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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...
George Brennan
George Brennan joined The Martha’s Vineyard Times March 30 as news editor. Before joining the Times, Brennan curated the Talking Points newsletter for The...
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...
Shaw Israel Izikson named the editor of The Country Journal
Shaw Israel Izikson was named as the editor of The Country Journal in late November.
Izikson is an award-winning journalist, editor, and photographer from Baltimore,...
Celestino appointed North of Boston publisher
John Celestino, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of the North of Boston Media Group of eight newspapers, effective immediately.
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,...
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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...
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...
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...
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...