MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 14, 2012
/PRNewswire/ -- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) announced today
that Julie Moreno has been named
president and publisher of the Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, effective
Monday, Nov. 26. She formerly was
North Carolina regional vice
president for Freedom Communications and publisher of The Gaston
Gazette in Gastonia, NC.
"We are thrilled to welcome Julie to Gannett," said Robert Dickey, president of U.S. Community
Publishing at Gannett. "She is a proven, results-oriented leader
with a strong commitment to developing people and producing
high-quality, community-focused journalism."
Moreno began her career with Freedom Communications in 1986 as
an account executive at The Brownsville (TX) Herald. She rose through the
ranks at The Brownsville Herald, eventually being named director of
sales. She joined the Clovis (NM)
News Journal as publisher in 1995 and was named senior publisher of
Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico
in 1997.
In 2000, she was named publisher of The Yuma (AZ) Sun and served as Pacific regional
vice president from 2004 to 2010. She was publisher of the East
Valley Tribune/Scottsdale Tribune in Mesa, AZ, from 2007 until 2010, and while
there led the team that won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local
Reporting. She served as Freedom Communication's North Carolina regional vice president and
publisher of The Gaston Gazette from 2010 to 2012, and served in a
similar capacity during a transition period following the
newspaper's acquisition by Halifax Media Group.
Moreno has led a number of professional organizations, serving
as past president of the New Mexico Press Association and the
Arizona Newspaper Association. She also served as past president of
the Yuma (AZ) County and the
Clovis/Curry County, NM, Chambers of Commerce and in
various leadership positions at local community organizations.
Moreno earned her Bachelor of Journalism degree from the
University of Missouri and her MBA from
the University of
Texas-Brownsville.
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