July 2021 Newsmakers

Promotions, additions and staff changes at Texas newspapers.

HEATHER WILSON
Bowie County Citizens Tribune
NEW BOSTON - Heather Wilson is the new general manager for the Bowie County Citizens Tribune.
The appointment was announced by Publisher Kenny Mitchell.
A Bowie County native and four-year employee of the newspaper, Wilson oversees daily operations as Mitchell takes on additional duties as publisher of the Mount Pleasant Tribune, the Pittsburg Gazette and The Steel Country Bee in Daingerfield. A 1997 graduate of DeKalb High School, Wilson is a lifelong resident of the area and has become an award-winning journalist in her years with the Tribune. In addition to writing and photography, she has managed the bookkeeping at the newspaper.

DAVID BALL
Bi-Stone Newspapers
FAIRFIELD – Veteran journalist David Ball has joined the staff of Bi-Stone Newspapers, including the Fairfield Reporter.
Ball will work in Freestone County but will help where needed at the Limestone County papers, according to Richard Nelson, editor and publisher for the group of papers that includes The Fairfield Recorder, Teague Chronicle, The Mexia News and Groesbeck Journal. 
Nelson said he and Ball worked together at the Jacksonville Daily Progress years ago. 
In addition to the Jacksonville newspaper, Ball has experience with daily and weekly newspapers in Jefferson, Orange and Hardin counties. 
A native of Beaumont, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in history at Lamar University. He served four years in the U.S. Navy and also has experience in education and sales.
Ball credits his work with the University Press at Lamar University for his interest in journalism.
He will cover Freestone County Commissioners Court and Fairfield City Council, in addition to working closely with law-enforcement authorities, according to Nelson.