Daily Progress announces several leadership changes – The Daily Progress

Recent weeks have seen numerous personnel developments at The Daily Progress.

Lowell Miller, a 25-year newspaper veteran and advertising director for the Central Virginia Media Group since 2015, is returning to his native Nebraska to handle major accounts for the Omaha World-Herald, also part of the Berkshire Hathaway Media Group. Miller previously worked for the World-Herald.

The Central Virginia Media Group includes The Daily Progress, The (Waynesboro) News Virginian, the Orange County Review, the Greene County Record and the Madison County Eagle.

Miller, 40, of Crozet, is succeeded by Frank Dubec. Dubec, 41, of Charlottesville, has a wealth of experience serving creative solutions to advertisers in multiple formats, including print, digital and events. He is a former publisher of the C-VILLE Weekly and formerly ran the digital advertising agency Deep Soil. He will oversee the sales, service and design operations of the Central Virginia groups 30-person sales department and develop and implement strategies with Publisher Rob Jiranek.

Paul Wash has been named circulation director of the group. Wash, 55, of Waynesboro, is a newspaper circulation veteran who worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch for more than 30 years. In 2007, he became circulation director of The News Virginian and late last year joined The Daily Progress as home delivery manager.

The demand for our product in both print and digital proves that we are No. 1 in providing the community with information, sports, entertainment and much more. Fulfilling that daily for our readers is what drives our department, Wash said.

Miguel Coradine replaces Wash as home delivery manager, responsible for home delivery and digital access for the group. Coradine, 37, of Charlottesville, previously worked as a newspaper circulation manager and has experience supervising carrier networks and managing customer service.

Brandon Barfield has been promoted to audience sales manager, responsible for sales and marketing for the newspaper group.

Barfield, 31, of Orange County, has a background in magazine publishing.

Managing the transition of print to digital readership is a fascination for me, he said, and developing stronger competency in making our content more conveniently available to our audience is what inspires us.

Aaron Richardson returns to The Daily Progress as an assistant city editor. Richardson, 29, of Charlottesville, was a reporter for the newspaper from 2011 to 2014. He has covered education, business and development for Daily Progress news partner Charlottesville Tomorrow for the past year.

In our lives, we might get one shot to make a newspaper truly great for its city. And while it may sound a little earnest, we feel a sense of destiny that now is our shot. Readers get ready: Were on a mission, and this newspaper is getting better, Jiranek said.

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