Everyone hearts Florida (still)

Two recent announcements:
Kyle Alcott of the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead in North Dakota joins Denise Reagan at the Jacksonville Times-Union. Read the announcement here.

Eric Palm who is leaving what must be a totally cool job designing the weekly sections the Times produces for foreign cities for the Orlando Sentinel. Read the announcement here.

Double your pleasure

Sun-Sentinel Graphics Director is leaving his post to teach at UNC-Chapel Hill. He will be replaced by Deputy Graphics Director Len DeGroot.

Congrats!

Just in time for the April 8 Quick Course

The Palm Beach Post is looking for a lead sports designer! The post is here.

Also looking to hire:
Tampa
Miami: graphic artist and designer

New News Design Director in Fort Lauderdale

Just announced today: Chris Mihal, formerly of the Arizona Republic, will replace the irreplacable Denise Reagan at the Sun-Sentinel. Chris has been with us since October and the position has been open for almost a year. Congratulations, Chris!

New hires in Atlanta

Rick Crotts of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution passes along news of some new hires:

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired two new designers.
Deanna Engel (from St. Petersburg Times) has joined the sports desk, where she will design and copy edit. Tracy Cox (from Tuscaloosa News) has joined the news desk, where she will design and copy edit.

Congrats to Deanna and Tracy! Keep up the great work that's been coming out of Atlanta!

Patrick Garvin from Sun-News to Times-Union

Patrick designer-comedian-hyphenate Garvin moves from one punctuated paper to another. Congrats to Patrick who gets to work with the wonderful Denise Reagan, among others. Of course, you know what this move really means....

...That's right! The Myrtle Beach Sun-News is looking for a graphic artist to join it's staff!

Want to live at the beach and work in an energetic newsroom? The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is it! A Knight Ridder paper, The Sun News has been recognized as an award-winning, visual daily and one of the few across the country that's growing in readership. We just broke our circulation record this week. We're looking for a Visual Journalist with: Two years experience in a newsroom environment or equivalent. Proficient in software such as PhotoShop, FreeHand and/or Illustrator. 3D software such as Strata or Lightwave, Arcview and Flash are a definite plus. Ability to take on projects and see them through, many times on deadline. Work well with reporters and editors. Eagerness to learn the latest technologies and methods of presenting information visually. If this is you, let's talk soon. Send electronic samples or links to portfolios of your work and resume to: rsmoak@thesunnews.com

Welcome to the region!

Molly Parsons, former features designer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently started at the Palm Beach Post as a features designer. Before she was at the PG she interned at the Columbus Dispatch and worked for the Daily Kent Stater, at her alma mater, uh, Kent State where she got a degree in visual journalism.

Congrats, Molly!