Media Moves

River City Newspapers in Arizona makes two hires

The following excerpt was sent out from kdminer.com:

River City Newspapers, which owns the Miner, recently announced the hiring of Jamie McCorkle as advertising director and Michael Zogg as editor. Both are newspaper industry veterans.

Jamie McCorkle

McCorkle is a graduate of Kingman High School with more than a decade of experience in the advertising industry, most recently serving as senior account executive with News West Publishing, where she was responsible for major and national accounts. She worked for News West Publishing for 10 years, including two years as advertising and marketing director.

Michael Zogg

Zogg has 12 years of newspaper experience. He currently serves as the city beat reporter for Today’s News-Herald in Lake Havasu City. Zogg was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has a degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University, with a history minor. After graduation, Zogg began his career as the regional sports editor of four weekly newspapers in Southern Iowa, continuing on to the Charles City Press in Northern Iowa, and the Del Norte Triplicate in Crescent City, California. He moved to Northwest Arizona in August 2019 and has been covering stories of interest to Havasu and Mohave County ever since.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

10 hours ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

2 days ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

3 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

3 days ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

3 days ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

3 days ago