Latino Media Network announced that Sylvia Banderas Coffinet has been named CEO. She joins founders Stephanie Valencia and Jessica Morales Rocketto in scaling one of the largest Latina owned multi-platform audio and media companies to serve the Hispanic market in the U.S. today.
The Gazette and affiliated APG publications across southern Wisconsin have implemented a staffing reorganization that will help ensure readers get the best local news coverage.
Dr. Angela Jerome, communication professor, has been named the assistant director of the newly merged School of Media & Communication in the Potter College of Arts & Letters (PCAL) at Western Kentucky University.
LSU has named Kimberly Bissell the dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication, effective July 24, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Paul Gaier has joined Adams Publishing Group as its new regional president for Northern Wisconsin, working with newspapers in Eau Claire, Rice Lake, Spooner, Ashland, Sawyer County and Price County.
In her role, Marita Pérez Díaz will support the technical development of API’s news products, including audience data tools Metrics for News and Source Matters.
Will Sommer will join The Washington Post as a media reporter on May 15.
Siobhán O’Grady will become The Washington Post’s chief Ukraine correspondent, beginning this summer.
Laura Coates has played a central role in the network’s extensive legal programming, serving as an anchor for CNN’s prime time programs, hosting impactful specials and a CNN Town Hall.