Journal editor to speak at Navy League meeting

"Changes in the news media" will be explored by Editor Bill Poindexter at the July 17 meeting of the Placer County Council of the Navy League. Poindexter has 44 years in journalism, including the last 3 1/2 years as managing editor, and now editor, of Gold Mountain California News Media, which includes the Auburn Journal. He supervises editorial content for the Auburn Journal, Folsom Telegraph, Lincoln News Messenger, Placer Herald, Roseville Press Tribune and Loomis News. The Navy League, a national civilian organization that supports the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and U.S. Flag Merchant Marine, holds its monthly dinner meetings – which begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and program – at Auburn's Veterans Memorial Hall, 100 East St. The catered dinners, held on the third Monday of each month, are open to the public for $19 per person. Reservations are necessary and may be made by calling Placer County Council President Bonnie Potter at 530-823-2820 by Friday, July 14.