The board of trustees of the Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association Foundation elected a new slate of officers for 2020–2021 at its
meeting on June 17.
P.J.
Browning will be the new chair, succeeding Tom Silvestri. Browning is the
president and publisher of The Post and Courier in Charleston
(South Carolina ).
Silvestri, who retired on Dec. 31 after 15 years as president and publisher of
the Richmond Times-Dispatch, will continue his service on the board as a
foundation trustee.
David
Dunn-Rankin, president of D-R Media in Venice (Florida ), was re-elected vice chair, and Charles Hill
Morris, regional manager of Morris Multimedia in Atlanta , was re-elected treasurer.
The board
also elected three trustees for new three-year terms: Dunn-Rankin; David
Woronoff, publisher of The Pilot in Southern Pines (North Carolina ); and Paul Tash, chairman and
CEO, Tampa Bay Times.
Other SNPA
Foundation trustees are Patrick Dorsey, publisher, Austin American-Statesman,
and regional vice president, Coastal Publishing Group, Gannett; Eliza Hussman
Gaines, managing editor, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock; and Les High,
publisher, The News Reporter, Whiteville (North Carolina).
Edward
VanHorn, retired executive director of SNPA and the SNPA Foundation, serves as
the foundation’s secretary.
Programs
endorsed by the SNPA Foundation include America 's Newspapers, which was
created in the merger of the original SNPA organization and Inland Press
Association. SNPA Foundation-supported programs are intended to spotlight the
critical need for ethical journalism, explore sustainable business models and
promote the value that newspapers bring to communities they serve, according to
the organization.
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