Connecticut paper to shutter due to financial constraints
The following excerpt was sent out from nbcconnecticut.com: After trying to buck a national trend of media closures and downsizing, a small Connecticut newspaper founded earlier this year with Ralph Nader’s help has succumbed to financial problems and will be shutting down. An oversight board voted Monday to close the Winsted Citizen, a broadsheet that […]
Former Boston Globe journalist launches Plymouth-based nonprofit news outlet
Mark Pothier, a veteran Boston Globe journalist, who worked at the newsroom for more than 22 years, has debuted a new nonprofit news organization The Plymouth Independent. Pothier wrote: “I began my career as a journalist in Plymouth in the 1980s, serving as executive editor of the Old Colony Memorial and a group of other […]
New Mexico paper ed/government reporter D’Ammassa departs
The following excerpt was sent out from demingheadlight.com: The Deming Headlight, in its second year under new ownership, will carry on after saying goodbye this month to editor and government reporter Algernon D’Ammassa. In November of last year, the Headlight was purchased from the Gannett Co., the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., by Nickolas Seibel, publisher […]
Minnesota papers hire Ware as editor
Tess Ware has joined The Aberdeen American News, The Watertown Public Opinion and The St. Cloud Times in Minnesota as an editor. Previously, Ware worked in Michigan as a crime reporter for the Livingstone County Daily Press & Argus, as a news reporter for Petoskey News-Review, where she won multiple awards from the Michigan Press […]
State Journal in Kentucky hires McKinney as reporter
The State Journal in Frankfort, Ken. has appointed Kelly McKinney to cover local government, the Frankfort Plant Board and Kentucky State University. McKinney has worked in Kentucky as an editor at Landmark Community Newspapers and as a staff writer at Community Newspaper Holdings. She also covered local government for Kentucky paper The Jessamine Journal. McKinney […]
Maine Independent News Collaborative launches to grow local journalism
The following excerpt was sent out from bangordailynews.com: Today, the Bangor Daily News is excited to announce the formation of a grassroots effort to sustain and grow independent local journalism in Maine that it has helped to launch. The United States is losing two newspapers every week. In 2002, Maine newsrooms employed more than 300 […]
Ogden Newspapers names Flynn editor and publisher of upstate New York papers
The following excerpt was sent out from adirondackdailyenterprise.com The Ogden Newspapers has named Andy Flynn as editor and publisher of Adirondack Publishing’s two newspapers, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, New York) and Lake Placid News. Flynn, who has spent the past 10 years as editor of the News and will continue in this role, […]
Restoration News Media journalist Schnittker to depart
Nicholas Schnittker, a sports editor at Wake Weekly, a weekly newspaper in Wake Forest, N.C., is set to depart. He wrote on X/Twitter: “I’ll be starting a new position at the end of this month (which I am super excited for and will say more about that once I start).” Before this, Schnittker was a […]
Iowa newspaer hires Molseed as website editor and reporter
Megan Molseed has joined Storm Lake Times in Iowa as website editor and reporter. She said: “I’m incredibly lucky to have had the opportunities that I have had in the newspaper/news business. My passion in journalism lies in getting to know people in the community and taking the time to discover the unique stories so […]
Colorado paper hires Peterson as reporter
Lucy Peterson has joined The Aspen Times in Colorado as a reporter. She wrote on X/Twitter: “I’m so excited to call this beautiful place home and I’m even more excited that I get to report on this community.” Recently, Peterson was a Report for America Corps member covering county government for The Mendocino Voice. She […]
