The Sheboygan Press announces promotion and expanded role
The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The Sheboygan Press: Brandon Reid, a veteran journalist who has led the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter since 2015, will take on the additional role of editor of The Sheboygan Press on Monday. Matt Piper, the editor of The Press since fall 2019, is moving into a new role […]
Briese departs Reviewed for PureWow
Nicole Briese is now an assigning commerce editor at PureWow. Previously, she was a managing editor, Deals, at Reviewed, part of the USA Today Network. Before that, she served as senior deals editor. She was also a senior commerce editor for Women’s World/First for Women at Bauer. She has also held editorial posts at US […]
Gannett sells four newspapers to Arkansas-based newspaper company
Gannett and USA Today Network has sold The Big Nickel in Joplin, the Rolla Daily News, the Kirksville Daily Express, and the NEMO Trader in La Plata to Phillips Media Group. The chain also acquired the Baxter Bulletin. The ownership is said to transfer on September 1. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
West joins Chalkbeat to cover schools
Samantha West will be joining Chalkbeat Tennessee to cover Shelby County Schools, the largest school district in Tennessee. Previously, she was a K-12 education/family reporter at Gannett’s USA Today Network. West has also worked as an education reporter, social media manager, and web editor at the Leader-Telegram. She also interned at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel […]
Lawrence to join USA Today as a columnist
Jill Lawrence will be joining USA Today as a columnist. Previously, Lawrence had worked at USA Today for over 14 years, from 1996 to 2011, as a national political correspondent. She was also managing editor, politics, and then served as a national correspondent and columnist at the National Journal. She has also contributed to The […]
Rouan to cover politics for USA Today
Rick Rouan has joined USA Today’s breaking news team covering politics. Previously, he held the post of fact checker. Rouan has also served as a transportation reporter, City Hall reporter and then as a politics reporter at Dispatch Media Group. He was also a web coordinator and has covered banks, insurance companies, capital markets, transit, […]
USA Today seeks econ development reporter in North Carolina
USA Today Network-Southeast is seeking an enterprise & data reporter to work in our growing Triad regional newsroom in North Carolina. This hybrid position is based in Asheboro, NC, and focuses on both daily economic development reporting and more broad data-related enterprise reporting. Asheboro has moved fully into digital newsroom operations and is seeking a […]
Cimini departs the Californian for News-Press
Kate Cimini will be leaving The Salinas Californian to join The News-Press I-team, covering southwest Florida and all its happenings. Cimini has been with the Gannett/USA Today Network since 2018. Her stories have appeared in Gannett papers such as USA Today, The Arizona Republic and The Desert Sun, and in non-network partners such as The […]
James joins Washington Post as operations editor, Sports
The Washington Post has hired Jai-Leen James as an operations editor for Sports. She starts July 26. James joins from USA Today, where she was a lead producer and digital strategist for more than 30 Atlantic region news sites. Before that, she was a digital producer at Gannett’s Asbury Park Press. She has also reported […]
USA Today hires Fronczek as digital producer
Mel Fronczek will be joining USA Today as a digital producer. Currently, she is a digital intern, South region at the company. She was also a digital media resident at Dow Jones News Fund. She was also a reporter, Student Journalism Institute at The New York Times. She has also interned at WFIU Public Radio, […]
