tronc, Inc. has appointed Marisa Kollias as vice president of corporate communications. Kollias will be based in Chicago and report directly to tronc CEO, Justin Dearborn.

McClatchy has appointed Anjali Joshi to its board of directors, effective July 31.

Denise Robbins brings 20 years of success in developing multichannel marketing, strategic partnership and innovative consumer revenue programs to her new role with GateHouse Media. She will be responsible for GateHouse Media's consumer marketing strategy and revenue growth.

Matthew W. Barzun, former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, has been appointed to the board of directors of Gannett Co., Inc. His appointment expands Gannett's Board to 11 members.

Charles G. Lee, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher and advertising director of The Lebanon (Ind.) Reporter and the Zionsville Times-Sentinel.

Lee said he's looking forward to working closely with the residents and businesses of the Lebanon and Zionsville communities.

"This is a great time to be in the community newspaper business," he said. "Our role as a reliable source of local news and information in print and online has never been more important."

Pam Mitchell, CAE, the long-term executive director of the Louisiana Press Association, has retired.

Harry Porter, a 20-year veteran of the newspaper industry, has been named the new general manager of The Sentinel-Record, a morning daily newspaper in Hot Springs, Ark.

Matt Leclercq has been named as the new executive editor of The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer.

Kevin Denny, vice president and general manager of Advance Central Services Southeast, has been named to the SNPA Board of Directors.

He succeeds Ricky R. Mathews, who stepped down from the board after retiring as president and publisher of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La.

John Frampton McGee, 94, died on June 23 after a short period of declining health. Born in Charleston, S.C., Jan. 9, 1923, he was the son of Hall Thomas McGee and Gertrude Wyman Frampton McGee, and a former SNPA board member. He was the father-in-law of former SNPA President Bern Mebane.