JOURNALISM

The Republican's executive editor, Cynthia Simison, is retiring from the post in the coming weeks. She's been at the paper since 1977 and is the first woman to hold the top job in the newsroom. Simison will be succeeded by another veteran western Massachusetts journalist and editor, Larry Parnass.

For two decades, Mike Dobbs has been the editor for Reminder Publications, which produces weekly newspapers for many communities across western Massachusetts. Friday is his last day, as he's retiring from full-time work.

Those who knew Chris Collins say he made a big mark as a small-town journalist.

Garry Brown, a sports reporter and columnist for newspapers in Springfield for more than seven decades, has died at age 90.He died Monday, according to The Republican newspaper.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton has its first contract since workers unionized in 2018.

A group of monthly columnists for the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, said they're not writing any more columns until the company…

Updated at 2:41 p.m.Union members at the Daily Hampshire Gazette newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts, are "working to rule" to protest the potential…

Employees of the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, rallied Thursday against outsourcing of local newspaper jobs.Employees say the…

Martin Miller is stepping down from his post as president of New England Public Media. Miller started at UMass-licensed WFCR in 1995 as the station’s...

The Northampton, Massachusetts, City Council will consider a resolution Thursday night in support of workers at the Daily Hampshire Gazette.The employee…