thom fladungThom Fladung, managing editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has moved to PR as a VP with Hennes Communications in Cleveland.

Fladung stepped down from the PD earlier this month after four years in the top slot, capping a 30-year journalism career. He was also the top editor at the Detroit Free Press and held reporting and editing posts at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Akron Beacon Journal, among others.

HC managing partner Bruce Hennes called Fladung an “expert at crafting effective, strategic messages on hard deadlines.”

HC is based in Cleveland.