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Emelyn C. Rodriguez, a Sacramento attorney practicing in the law of politics and political reform, has been named executive director of Californians Aware (CalAware), a nonprofit organization supporting citizens’ access to governmental meetings and records, constitutional free speech and press rights, and whistleblower protections. Rodriguez, a former reporter, has been a member of CalAware’s board…

Brian Williams is now editor of News Media Corp.’s Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press, The News reports. This is a return for Williams, who edited the two papers from 2013 to 2016. Most recently, he had been assistant publisher/managing editor of Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers’ Porterville Recorder. Luke Phillips, who had been editor of…

Marc Lutz became editor of the Calaveras Enterprise in San Andreas, the newspaper reported. He is a former editor, cartoonist and experienced newspaper producer at the Lodi News-Sentinel. Lutz also has reported and edited for The Business Journal in Fresno, the Union Democrat in Sonora and the San Francisco Chronicle. Former Calaveras Editor Sean P.…

Amy Pyle, editor in chief at The Center for Investigative Reporting in Emeryville, joins Gannett’s USA Today Network as head of investigations, USA Today reports. Pyle, with CIR since 2012, previously had been assistant managing editor for investigations at The Sacramento Bee.

Sewell Chan will begin in September as a third deputy managing editor at the Los Angeles Times. He comes from the New York Times, where he co-founded a local news blog, supervised a mobile app launch and helped lead a global newsroom, The L.A. Times said. “He has served as an international news editor for…

Davis Taylor, group publisher of Hanford-based Lee Central California Newspapers, is also serving as interim publisher of its Napa Valley Publishing division, the Napa Valley Register reports. Taylor has been publisher in Hanford since 2013. Napa publisher Brenda Speth, publisher since 2005, has left the company. It includes the St. Helena Star, Weekly Calistogan and…

Ken Nelson, a former senior vice president/advertising and interactive development at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, becomes publisher of the Post Bulletin in Rochester, MN. He had been CEO and publisher of The Erie (PA) Times-News.

David Gilchrist, a onetime advertising executive at The Modesto Bee, is serving as interim general manager of the Salina (KS) Journal, where he has been advertising director.

Barbara Anderson is now publisher of the Half Moon Bay Review, the newspaper reports. Anderson, with The Review since March 2007, began as the newspaper’s classifieds manager before becoming business manager in November 2010. She had served as interim publisher since the beginning of this year. Former publisher Bill Murray is now director Of Communications…

Robert York, a former editorial and advertising executive at The San Diego Union-Tribune, becomes editor in chief of the New York Daily News. He had been publisher and editor in chief of The Morning Call in Allentown, PA, since 2016.