Newsmakers

New hires, promotions and other staff changes at Texas newspapers as reported in the March edition of the Texas Press Messenger

JOHN R. MOSES, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

CORPUS CHRISTI – Longtime journalist John R. Moses has joined the Corpus Christi Caller-Times as its new top editor. Moses has spent most of the past 30 years managing newsrooms in California, Alaska and Wyoming. He was previously the editor of the Farmington Daily Times in Farmington, New Mexico, and before that served as the editor of the Jackson Hole News & Guide in Jackson, Wyoming. Moses succeeds Mary Ann Cavazos Beckett, who became the Caller-Times editor in 2019 and stepped down last month. He and his wife, Gale Moses, are the former owners and publishers of a monthly newspaper they founded in the rural Alaskan town of Talkeetna in 2007. They ran the operation until 2010.

Coastal Bend Newspapers appoints editors

BEEVILLE – Iain Woessner, Dylan Dozier and Matthew Tamez are new editors serving Coastal Bend Newspapers, LLC publications. Woessner is editor of the Beeville Bee-Picayune. Dozier is editor of the Karnes Countywide and The Progress of Live Oak and McMullen Counties. Tamez is editor of the News of San Patricio. Woessner comes to Texas from North Dakota, where he served as editor of a daily newspaper. He said his upbringing in a military family gives him the ability to be an observer of new places. “I feel like that is what has led me to journalism, and I’m good at kind of showing up and looking at things without any bias. I don’t pick sides,” he said. He added that objectivity is important to a trustworthy newspaper and pledged to be accountable to readership. Tamez, new editor of the News of San Patricio, has worked for Coastal Bend Publishing since he graduated from Texas A&M in 2021. Previously, he served as managing editor of the Beeville Bee-Picayune for an interim period and also helmed the Goliad newspaper. Tamez aims to establish the News of San Patricio as a true community newspaper, with a focus on local news and events. Although he hails from East Texas, Dozier says he also has some roots in South Texas and has long been interested in the history of the area. He said that as editor, he intends to bring the stories of the region to the foreground and build trust between the newspaper and the community.