Princeton welcomes publisher

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Jeff Schumacher is the new publisher of The Princeton Daily Clarion and Oak­land City Journal and chief executive officer of Tri-State Media.

William J. Brehm Jr., president of the com­pany’s parent corporation, Brehm Communications Inc., recently introduced Schumacher to staff.

He comes to Gibson County from Waynesville, North Carolina, where he served as general mana­ger of Mountaineer Pub­lishing Co. 

The North Dakota native studied mass com­munications at North Dakota State University and entered journalism as a sports editor in 1989, later working in adver­tising sales, then man­agement as a division director of 15 newspapers in North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana.

Schumacher has been active as board president of several chambers of commerce and other civic organizations in his career and plans to become involved in the community in Gibson County.

He and his wife, Mich­elle, have three daughters and a son. Their eldest child is a recent college graduate, and another attends college in North Carolina. The youngest two will attend Gibson County schools.

Schumacher said he’s chosen to spend most of his career in small newspapers and enjoys the opportunity for com­munity involvement.