Mark Russell named as Gannett region editor for the South

Posted Monday, October 23, 2023 9:46 am

Mark Russell

Ray Schultz | MediaPost

Gannett has named Mark Russell as vice president and region editor for the South.

The new appointment includes two Tier 1 Gannett sites in Nashville and Knoxville and 15 other newsrooms in Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. Russell will remain executive editor of the Commercial Appeal in Memphis.

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