AUSTIN – Two new honors have been added to the portfolio of S. Griffin Singer, respected Texas journalist and beloved former UT journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
At the recent Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. annual Hall of Fame dinner, Singer was presented the first Friends of The Daily Texan Lifetime Achievement Award by the Friends group.
Editor & Publisher Magazine named Leonard Woolsey as its 2023 Publisher of the Year.
Promotions, new hires and other personnel news from Texas newspapers.
ROY KENT, Kerrville Daily Times
KERRVILLE – Roy Kent is the new managing editor at the Kerrville Daily Times.
The appointment was announced by Publisher Jennifer McCullough, who said Kent’s experience will be an asset to the local newspaper and the community it serves.
HOUSTON – Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran editor Kelly Ann Scott is the new executive editor for the Houston Chronicle.
AUSTIN – Bill Girdner, the editor of Courthouse News Service, who has worked to require timely news media access to court filings in Texas and across the nation, was honored with the 2023 James Madison Award by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.
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