Maggie Hillery serves as interim editor of the Madison (Indiana) Courier. She oversees the newsroom during a transition period following the retirement of former editor Elliot Tompkin.

Hillery has extensive experience in the newspaper industry, having held positions including night copy chief at the Chicago Sun-Times and editor-in-chief at the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman. She was also editor of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Quill magazine, training consultant for Thomson Newspapers and managing editor of United Methodist News Service, among a number of other positions in news and journalism.

Hillery has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; the University of Texas at Austin and The Media School. (December 2017)