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Michael Solakian, longtime Hearst Television newsroom leader who since 2021 has served as assistant news director at its WTAE Pittsburgh, has been appointed bureau chief of the company’s Washington, D.C., news bureau.

Reporter Simone Carter, a Texas native who previously worked for the Dallas Observer and Newsweek, has joined The Olympian to cover Washington state government for the state capital’s newspaper as well as McClatchy’s three other sites in the state.

The Pittsburgh Union Progress reports that The New York Times Tech Guild — fresh off a successful unfair labor practice strike of its own in November — has donated the remainder of the money raised during its work stoppage to the Pittsburgh strikers, a total of about $114,000.

Around the same time a well-known reporter and champion for the Boulder Daily Camera announced he will leave the newspaper, the national news outlet Axios said it is hiring a reporter to cover the city.

Michael Agger joins as a features editor.

His lively drawings of historic Supreme Court arguments, impeachment trials and murder cases gave the public a peek into venues where cameras were banned.

Mr. Murdoch’s appeal over whether he can consolidate his son Lachlan’s power over his media empire is due just before Christmas

Josh O'Connor, an innovative newspaper executive who currently serves as a senior vice president and regional publisher of Carpenter Media, has been named the next CEO of Wick Communications.

A Culture writer takes stock of recent stage productions that depict newsrooms and reporters

VANCOUVER, BC – Indiegraf, a pioneering platform dedicated to transforming the economics of local news and content businesses, is pleased to announce that celebrated tech investor Roger McNamee has joined its board. McNamee, known for raising early alarm bells about the rise of misinformation and vulnerability of social media platforms to foreign interference, brings a wealth of experience and strategic insight to Indiegraf as it scales its mission to empower independent media entrepreneurs across North America and beyond.