Transitions
MAINE
Earl Brechlin has left as founding editor of the Mount Desert Islander of Bar Harbor to become communications director of Friends of Acadia, an...
Feb 2017 Massachusetts Transitions
Peter Meyer, regional vice president for GateHouse Media and president and publisher for the company on Cape Cod and Massachusetts’ South Coast, will take...
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RHODE ISLAND
Kathy Enders has been named advertising director for Sun Media Group, part of the Record-Journal Co. of Meriden, which publishes The Westerly Sun....
Judy Meyer resigns as Sun Journal executive editor
Judy Meyer, a dedicated journalist and steadfast advocate for press freedom, is stepping down as executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, and...
Stan Simpson
Stan Simpson has been named the Robert C. Vance Endowed Chair in Journalism and Mass Communications at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain...
Christa Case Bryant has assumed the role of editor for The Christian Science Monitor
BOSTON—Christa Case Bryant has assumed the role of editor of The Christian Science Monitor. She is the second woman to hold the position in...
Al Getler joins The Weeks Group as VP of Business Development
The Weeks Group, the industry’s #1 ad revenue-generating firm, is proud to announce the recent addition of industry veteran and NENPA Board of Directors...
The Boston Globe names NPR news chief Nancy Barnes as its next editor
The Boston Globe announced on November 14 that Nancy Barnes would be its next editor, tapping a deeply experienced journalist who has run major metropolitan...
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CONNECTICUT
Jeff Otterbein has retired as sports editor of The Hartford Courant after 27 years. Dan Brechlin has been named to replace Otterbein as sports...
Naomi Schalit
MAINE
Naomi Schalit, co-founder of the Hallowell-based Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, is retiring to pursue independent writing projects. She was the senior reporter...