Will Chapman named LPA executive director

Will Chapman

The Louisiana Press Association has hired veteran newspaperman Will Chapman as its new executive director. It has also promoted Communications Director Mike Rood to general manager.

Chapman is a third-generation journalist on both sides of his family and has more than 35 years of experience with Louisiana newspapers including small weeklies, community dailies and a large metro daily. Chapman is also a third-generation former president of the Louisiana Press Association's Board of Directors. He retired from Wick Communications in 2017 after more than 30 years with the family-owned newspaper group. Chapman was publisher of The Daily Iberian newspaper in New Iberia, La., from 1984 until his retirement.

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