New hires, promotions and other employee changes at Texas newspapers reported in the July 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
CLARICE TOUHEY
Victoria Advocate
VICTORIA – Clarice Touhey, most recently publisher of two North Dakota newspapers, has been named general manager of the Victoria Advocate.
Touhey brings decades of experience with her to Victoria, including leadership roles at some of the nation’s largest news organizations.
Obituaries published in the July 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
KAREN GAIL McCRARY
LULING – Karen Gail McCrary, longtime writer, photographer and former editor and publisher of the Luling Newsboy and Signal, died June 14. She was 69.
A native of Luling, she was known not only as the city’s journalistic voice, but as a leader and champion of many civic programs and improvements.
TPA honored four newspaper industry veterans with the Golden 50 Award during the recent TPA Convention and Trade Show.
The award honors men and women who have displayed exemplary service and selfless contributions to journalism for 50 or more years. The association presented the first Golden 50 Award in 1963 and over the past 60 years, more than 200 men and women have been honored.
Outgoing TPA President Leonard Woolsey presented the awards during the recent TPA Convention and Trade Show.
Honorees are:
Attracting and keeping top talent can be difficult today. AffinityChoice, a new employee benefit group insurance program, is designed to help TPA members meet that challenge.
Eligible employees of participating member publications are offered a menu of voluntary employee benefit coverages, including group life insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and short-term disability insurance.
Showing off sweepstakes awards in the North and East Texas Press Association Better Newspaper Contest are (from left) Santana Gallacher accepting for the Longview News Journal in Division 1; Jeff Pownall accepting for the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel in Division 2; Meredith Shamburger accepting for the Kilgore News Herald in Division 3; Abigail Allen, Pilot Point Post Signal in Division 4; and Wyndi Veigel, The Dublin Citizen in Division 5. The awards presentation capped the 96th NETPA convention in Nacogdoches.
Showing off sweepstakes in their divisions of the South Texas Press Association annual contest are (from left) Craig Garnett and Meghann Garcia, Uvalde Leader-News; Ken Esten Cooke and Kim Grinke Jung, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post; and Marc Robertson and Manuel Azocar, Frio-Nueces Current.
Obituaries published in the June 203 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
CHUCK CARLTON
DALLAS – Charles Jay “Chuck” Carlton, 64, of Flower Mound, died April 25 in St. Paul, Minn., while completing a sports writing assignment for the Dallas Morning News.
A native of Macomb, Ill., he was born March 16, 1959, to Gerald Carlton and Nancy Elder (Carlton). He graduated from Colchester (Ill.) High School in 1977 where he was salutatorian.
Carleton attended Western Illinois University as a journalism major.
New hires, promotions and other staff changes at Texas newspapers.
MARIA DOUGLAS REEVE
Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON – Maria Douglas Reeve, executive editor of the Houston Chronicle, has been named vice president-editor for content initiatives for Hearst Texas.
TPA members and their families have great opportunities for extended summer fun during the TPA Convention & Trade Show June 1-3 at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in Round Rock.
The special hotel rate for the TPA convention includes access to the huge Kalahari entertainment complex, including two water parks and an arcade/adventure park.