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Janie Halter, an employee of Southern Newspapers Inc. for more than 20 years, is the new publisher of The Baytown Sun. Halter began her newspaper career for The Baytown Sun and went on to work for the Houston Chronicle, The Paris News, The Angleton Times and the Fort Payne (Ala.) Times Journal. Halter succeeds Cliff Clements, who announced his retirement effective Feb. 19. Clements joined the newspaper in 2006. The last 15 of his 40 years in the newspaper business were with Southern Newspapers Inc. of Houston.
Jennifer Killin, Del Rio News-Herald staff writer, has been promoted to city editor, Publisher Joe San Miguel announced Feb. 15. Killin will continue to cover education, health, city and country fire departments, and take on the responsibility for content and layout of the editorial page and other pages as needed. She joined the newspaper in April 2005, selling subscriptions by phone. Two weeks later, she moved to the composing department, and in June 2005, moved to the editorial department as a full-time staff writer.
Jack Loftis, former editor and associate publisher of the Houston Chronicle, has been honored by the Baylor Alumni Association as part of the organization’s 2009 sesquicentennial anniversary celebration. Loftis graduated from Baylor in 1957 but began his journalism career as a sportswriter for the Hillsboro Daily Mirror in 1955. He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1965 and retired in 2002. He was among 150 Baylor University graduates profiled over the past three years in The Baylor Line, the university’s quarterly magazine.
Erin Cooper, staff writer for the Stephenville Empire-Tribune, was promoted to multimedia editor, the newspaper reported Feb. 16. She is responsible for enhancing the newspaper’s Web site breaking news updates, daily broadcasts and interactive polls. She also is tasked with videotaping sports and community events.
Betsy Blevins was hired as managing editor of The Leonard Graphic, effective Feb. 8. Blevins previously worked for The Leonard Graphic and left in 2006. She succeeds Kerry Craig, who returned to the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram to work as a reporter for the News-Telegram and Country World. All three newspapers are owned by Echo Publishing Co. Inc.
Lou Antonelli, managing editor of the Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, is the author of Fantastic Texas, a book of 12 short stories published in December. Antonelli’s effort won an honorable mention in the 2009 edition of The Year’s Best Science Fiction published by St. Martin’s Press, New York, N.Y.
Dave Berry has been named editor of the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Publisher Nelson Clyde announced Jan. 31. Berry, who for the last 15 years served as managing editor of the Tyler newspapers, assumes the top newsroom position following the retirement of A.J. “Jim” Giametta. In 1970 Berry received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kansas State University. He is a former employee of the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury, the Stars & Stripes, the Tulsa Tribune, The (Clute) Facts, Dallas-Fort Worth Suburban Newspapers and the Owensboro (Ky.) Messenger-Inquirer.
Bob Thaxton, a former managing editor of the Seguin Gazette Enterprise, on Jan. 31 came out of retirement and rejoined the newspaper as city reporter. Thaxton was managing editor of the semiweekly Gonzales Inquirer from 2001 to 2006. He was managing editor of the Gazette Enterprise from 1980 to 1986 and sports editor from 1972 to 1976. In the four interceding years, he was editor of the Aransas Pass Progress and Ingleside Index.
Jim Lowe, editor of the Lampasas Dispatch Record, and Pat Kopecki, staff writer of the Wilson County News, Floresville, received 2010 Excellence in Agriculture Journalism awards from the Texas Farm Bureau at the organization’s annual conference in February. Also receiving the award posthumously was Elmer Kelton, acclaimed author and agriculture writer for the San Angelo Standard-Times. Kelton died Aug. 22, 2009. His great-niece, Kara Kelton, a Texas Farm Bureau staff member, accepted the award for the Kelton family.
L. Scott Hainline joined The Sealy News as sports writer, the newspaper announced Jan. 28. Hainline has more than 30 years of experience as a sports writer. He has written sports for the Houston Chronicle, the Houston Post, the Austin American-Statesman, the San Antonio Light, The Facts in Brazosport/Clute, the Kerrville Daily Times and the Arizona Republic.
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Messenger Staff
Publisher
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Editor
Laura King
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© Texas Press Messenger, 2011 (ISSN 1521-7523). Published monthly by Texas Press Service, a business affiliate of Texas Press Association. Periodicals postage paid at Austin, Texas, and additional mailing office, USPS 541-440. Printed by Hood County News in Granbury, Texas.
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