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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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.