of Arkansas Business, the weekly statewide business journal, ABPG President Mitch … more

The Creston Valley Advance has hired a new publisher/sales manager. Norman Eady is a new resident to Creston, having just moved here over the winter. In his new role, he most looks forward to meeting … more

The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation recently announced the addition of Matthew Sauer as its new collaboration and impact officer. Sauer spent 28 years at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, … more

The Janesville Gazette newsroom is going through significant changes. With the recent retirement of Regional Editor Sid Schwartz and the departure of Managing Editor Ann Fiore, we get to take … more

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced his appointment of Bill Jacobs, formerly the publisher of the Brookhaven Daily Leader and the Prentiss Headlight, to the Mississippi State Board of Education on … more

Adams Publishing Group has named Randy Rickman regional president for APG Media of Southern Minnesota. Rickman previously served as APG’s regional president for northern Wisconsin and … more

VTDigger announced Tuesday that it has expanded its news and business teams and filled other key roles.  The statewide, nonprofit news organization has established a new creative director … more

Lexi Krupp will join Vermont Public Radio in June as a Report For America journalist, the station has announced. She will cover the Upper Valley and Northeast Kingdom regions, with a special focus on … more

D. Scot Miller is the new managing editor of the East Bay Express. Miller is not an unknown quantity to the paper's readers. He began his storied career at EBX as an advertising executive in 2004 and … more

John Celestino, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of the North of Boston Media Group of eight newspapers, effective immediately. Celestino has worked in the … more

Marcia Pledger, a former financial journalist and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been named The Florida Times-Union's new opinion and engagement editor. She is the first woman and … more

Will Oremus will be joining The Washington Post in the new role of technology news analysis writer. His hire is part of a significant expansion of The Post’s technology coverage. He has covered … more