DAYTON – Cox Media Group Ohio, which operates the Middletown Journal, Hamilton JournalNews and Cox’s weekly newspapers, as well as WHIO-TV and WHIO Radio, on Thursday announced major management changes involving the leaders of its content operations.

Julia Wallace, editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper since 2002, will become senior vice president of news and programming for CMG Ohio, succeeding Harry Delaney, who is retiring later this month. In that role, Wallace will focus on building the company’s core products – television, print and radio.

Concurrently, Kevin Riley, Editor-in-Chief of Cox Ohio Publishing, will become editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Wallace brings a wealth of experience to Dayton, said Alex Taylor, group vice president of CMG’s Dayton and Louisville operations. She started with Cox 10 years ago and became editor of the Journal-Constitution in 2002. Since then, the company has won numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes.

Wallace was named Editor of the Year by Editor & Publisher in 2004 and received the Alumni Merit Award from Northwestern University.

In addition to newspaper experience, she has spent much of her time and energy on growing digital products, Taylor said. AJC.com has logged more than a billion page views every year since 2007.

Riley, who started his newspaper career in 1983 as copy editor for the Dayton Daily News, was named Cox Ohio’s Editor-in-Chief in January 2007. During his tenure in Dayton, Riley served as sports editor, online general manager and publisher of the Springfield News-Sun. As Editor-in-Chief, Riley was responsible for the Dayton Daily News, the Springfield News-Sun, the Middleton Journal and the Hamilton JournalNews, as well as Cox’s weekly newspapers. He “has overseen vast changes to our newsroom and has been a great community leader in and around Dayton,” Taylor said.

Wallace and Riley start their new jobs Jan. 1.