CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Gazette-Mail has completed the consolidation of its two formerly separate newsrooms, the Gazette and Daily Mail. The newspaper underwent a re-application process with employees to determine skills and interests resulting in the best newspaper and digital coverage going forward. Every employee was provided an interview with[Read More…]
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Charleston store displays historic Gazette, Daily Mail Extras
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chuck Hamsher has always been a big fan of newspapers, collecting several papers through the years. Until recently, he’d wondered what he would do with them. He still has piles of old newspapers in the back of his store, the Purple Moon, in Charleston. “I think it is[Read More…]
AG files petition regarding newspaper combination
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has asked a Putnam County judge to require the Daily Gazette Company to turn over information about the joining of the Gazette and the Daily Mail newspapers. Morrisey’s office filed a petition last week in Putnam Circuit Court asking that a[Read More…]
Late editor of Wheeling paper named to Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Thomas O’Brien Flynn put pen to paper, people paid attention. The Wheeling native spent more than 60 years writing and editing for The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. Flynn, who died in 1983 at the age of 91, left a legacy as an editorial page editor. Even[Read More…]
Bluefield editor Tom Colley inducted into Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tom Colley, an editor whose “virtue, integrity, ethics and service are certainly legendary,” was formally inducted Thursday into the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame by Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editor Samantha Perry. Colley served as the executive editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph from 1985 until[Read More…]
The Exponent Telegram seeking copy editor
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Looking for new challenges and to be part of a passionate, aggressive news team delivering quality products to our audience? The Exponent Telegram is seeking a copy editor for its award-winning newspaper in North Central West Virginia that is part of a family-owned media company. “Our products[Read More…]
The Journal of Martinsburg seeking city editor
MARTINSBURG, W.Va.— The Journal is seeking a city editor to help lead its local news coverage. The chosen candidate will, along with a co-city editor, supervise a staff of six full-time reporters and one full-time photographer, as well as help oversee a copy desk of six. He or she will[Read More…]
Times West Virginian hiring two full-time multi-media journalists
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Times West Virginian, the seven-time West Virginia Press Association Newspaper of the Year in Fairmont, W.Va., has immediate openings for full-time multi-media journalists. There are currently two open positions. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of effective change in a rapidly evolving[Read More…]
Williamson paper announces staff additions
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Williamson Daily News (WDN) Editor Kyle Lovern has announced new additions to his staff at the Civitas Media newspaper. Courtney (Harrison) Pigman has been hired as a news reporter and William “Billy” Plaster as a sports reporter. Recently, Cindy Moore was transferred from the weekly Gilbert Times[Read More…]
Wheeling paper added to national historic list
WHEELING, W.Va. — From opposing Virginia’s secession from the Union to playing a key role in the birth of West Virginia, to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s “Red Scare” speech, The Intelligencer has been at the forefront of covering important historical events. For its impact on the community and its place in[Read More…]
