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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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....

Dave Daley – Bruce Putterman

Bruce Putterman has been appointed chief executive officer and publisher as of April 10 of The Connecticut News Project, a nonprofit organization that publishes...

Sean Burke, Doris Picardi, Adam Feuerstein, Mark Elliott

MASSACHUSETTS Sean Burke, former president and group publisher of GateHouse Media New England, the largest newspaper chain in New England, with more than 100 newspapers...

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MAINE  Steve Fuller has left as city hall reporter with The Ellsworth American to begin a job as assistant to the city planner at Ellsworth...

Heather McKernan

Heather McKernan, publisher of the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript of Peterborough, has been named the first female publisher of the Ledger-Transcript’s sister newspaper, the Concord Monitor....

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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...

Marcia Green – Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey has been appointed managing editor of The Valley Breeze, based in Lincoln. Shorey will succeed Marcia Green, the Valley Breeze’s founding editor,...

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...

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...