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Abby Westcott — currently copy desk chief of the Marietta Daily Journal in the northwest Atlanta suburbs — is moving to the Asbury Park Press of Neptune, N.J., as a news designer.

A 2008 graduate of Ball State University, Abby interned at the Daily Times of Nobelsville, Ind., before launching her career at the Times of Wilson, N.C. She moved to Marietta in December,

She writes:

My last day here is [July] 15th. I’ll probably start at the APP on the 21st. That is still to be confirmed.

She’ll be designing, mostly. Asbury Park, of course, is the regional hub for Gannett’s New Jersey properties.

A few samples of Abby’s design work:

Find Abby’s portfolio here.

Fred Matamoros has left the Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune in order to join SB Magazine, a city magazine that covers Shreveport and Bossier City, La.

Fred will be SB Magazine’s creative director starting Monday. His last day at the News Tribune was a week ago today, he tells us.

Fred writes:

The family is very excited about the move. It’s sort of a return home. My wife was born there, as was our daughter. I worked at the Times in Shreveport in the early nineties.

A 1985 graduate of Woodbury University in Burbank, Calif., Fred spent four years as a designer and art director for a major L.A. ad agency before becoming a staff artist for the Daily Breeze in Torrance, Calif. He spent three years as assistant graphics editor of the Shreveport (La.) Times and five-and-a-half years as graphics editor of the Olympian in Olymbia, Wash., before moving up the road to Tacoma in 1999 as an artist and illustrator.

A few samples of Fred’s work:

Find more on his personal web site.

Fred writes:

If you can, please let our many friends know that the News Tribune is searching for a newsroom artist.

Find the want ad here.

The San Diego Union-Tribune made another huge hire today.

First, the paper brought in Kris Viesselman in April as managing editor and creative director. Then, a week or so ago, Kris hired former Orange County Register designer Peter Nguyen and hired Larry Nista away from the Washington Post.

Today, the prize is Yuri Victor, a young hotshot multimedia brainy-type at Gannett corporate.

Yuri tweeted this morning:

I’m leaving Gannett to work with an outstanding team at The San Diego Union Tribune. Heck yes!

Gannett product lab manager Bill Thornton informed his staff today:

Yuri Victor has jumped at an exciting opportunity to turn around the San Diego Union Tribune and will be leaving the Gannett Digital team in order to go run the Digital Press Room, providing the tools and training to journalists and users.  Yuri’s mad coding skills will be coming to bear, in addition to the Chuck Taylors, black blazers, and potentially his beard-growing skills (given that the climate is friendlier there).

Yuri fills in the details, telling us:

My title will be Product Design and Development Manager. My last day at Gannett is the 24th and I’ll be starting my new job on July 5th.

A 2005 graduate of Purdue University, Yuri served as editor-in-chief of the paper’s student newspaper, the Exponent. He spent three years as an online editor for the Times of Northwest Indiana before moving to Gannett in 2008 as manager of product design and development.

As if all this isn’t enough for the Union-Tribune, Kris tweeted last week:

Will be hiring 3 more graphics reporters/artists for our team in San Diego. Please [contact] me if interested.

If you’ve not dropped her a line, then you’re not trying hard enough.