<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>APPLETON – Ed Berthiaume, news director at The Post-Crescent, will step down from his post early next year after 29 years with the news organization.
Berthiaume, 56, voluntarily accepted an early<wm> retirement from his current role as the news director to return to work at his alma mater, the University of Maine, for a career as the vice president for digital communications.
Berthiaume has served in his current role since 1999. His term as the vice president and chief digital officer, he helped shape online services to improve the ways in news publishing, with the creation of the Main Loop. Other notable contributions, he is known with regards to the creation of the News Center, the News</wm> Center University, and his tenure as the University's communications vice president. Throughout his tenure with the University