Wick Communications2024-02-14T09:57:33-07:00February 14th, 2024|Tags: Arizona Local News Foundation, Arizona Media Association, ArizonaDailySun, Billboard Network, Bozeman Chronicle, City Editor, Community Engagement, DigitalMarketing, DougBauer, flagstaff, Innovative Journalism, Journalism Career, Lee Enterprises, LewistonTribune, local news, managing editor, Media Industry, Media Leadership, MoscowPullmanDailyNews, Newsroom Leadership, Northern Arizona, Online Advertising, Outdoor Activities, Print Media, publisher, Publishing News, Sports Writer, TPCHoldings, wick communications, wick newspapers|
Doug Bauer has been named publisher of the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff. He joined the staff on Feb. 5. Doug Bauer, Publisher of The Arizona Daily Sun Bauer, 50, most recently served as chief strategy officer for TPC Holdings Inc. He oversaw the legacy print and online advertising operations for the Idaho-based Lewiston Tribune and Moscow-Pullman Daily News, as well as diversification efforts that included [...]
Wick Communications2024-01-26T17:57:47-07:00January 26th, 2024|Tags: Community Impact Journalism, Editorial Director Dan Shearer, Ganett, Gatehouse Media, graphic design, journalism, Journalism Collaboration, Media Publication Design, Newspaper Design, Newspaper Design Excellence, Newspaper Redesign, Newsroom Management, Page Design Center, Project Manager, Publishing Operations Manager, University of Texas at Arlington, wick communications, wick newspapers, Yaritza Vazquez|
Yaritza Vazquez Yaritza Vazquez has been named Publishing Operations Manager for Wick Communications, where she will oversee the company’s newspaper design and pagination. "I feel lucky to be joining a team that believes in positively impacting communities and that shares a similar passion for design and journalism," she said. Vazquez most recently served as the non-dailies project manager in Gannett’s page design center, leading a team [...]
Wick Communications2023-09-07T13:02:17-07:00September 5th, 2023|Tags: Arizona Champion, arizona daily sun, Coconino Sun, Colleen Brady, flagstaff, Lee Enterprises, Northern Arizona, Pulitzer, Scripps League Newspapers, Since 1883, wick communications, wick newspapers|
Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications will acquire the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Arizona. The company is acquiring the Daily Sun from Davenport, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, Inc. Wick Communications, a third-generation family-owned and operated media corporation, owns 21 newspaper titles throughout 10 Western states from Alaska to Louisiana. Wick owns seven newspapers in Arizona and holds half ownership in four others [...]
Wick Communications2023-06-16T12:21:52-07:00June 16th, 2023|Tags: Frank Perea, journalism, Kellogg School, mullens newspaper, publisher, sidney, UNLV, wick newspapers, Williston|
Frank Perea Frank Perea will join the Williston Herald and Sidney Herald as publisher July 10. Perea brings a wealth of leadership experience with community newspaper groups throughout the Northwest, Plains states and Colorado with a focus on overall and digital revenue growth. He was formally the vice president of Mullen Newspaper Company and oversees several markets directly. Perea has served on the boards of several state newspaper associations [...]
Wick Communications2023-06-15T16:32:27-07:00June 15th, 2023|Tags: 1up, Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage Press, David McChesney, director of technology, Frontiersman, internet software, nixon newspaper group, Ohio University, photojournalism, publisher, Wasilla, wick newspapers|
McChesney, J. David David McChesney has joined Wick Communications as publisher of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska. His first day is June 19. McChesney brings a unique perspective to the role having worked on the newspaper side and on the vendor side focusing on digital tools for the industry. McChesney graduated with honors from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Communications (photojournalism), then worked [...]
Wick Communications2023-06-13T09:26:18-07:00June 13th, 2023|Tags: Genesis Lara, managing editor, Nogales International, wick communications, wick newspapers|
Former reporter Genesis Lara has returned to the Nogales International as the paper’s new managing editor. Lara is a Nogales native who graduated from Nogales High School in 2014. She then attended the University of Arizona, completed a semester abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico, and earned her journalism degree from the UA in 2018. Lara joined the NI as a reporting intern in May 2018, then transitioned to a [...]
Wick Communications2023-06-08T08:03:04-07:00June 8th, 2023|Tags: controller, fanny weiland, Sierra Vista, wick communications, wick newspapers|
Weiland has done two stints in the business office at the Sierra Vista Herald/Review Media, the most recent as business manager beginning in July 2021. She began her new position June 1. Weiland lives in Hereford and has an accounting degree from Southern New Hampshire University. “I am excited to continue my professional journey with Wick Communications. Growing through the ranks has provided me with a fundamental understanding [...]
Wick Communications2023-05-09T09:11:34-07:00May 9th, 2023|Tags: Francis Wick, ken harty, la, lousiana, New Iberia, publisher, The Daily Iberian, wick, wick newspapers|
Wick Communications veteran Ken Harty has been named publisher of The Daily Iberian in New Iberia, Louisiana. He succeeds Michael Messerly. Harty, who has spent his career in the news industry, worked for The Daily Iberian from 2002 to 2006. He has also worked at the Wahpeton Daily News and Williston Herald in North Dakota, the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald in North Carolina, and the Fergus Falls Daily [...]
Wick Communications2022-04-05T12:57:11-07:00November 17th, 2021|Tags: accelerator program, Capital Journal, facebook, membership, meta, pierre south dakota, Reader Revenue Accelerator, subscription, wick, wick newspapers|
The Meta Journalism Project announced Wednesday that The Capital Journal has been selected to participate in the 2021-22 U.S. Reader Revenue Accelerator program. The program offers publishers training opportunities, tools and a grant to grow their subscription or membership businesses. Meta, which is Facebook’s parent company, has trained over 100 U.S. publishers through the Accelerator program since its launch in 2018. The Capital Journal has been the paper [...]
