Kaitlyn Doolittle, who graduated in May with a degree in English, film and media studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, has joined the Hudson Star-Observer reporting team, the newspaper has announced.

A native of Plato, Minnesota, Doolittle began her reporting career as an intern for Greenspring Media, where she wrote for Minnesota Monthly and Midwest Home. While in college, she wrote for the student newspaper, as well as the Fine Arts and Marketing and Communications offices, she wrote in an introductory column to readers.

Tom Ackerman, who has spent the last year-and-a-half writing, editing, and taking photos for newspapers in Montana, has been named editor of the Jefferson County Daily Union.

Originally from the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, Ackerman most recently served as editor of the Big Horn County News in Hardin, Montana, which is owned by Adams Publishing Group — the Daily Union's parent company.

Carly Davis, who earned her bachelor's degree in May from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, has joined Adams Publishing Group.

In college, Davis studied art, creative writing and English and served as managing editor of the Augustana Observer, the student paper, and editor-in-chief of SAGA Art & Literary Magazine. She first got her start in journalism at Milton High School, where she wrote for the student paper from 2015 to 2019.

Seid Husic, a recent graduate of Ripon College, has joined The Green Laker on a full time basis, the Ripon Commonwealth Press has announced. The Green Laker is the newspaper's biweekly summertime publication.

Born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Husic is the first member of his family to graduate from college, he wrote in an introductory column. His passion for journalism developed after taking a journalism course taught by Ian Stepleton, former editor of the Commonwealth Press.