Shelton Named Production Director of The News-Gazette, Inc.

Bob Shelton, of Gibson City, has been promoted to the position of production director of The News-Gazette, Inc. (Champaign, Ill.).

As production director, Shelton is responsible for all phases of the newspaper production and commercial printing processes of The News-Gazette, Inc. Shelton will oversee pressroom, distribution, composing and maintenance departments at all locations. Shelton has been with the company for ten years as production director of News-Gazette Community Newspaper division and has prior experience in high-volume commercial printing.

He began his career at Cole Printing (Greenfield, Ill.) and worked 25 years for Stevens Publishers (Astoria, Ill.). The News-Gazette, Inc. publishes The News-Gazette and eight weekly newspapers in Central Illinois. It is owned by the Marajen Stevick Foundation, a local 509(a)(3) charitable organization.

For more information, please contact John Reed at 217-373-7405 or jreed@news-gazette.com.