Appen Media Group has announced that two new staff members will join the team — Managing Editor Joshua Wilson and reporter Erlandrya “Landi” Rutledge.
“We are excited to welcome Joshua and Landi to our newsroom,” Appen Media Executive Editor Dan Whisenhunt said. “Both are great additions to our team. Readers can expect to see both bylines in all of our publications. Joshua and Landi are both committed to telling the untold stories of our communities and putting our readers first.”
Wilson, who is from Brookhaven, Mississippi, earned his MBA from William Carey University, where he returned to be an adjunct professor. He also taught journalism courses at the University of Southern Mississippi and helped found the Roy Howard Community Journalism Center there…