Capital Region Independent Media has announced the hiring of executive editor Melanie Lekocevic for the Ravena (New York) News-Herald and Greenville (New York) Pioneer and the promotion of Austin Crosier to the position of senior reporter at the newspaper group’s NYVT Media office in Granville, New York.
Melanie Lekocevic will oversee editorial content for the Ravena News-Herald and the Greenville Pioneer.
Formerly an editor at Columbia-Greene Media, based in Hudson, New York, Lekocevic has been a part-time editor for Capital Region Independent Media for three years.
Lekocevic is originally from New York City. She also was an editor at the Bronx Press-Review and Riverdale Review and has worked in broadcast journalism, public relations and corporate advertising. She has an M.B.A. from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and a B.S. from Boston University.
Senior reporter Austin Crosier is a magna cum laude graduate of Castleton University in Castleton, Vermont, with a B.S. in communication with a concentration in journalism and a minor in history.
He has worked as a reporter since September 2020 for NYVT Media, a subdivision of Capital Region Independent Media. As a reporter, Crosier has written articles on topics ranging from the arrest of “Tiger King” star Timothy Lee Stark in Granville to a three-part series about Slate Ridge, a controversial shooting range in West Pawlet, Vermont, in addition to his regular Granville beat.
As a senior reporter, Crosier will continue to cover Granville and will take on added multimedia reponsibilities.
About Capital Region Independent Media:
Capital Region Independent Media publishes social media, websites, videos and printed newspapers in Albany County and Greene County, New York. Titles include The Ravena News-Herald, Albany County’s oldest continuously-published weekly newspaper, as well as the Greenville Pioneer. The company also publishes InPlay Capital Region, a website and social media site devoted to community theater, and DIRT Central, a social media site focusing on the Upstate New York racing scene. Capital Region Independent Media also offers a suite of digital options including but not limited to geotargeting, geofencing and Google Ads, to name a few.
About NYVT Media:
NYVT Media is the largest media company in Washington County, New York, and the Lakes Region of Vermont. The company, formerly known as Manchester Newspapers, produces weekly newspapers, social media, specialty publications and NYVTmedia.com. Titles include the Whitehall Times, the Granville Sentinel, the Washington County FreePress and the Lakes Region FreePress — delivered to more than 34,000 households primarily in Washington County, New York, and Rutland County, Vermont.
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