NORMANDIN ADDS FLORIDA REGION AS REGIONAL PRESIDENT, TWO EASTON EXECS PROMOTED TO LARGER ROLES

Effective January 2, Jim Normandin added Florida to his regional president responsibilities, and two Easton executives will take on additional responsibilities. Betsy Griffin becomes assistant GM of Sales, and Chad Campbell becomes assistant GM of Operations. They will work with Jim in overseeing both regions. Jim will step away from his role as GM of the East to take on this additional responsibility.

Jim has been instrumental rebuilding Florida’s operation after Hurricane Ian, which impacted Port Charlotte, Northport and Venice in September.

“Jim’s leadership along with Glen Nickerson has proven to be a solid leadership team in Florida and he requested the opportunity to assume the regional president role, and we are grateful we can provide this kind of career pathing in APG,” said Mark Adams, President and CEO of APG.

COO Nick Monico added: “Jim has been a solid partner for me in managing Chesapeake and the East Division over the past year. His leadership skills, focus on efficiencies, and employee management style has already provided great results in Florida.”

Jim will be the Publisher of the Venice Gondolier and Glen Nickerson will continue in his role as Publisher of the Port Charlotte Sun.

Jim and his wife, Jody, have already relocated to Charlotte County.

Normandin applauded the promotions for Griffin and Campbell. “The announcement of Betsy Griffin and Chad Campbell being promoted to assistant general managers is well deserved as it confirms the significant role both have played in successfully growing our cumulative audience, expanding our publishing portfolio, and enhancing our multimedia advertising and marketing services,” Normandin said.

Griffin has played an active role as a community leader since moving to Easton more than 12 years ago from Charlottesville, VA. Betsy serves on the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Talbot County Education Foundation Board. In addition, Betsy is an active member of

Adams Publishing Group’s Revenue Task Force committee. She resides in Easton with her husband, “Griff”. They are the proud parents of August, a veteran and former Medic in the US Army who is now pursuing an engineering degree at the University of Colorado, and Kate, who is pursuing a degree in criminology at Virginia Tech.

Campbell has gained a wide breadth of organizational leadership skills in the publishing industry over the past 15 years, including his previous post as VP of Consumer Marketing for Gannett in New England. Chad is an active community member and serves on several industrywide committees including APG’s RTF committee. He also co-chaired APG Media of Chesapeake’s team in the 2022 Poynter Institute Table Stakes Program. Chad and his wife, Nicki, live in Easton and are proud parents of Zane, a senior at Easton High School, and Rhys, who is a seventh grader at Easton Middle School, and a member of the Future Business Leaders of America Club.

Greeneville Sun Parades For Christmas

The Greeneville Sun decked the halls on this float in the Greeneville (Tennessee) Christmas Parade in December. The float is pulled by a pickup truck, driven by Paul Mauney, who is Sun publisher and APG TN-NC-VA president. Other participating Sun staffers were Mario Micallef, Spencer Morrell, Kelly Pickering, Jayme Pressley, Amy Rose, Lisa Warren and Hala Watson. Also joining in the fun were Angie Mauney (Paul’s wife) and Talan Pressley (Jayme’s son).

Greeneville Sun Is Most Honored Newspaper In Tennessee Press Competition

The Greeneville Sun is the most honored newspaper in 2022 Tennessee Press Association digital, advertising and circulation competition. The Sun nabbed 35 total awards in TPA’s annual Ideas Contest, including 23 first-place finishes: 11 in Digital categories, 6 in Advertising and 6 in Circulation. The Sun’s firstplace honors included, in the Digital category: overall website, static display ad; internet subscription promotion, animated display ad, expandable digital ad, self-promotion ad, social media promotion for an advertiser, social media self-promotion, digital contest, multimedia ad campaign, and E-marketing; Advertising category: automotive ad, classified section, use of humor, native advertisement or sponsored content, innovation, and marketing materials; and in the Circulation category: rack card, single copy promotion, carrier recruitment, NIE sponsorship recruitment, reader contest, and subscriber retention program. Winning works were produced by Brian Cutshall, Rebecca Garay-Leon, Tanya Hensley, Dale Long, Paul Mauney, Scott Swift, Hala Watson and Matthew Wolfe, as well as former employees Sandi Blalock and Richard Clark.

Sun Wins State Editorial Honors

On behalf of The Greeneville Sun, Online Director Brian Cutshall accepts one of the Tennessee newspapers two first-place awards at the Tennessee State Press Contest. The presenter is Carrie Castille, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. The Best Single Features winner was a story on blacksmithing, produced by former Sun lifestyles editor Lorelei Goff. The Best Breaking News winner was on a church fire, reported by Writer Ken Little and Editor Scott Jenkins.