National Newspaper Association Elects New President

By: nnaweb.org

Robert M. Williams Jr., chair and publisher of SouthFire Newspaper Group in Blackshear, Ga., was elected as president of the National Newspaper Association, during the association’s 127th annual convention and trade show Sept. 14, 2013. He had been vice president.

Williams succeeded Merle Baranczyk, publisher of the Salida (Colo.) Mountain Mail, who became immediate past president.