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Newsmakers July 2015

Brent Addleman 
Brownwood Bulletin

Brent Addleman has been named the Brownwood Bulletin’s managing editor. Addleman most recently served as editor of another Gatehouse Media paper, the Glen Rose Reporter. 

Addleman brings with him over two decades of experience in community journalism. He served as group editor of three daily newspapers based in St. Mary’s, Penn., before becoming group editor for Tioga Publishing Company’s four newspapers in north central Pennsylvania. The North & East Texas Press Association recently dubbed him journalist of the year.

Craig Diebel 
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Craig Diebel has been named the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s new vice president of advertising and digital media, responsible for advertising sales across platforms.

Diebel has been with the Star-Telegram for more than 35 years and has held a variety of executive positions and leadership roles. Most recently, he served as vice president of digital.

Diebel succeeds Don Burk, who was promoted to corporate director of sales at McClatchy Co., owner of the Star-Telegram.

Terrie Whitehead Gonzalez
Cherokeean Herald

Terrie Whitehead Gonzalez was named publisher of the Cherokeean Herald on June 1. She previously served as editor of the newspaper. Marie Whitehead, the previous publisher and Gonzalez’s mother, will become publisher emeritus.

“It is an honor to have my name added to a long list of notable and dedicated publishers,” said Gonzalez. “My dad, Emmett, was only 23 years old when he and mom bought the paper. He used to joke that he was the youngest publisher in the state, and the owner of the oldest weekly newspaper in the state.”

Celinda Hawkins
Winters Enterprise and Ballinger Ledger

Celinda Hawkins has been named the new managing editor for the Ballinger Ledger and Winters Enterprise, effective May 26. Hawkins has 20 years of industry experience and most recently worked as city editor of the Odessa American. Previously, she covered Central Texas as the local bureau chief for the Abilene Reporter-News.

Emily Koehler 
Trinity Standard

Emily Koehler of Huntsville is the new editor of the Trinity Standard in Trinity. She is a May 2015 graduate of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville with a bachelor of arts in mass communication with an emphasis in public relations and advertising.

Emily served as assistant editor of the print edition of the Montgomery County Police Reporter from 2011 to 2015. Also while attending SHSU she served as the social media coordinator/public relations volunteer for the Cast Your Net and the SHSU film programs.

Ashley Sava 
Hill Country News

Ashley Sava was named editor of the Hill Country News. Sava most recently worked for the News-Dispatch, a weekly community newspaper covering Dripping Springs and Wimberley. 

In 2013 she earned a bachelor’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. While studying at Mizzou, she edited for a local news magazine and reported for a daily newspaper. 

Sava succeeds Scott Coleman, who will be working with the Hill Country News and its affiliated Texas newspapers from the Cedar Park office.

Lisa Seiser 
Valley Morning Star 

Lisa Seiser is the new editor at the Valley Morning Star. She spent the past three years at the Daily Union in Junction City, Kan.

Seiser has been in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years as a sports reporter, reporter, assistant editor and managing editor at multiple communication companies in Wisconsin and Kansas.

“I couldn’t be happier to make this move to Harlingen and the Valley to be part of this great staff at the Star,” said Seiser. “This is a solid newspaper and we are going to all work together to make it the best news source in all of the Valley.”

Kathleen Starling 
Copperas Cove Leader-Press

Kathleen Starling has joined the Copperas Cove Leader-Press as a writer. Starling is a native of Toledo, Ohio. She loves crafts and works three part-time jobs in addition to writing for the Leader-Press. 

“I have always enjoyed writing and love having it as a job,” said Starling. “As long as you love what you are doing, then you never work a day in your life.”