Steven Baker is the new publisher of the Capital Journal in Pierre. He starts July 7.

Baker is from Minot, ND, where he studied business administration at Minot State University. He has served as a publisher at newspapers in Idaho and California, and also has worked in advertising, circulation, marketing and mailrooms in his 20-year career.

John Gottschalk, former publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, has been named the new
leader of the Boy Scouts of America. Gottschalk retains his position as chairman of the Omaha World-Herald Co.

He begins a two-year term as Boy Scouts chairman at the organization’s annual meeting in San Diego. Gottschalk was a Boy Scout from 1951 to 1958 while growing up in Rushville, Neb., and has been involved with the organization as an adult for over 25 years.

He will direct the National Executive Board and assist with preparations for the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2010.

Jerry Steinley, editor of the Watertown Public Opinion for 5.5 years, is moving to Rapid City to work at the Rapid City Journal.

Publisher Mark Roby says he is searching for a new editor.

Steinley started his career at the Public Opinion as neighbor’s editor, the first male to hold that job in at least 100 years.

The first meeting of a committee studying the use of media cameras in trial courts will be held June 13 in Pierre.

Retired Chief Justice Robert Miller of Pierre chairs the committee, which was created by Chief Justice David Gilbertson after the 2008 Legislature repealed a ban on cameras in court.

Cameras are already allowed in the Supreme Court. The new committee will study whether that coverage should be expanded to trial courts, and if so, what kind of rules should govern the coverage.

Here are the people on the committee:
Retired Chief Justice Robert Miller, Judge Jack Von Wald of Aberdeen, Judge David Gienapp of Brookings, Judge Glen Severson of Sioux Falls, Attorney General Larry Long, Bob Wilcox of Pierre, Tena Haraldson of Sioux Falls, Mark Roby of Watertown, John Petersen of Rapid City, Richard Travis of Sioux Falls, Roxanne Giedd of Pierre, David Nelson of Sioux Falls, Tim Rensch of Rapid City, Jeff Larson of Sioux Falls, Don Holloway of Rapid City, David Hunhoff of Yankton, Cheryl Hanna of Rapid City, Denise Richards of Pierre, Chris Hutton of Vermillion, Mark Millage of Sioux Falls, Karl Thoennes of Sioux Falls, and Judith Roberts of Pierre.

Beth Jensen is moving into the news director slot at KELO-TV, replacing Mark Millage who leaves mid-May to become president of Kilian College in Sioux Falls.

Jensen has worked at KELO for 12 years, starting as a reporter and rising to executive producer.

In the spirit of Freedom of Information, the AP is posting video of the April 15 press conference with Chief Justice David Gilbertson, announcing formation of a committee to study rules for camera coverage of court trials in South Dakota.

This is the first step toward opening South Dakota’s lower courts up to electronic coverage, something FOI advocates have been seeking since 1999.

Click here to see the video.

Mark Millage, long-time news director at KELO-TV, will become the president of Kilian Community College in Sioux Falls on May 19.

Kilian is South Dakota’s only community college, a private, non-profit institution serving about 450 students on its campus in downtown Sioux Falls (http://www.kilian.edu/).

Millage worked at KELO-TV in different roles over 25 years, the last 19 years as news director.

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