Promotions, new hires and other employment news published in Texas Newspapers and reported in the November edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Shaffer promoted to general manager for DeWitt County Publishing

CUERO – Kayla Lynn Shaffer has been promoted to general manager of DeWitt County Publishing.

After contracting with new press, South Jetty changes print day

PORT ARANSAS - The South Jetty has a new press schedule and publication day for its print product.

The newspaper goes on newsstands late Thursday afternoon with subscribers receiving their papers in the mail on Fridays.

Obituaries published in the November 2025 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

ROBERT BAKER

LOVELAND, COLORADO – Attorney and former owner of the Fort Stockton Pioneer Robert Walter Baker died Sept. 23. He was 83.

As a teenager and student at Fort Stockton High School, he worked as a disc jockey for the local radio station KFST.

Reporting on a secret decision to spend public money on a Travis County official’s home security system and a series of editorials and news stories about questionable ethics by Odessa city leaders have won this year’s Spirit of FOI Awards.

The 85th annual National Newspaper Week celebration, Oct. 5 - 11, is a time to reflect on and reinforce the vital role newspapers play in informing, empowering, and uniting communities.

Report for America is accepting newsroom applications through Oct. 20.

RFA is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. 

RFA has placed more than 700 reporters into more than 450 newsrooms in all 50 states to fill critical news coverage gaps.