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  National Newspaper Week (NNW) is October 6-12, 2013. This marks the 73rd year of the Week, which observes the importance of newspapers to communities large and small. This year’s kit contains editorials, editorial cartoons, promotional ads and more that are available for download at no charge to newspapers across North America. The theme of […]

Enterprise photo by Shawn Raecke Justin Post, right, the new managing editor at The Enterprise, is pictured with retiring Managing Editor Stephen Matlow in The Enterprise newsroom, Wednesday.                 By Dwight Harriman – Enterprise Staff Writer   The Enterprise welcomes a new managing editor as it bids goodbye to a newsroom leader who has […]

Darrell Ehrlick has been named editor of The Billings Gazette. He starts Sept. 30. The new editor of The Billings Gazette is Darrell Ehrlick, a Billings native who now is editor of the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming. Mike Gulledge, vice president of sales and marketing for Lee Enterprises and publisher of The Billings Gazette Communications, […]

Tyler Miller was announced as the new publisher of the Independent Record and Montana Standard. Tyler Miller was announced as the new publisher at the Independent Record and The Montana Standard newspapers Friday. Miller takes the helm after publisher Randy Rickman resigned in May. Miller and his wife, Carrie, plan to relocate their family of […]

The MNA Better Newspaper Contest awards night was held June 15th, 2013. The below will take you to the presentation… Click here to view the awards presentation. Congratulations to all the winners.

Frank Perea, Publisher of the Carbon County News, Stillwater County News and Big Horn County News announced he has been named COO for Oregon based Country Media Inc. Perea will also serve as publisher of The News-Guard in Lincoln City, Oregon. Perea will be departing in early September.  “I want to thank the entire Carbon […]

Matt Christensen has been hired as the new editor of The Montana Standard. The former city editor of the La Crosse Tribune in La Crosse, Wis., Christensen has worked at newspapers in Twin Falls, Idaho, and Winona, Minn. “I’m truly thrilled to be leading such a talented newsroom,” Christensen said. “Like the region it covers, […]

The Helena Independent Record has named Greg Lemon as its new editor. Lemon, who previously served as the paper’s community outreach editor, will move into the editor job July 12. “We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Greg’s caliber at the Independent Record. He is an extraordinary journalist with Montana roots and a passion […]

  The 128th Annual Convention of the Montana Newspaper Association was held June 13 – 15 in Missoula, Montana. At the annual meeting, Tom Eggensperger, Sanders County Ledger, was elected President; Cindy Sease, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, was elected 1st Vice President; Matt Bunk, The Western News, was elected 2nd Vice President and Jacques Rutten, Lewistown […]