Stone joins the Houston Chronicle as weekend digital producer

The Houston Chronicle has hired Brady Stone as weekend digital producer. Recently, Stone was an audience intern at McClatchy. There, he grew audiences and researched communities for the Kansas City Star. Previously, he was an engagement fellow at the Texas Tribune. He interned at Texas A&M School of Public Health and freelanced. Stone has a […]

Stone joins the Houston Chronicle as weekend digital producer

The Houston Chronicle has hired Brady Stone as weekend digital producer. Recently, Stone was an audience intern at McClatchy. There, he grew audiences and researched communities for the Kansas City Star. Previously, he was an engagement fellow at the Texas Tribune. He interned at Texas A&M School of Public Health and freelanced. Stone has a […]

McClatchy promotes Pierre to sports editor

The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. has tapped Natalie Pierre to serve as sports editor. Recently, Pierre was deputy sports editor for McClatchy Southeast, leading college sports coverage. Over the past 15 years, Pierre covered some of college football’s most successful programs, led basketball coverage and reported on NCAA business, policies and legislation. Previously, […]

USA Today names Chambers White House correspondent

Francesca Chambers will join USA Today as a White House correspondent. She begins Mon., May 9. Chambers comes from McClatchy, where she was a senior White House correspondent. Chambers has covered presidents, vice presidents and politicians since 2014. Previously, she served as a senior White House correspondent at DailyMail.com, where she was also part of […]

Capital B Atlanta makes two new hires

Capital B Atlanta has hired Kenya Hunter as a health reporter and Sydney Sims as a general assignment reporter. Hunter joins from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she worked as an education reporter. She was also a general assignment reporter at Rome News-Tribune in Georgia and a news reporter at WERS 88.9 FM, Emerson College’s radio […]

Miami Herald hires Zakaria as deputy managing editor for local news

Tabassum Zakaria will be joining The Miami Herald as deputy managing editor for local news next month. She currently serves as managing editor at McClatchy, where she led the Washington bureau. She has also held the post of Washington editor. She has also worked as a consultant at International Finance Corporation, where she was editor […]

Battaglia joins McClatchy as Washington correspondent

Danielle Battaglia will be joining the McClatchy D.C. bureau as Washington correspondent for North Carolina. She was previously a political reporter at The News & Observer. She has also worked as a reporter, digital content editor and cops and courts reporter at The Greensboro News and Record in North Carolina Area. She has also interned […]

Sun Herald appoints Mitchell senior editor

The Sun Herald, McClatchy, has named Justin Mitchell senior editor, overseeing daily news coverage for the multi-media company. Mitchell joined the Sun Herald in 2012 as a digital intern after graduation. He has also served as an assistant digital editor, social media editor and audience growth editor. Recently, he served as deputy growth editor for […]

McClatchy’s Mahone exits for new opportunity

Rodney Mahone, VP on in-market sales for McClatchy and Georgia Market president, is leaving. Mahone is a veteran McClatchy journalist, having joined the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer as VP of advertising. He then became president and publisher, overseeing total enterprise for digital and print operations for Columbus, GA’s largest media company, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and LEAD Digital. He […]

New role for McClatchy’s Murphy

Brian Murphy, Washington D.C. correspondent for The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer, McClatchy, will be leaving his post to become editor of N.C. Insider News Updates, also part of McClatchy. Prior to joining McClatchy, Murphy was digital editor at The Free Lance-Star. He was also a sports columnist at Idaho Statesman and a […]