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Faith Hatton named associate publisher of the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal

By Staff Report, posted 5 months ago
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After two years of working as Editor of the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal (GFBJ), Faith Hatton has been promoted to Associate Publisher/Editor effective as of Jan. 20, 2025. 

Hatton joined the GFBJ team in July of 2022 as assistant editor before being promoted to editor in January of 2023. That same year, GFBJ launched the area’s first Health Care Heroes event for which Hatton served as the Master of Ceremonies. That role would later continue into fall of 2024 where Hatton would become the regular MC for the Journal’s quarterly Power Breakfast Series. 

With this new role, Hatton will be continuing to work as editor while overseeing continued growth, expanding the Journal’s team in 2025 and developing marketing strategies to help strengthen brand recognition. She will also be working to develop partnerships with existing sponsors of the Journal as well as new relationships  with local businesses and professionals. 

“I’m very excited to continue my work with the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal in this new role. The Journal serves a very niche purpose to local business owners and I think it’s a very underrated resource for an often underrated community,” said Hatton. “I love my work, and continuing to connect with the local business communities and expand our brand will be top priorities for me in 2025!” 

Working alongside current assistant editor Stephanie Meador, the two have expanded the Journal’s coverage, introducing new genres such as Business Profiles and Business Education, extended outreach to all seven counties under the Journal’s coverage area, grew the Journal’s audience and provided business focused stories and coverage to over 10,000 readers. 

“I am extremely proud of my team at GFBJ. When I started the Journal, I believed our business community deserved a business-focused media outlet like so many other markets our size and larger already had - and we didn't,” shared GFBJ Publisher Marty Cayton. “Now as we begin our fifth year next month, it is great to have team members like Faith and Stephanie who share that vision and belief enough to invest themselves, as well. It is a pleasure to be a part of their growth and to reward them with more responsibility.  I am also excited to see how they, and other young professionals in the greater Fayetteville market, will continue to shape the future of our business community.” 

A graduate of Appalachian State University, Hatton holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Media Broadcasting. Prior to joining GFBJ, Hatton was a multimedia journalist and news anchor at KMOT, a TV station in Minot, North Dakota that is affiliated with NBC and Fox, and then a multimedia journalist for the channel’s sister station, KFYR-TV.

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