Augusta, Ga. - Steve Yelvington has been named manager of Web site development for Morris Digital Works™, the online services division of Morris Communications Corp. He assumed his new responsibilities Jan. 2.

Yelvington will manage all the Morris production units, including Horsecity.com and the newly launched travel portal, Excursia.com. In addition, he will be responsible for the division's content support efforts for all Morris properties worldwide.

"Steve has a high profile and a reputation of respect in electronic media, and we are delighted to welcome him to the Morris team," said President Will Morris.

Yelvington, a former reporter and editor for newspapers in Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota, has been in the forefront of new media development in the newspaper industry. He was founding editor of startribune.com, executive editor of Cox Interactive Media in Atlanta, and is a frequent speaker at Internet conferences in the United States and Europe.

"Morris is fortunate to have hired Steve Yelvington," said Michael Romaner, director of Morris Digital Works™. "No one knows the Internet better than he does, but he's more than a great 'dot.com' guy. He has lived media, especially newspapers, all his life and brings that depth of knowledge and experience to our company."

Morris Communications is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting, book publishing and distribution, and computer services. For more information see the company's Web site at www.morris.com.