'Bunny' Honicker, longtime Tennessean news editor, dies at age 79

He passed in his wife's hometown of LaGrange, Ga. Here's the obituary from the LaGrange Daily News and also in The Tennessean. Honicker has donated his body to science, and celebration of his life will be scheduled later, the obituary says. You can also share stories in the new Facebook group RIP Bunny Honiker (sic -- the organizers are trying to get the spelling corrected).

Unpaid week off for Tennessean and other Gannett employees

From the NY Times:

The Gannett Company, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs.

Leaf-Chronicle, Tennessean, Southern Standard take top newspaper awards from TPA

From the TPA press release:

The Leaf-Chronicle also earned the most first-place honors with eight. It won for make-up and appearance, local features, best personal humor column, best spot news story, best education reporting, investigative reporting, public service and best sports photograph.