New publisher named at Independence

Josh Umholtz is the new publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter.

Umholtz comes to Independence from Broken Arrow, Okla., and this is his first time as publisher for a newspaper. He has served as director of advertising, director of sales and marketing, and regional director of advertising for newspapers and magazines alike, and was most recently employed with BH Media Group, publishers of the Tulsa World and a group of community newspapers surrounding Tulsa. He majored in business at Columbia Southern University.

Umholtz said a special emphasis will be to get the Daily Reporter up to speed with the modern generation, primarily by obtaining faster ways to publicize local media via Facebook and Twitter, on top of the Reporter's own website.

He succeeds Steve McBride, who will stay on at the newspaper