CLARKSVILLE, TN – Jimmy Settle, a longtime journalist and news editor in the Clarksville area, has been appointed director of communications for the City of Clarksville.

The director of communications is primarily responsible for the city’s corporate communications, design of projects, media relations and day-to-day production of communications deliverables.

“I am excited to add a quality and experienced professional like Jimmy Settle to the Mayor’s Office staff,” said Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts. “His background is unmatched in local news and communications, and his character is beyond reproach.

“We look forward to Jimmy helping us tell the story about the progress in our city in the areas of transportation, public safety, recreation and everything we do for our citizens,” Pitts said.

Settle is a native of the northern middle Tennessee area, and spent almost 35 years with “Tennessee’s Oldest Newspaper,” The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.

He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Tennessee-Martin, where he majored in journalism and mass communications, and he did post-graduate studies at Austin Peay State University.

“I am honored to become part of the City of Clarksville employee family. Mayor Pitts and so many of the people here, I already knew prior to this move, and everyone has been very welcoming at City Hall, and supportive.

“I want to explore heightened opportunities to share the city’s story. Collaborative partnerships with other city employees and the broader city population will be part of this effort. We live in a great, and rapidly-growing community worthy of the highest respect,” Settle said.

Settle is a 2004 graduate, and former trustee of Leadership Clarksville. Other affiliations have included past president of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Clarksville, co-chair of the city’s Pat Head Summitt Legacy Plaza Steering Committee along with Richard Stevens, past president of the UT-Martin Alumni Council and a past member of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Board of Governors.

He and his wife, Rona, are members of Faith Outreach Church in Clarksville. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.