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 Communications2024-01-16T14:01:48-07:00January 16th, 2024|Tags: arizona daily sun, arizona state university, Audience Growth, Chief of Staff, Digital Audience Development, Digital Audience Editor, Digital Innovation, Executive Team, Freelance Photography, Generative AI Initiatives, Local Journalism, Media Company Growth, Media Strategy, NABUR Community Platform, New York Times Contributor, Newspaper Industry, photojournalism, Product Development, Project Management, Reilly Kneedler, Reporting and Editing, Technology Integration, The Wenatchee World, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, wick communications|
Reilly Kneedler has been named Wick Communications’ chief of staff, a new role for the family-owned local media company. Kneedler will oversee special projects, work on long-term strategy, and drive digital innovation and technology integration. He will report to CEO Francis Wick, working closely with the company’s executive team. “Reilly has an unmistakable passion and keen sense of the newspaper industry today and where the future likely leads,” [...]
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 Communications2023-08-09T11:34:22-07:00August 9th, 2023|
Matt Hickman The Herald/Review has named Matt Hickman its new managing editor. Hickman, 48, previously worked for the paper from 1998-2015 as a sports reporter, sports editor and assistant managing editor, during which time he won more than 30 statewide awards, mostly for sports coverage and column writing. In 2015, Hickman left Cochise County to be the managing editor at another Wick Communications property, the Williston [...]
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 Communications2023-05-09T07:58:04-07:00May 9th, 2023|Tags: belinda mills, cooper era, digital solutions, ea lifestyle magazine, eacourier, eastern arizona courier, gila valley, graham county, greenlee county, ian kirkwood, publisher, safford, st. david|
Ian Kirkwood has been named publisher of the Eastern Arizona Courier and the Copper Era in Safford, succeeding Belinda Mills. Kirkwood, a 20-year veteran of the news industry, resides in St. David and is general manager of the Courier’s sister papers in Green Valley. He will join the staff on May 22. “I'm excited to join the Eastern Arizona Courier/Copper Era team! I can't wait to get involved with the community to [...]
Wick Communications2023-06-15T15:45:15-07:00February 15th, 2023|Tags: Arizona Daily Star, COO, Florida Atlantic University, Francis Wick, John D'Orlando, leader, local community, media, newspapers, The Star, wick|
John D'Orlando has been named chief operating officer of Wick Communications. D’Orlando, 61, spent more than five years as president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, and has served as vice president/advertising director of the Orlando Sentinel Media Group in Orlando, Florida. As COO he will be responsible for additional support and oversight to operations, transformative projects and financial execution. “I’m thrilled to have the [...]
Wick Communications2023-01-09T15:04:05-07:00January 9th, 2023|Tags: CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Finance|
Susan Ellis Susan Ellis has been named chief financial officer for Wick Communications, owner of the Green Valley News and Sahuarita Sun. Wick has media operations in 13 western states, and Ellis said addressing the challenges of community newspapers and how Wick has approached that is a big part of what drew her to the position. “It’s not a company that’s standing still,” Ellis said. “It’s [...]
Wick Communications2022-09-22T10:03:16-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Tags: Arizona, brehm communications, community newspapers, family owned, havasu news, kingman miner, local news, mohava valley daily news, mohave county, northwestern arizona, river city newspapers, today's news herald, tri-state, wick communications, wickenburg|
Lake Havasu City-based River City Newspapers will acquire the Mohave Valley Daily News and the Kingman Miner in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Mohave County and Northwestern Arizona. The company is acquiring the Mohave Valley Daily News from San Diego, Calif.-based Brehm Communications. The deal with Brehm also includes three weekly newspapers, the Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times and Needles Desert Star along with a direct [...]
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 [...]
Wick Communications2022-01-17T13:39:04-07:00November 16th, 2021|Tags: arizona state university, asu, Battinto Batts, cronkite, dan shearer, Francis Wick, GNI, GNI innovation challenge, gnichallenge, google, google news initi, internship, Kristy Roschke, misinformation, NABUR, news co/lab, North American Innovation Challenge, parternship, Reilly Kneedler, research, sean fitzpatrick, walter cronkite of journalism and mass communication, wick|
Wick Communications is partnering with Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on a project supported by Google to research strategies for facilitating healthy online discourse. The Voices Listening Project, one of 25 included in the Google News Initiative's third North America Innovation Challenge, was announced Tuesday. Over the next year, the two organizations will engage with local communities to understand their needs and [...]
Wick Communications2021-03-02T09:56:08-07:00March 2nd, 2021|Tags: daily leader, Francis Wick, lake county leader, madison, newspapers, wick communications|
The Madison Daily Leader, a business started in Lake County more than 140 years ago, will be joining Wick Communications, a family-owned newspaper group. FRANCIS WICK (left), president and CEO of Arizona-based Wick Communications, poses with Jon Hunter, publisher of The Madison Daily Leader and head of Leader Printing, next to the Madison newspaper's web press on Monday. Hunter announced that The Daily Leader is joining Wick [...]
Wick Communications2020-03-05T09:58:41-07:00March 5th, 2020|Tags: arizona range news, eastern arizona courier, editor, kim smith, safford, the copper era|
Kim Smith SAFFORD – Kim Smith has been named editor of the Eastern Arizona Courier in Safford, The Copper Era in Greenlee County and the Arizona Range News in Willcox. She begins her duties March 9. Smith, 53, graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has reported for newspapers in Arizona, Texas and Nevada. She has spent the last three years [...]
Wick Communications2020-02-06T10:55:57-07:00February 6th, 2020|Tags: audience editor, editor, kneedler, wick, wick digital|
Wenatchee World staff writer Reilly Kneedler has been named to the newly created role of Wick digital audience editor. While the position is new to Wick Communications, the role has been an integral part of the success that larger news organizations such as The Washington Post have had in growing their digital subscriptions to support the newsrooms that provide the essential service of local journalism to their communities. [...]
Wick Communications2020-01-29T10:46:46-07:00January 29th, 2020|Tags: copper era, digital, green valley, manager, newspapers, publisher, range news, safford, sarah keith, wick, willcox|
Sarah Keith SAFFORD — The newspapers serving Graham and Greenlee counties, as well as Willcox, have new leadership. On Tuesday, Wick Communications announced that Sarah Keith would be assuming the duties as publisher of Eastern Arizona Courier, Copper Era, and Arizona Range News newspapers, effective immediately. “I am looking forward to becoming part of the community, learning more about the area and the wonderful people that make [...]
Wick Communications2019-10-26T22:42:27-07:00October 25th, 2019|Tags: gnichallenge, google, Google News Initiative, NABUR, Neighborhood Assisted Bureau Reporting, North America Innovation Challenge, wicknewspapers|
Google announced this morning it is providing funding for Wick Communications’ innovative initiative to create a journalist-curated, hyperlocal social media platform to develop critical community connections. The news came as part of Google’s larger announcement of recipients of its inaugural North America Google News Initiative (GNI) Challenge funding to support projects that drive digital innovation and develop new business models. The GNI is funding 34 projects, selected from a [...]
Wick Communications2019-09-30T20:11:34-07:00June 26th, 2019|
The Nogales International won first place in its division for Best Local News Coverage when theNational Newspaper Association announced the winners of its 2019 Better Newspaper Contest last week. “This newspaper's coverage of tensions at an international border sets it apart from other community newspapers,” the judges’ comments stated. “The news writing is thorough, compelling and detailed.” It was one of four awards won by the paper and [...]
Wick Communications2019-07-03T12:54:43-07:00June 21st, 2019|Tags: advertising, daily news, diana hermes, Wahpeton|
Daily News and News Monitor Publisher Tara Klostreich has named Diana Hermes advertising manager of the Wahpeton, North Dakota, operation, effective June 18. “I am pleased to announce the promotion of Diana Hermes to advertising manager of the Daily News and News Monitor,” Klostreich said. “She has done an excellent job leading the advertising department and is ready for the next step.” Hermes joined the Daily News in [...]
Wick Communications2019-05-06T16:48:19-07:00May 2nd, 2019|Tags: bob wick, Colorado, delta, delta county independent, Francis Wick, local family, newspaper, sunderland, wick|
Stakeholders in the purchase of the Delta County Independent stand in front of the Meeker Street newspaper office Tuesday afternoon. From left, they are Delta County Independent production manager Ron Sunderland, former DCI co-owner Pat Sunderland, Wick Communications CEO Francis Wick, Montrose Daily Press/DCI publisher Dennis Anderson, Bob Wick, former DCI co-owner Randy Sunderland and DCI advertising director Roxanne McCormick. www.deltacountyindependent.com The Delta County [...]
Ian Kirkwood2018-08-28T18:20:50-07:00August 23rd, 2018|Tags: CFO, mike rand, newspaper, wick communications|
Mike Rand, CFO “Mike brings a body of experience that will help build upon the work of previous CFOs,” CEO Francis Wick said. “His eye on hitting targets and ability to drive successful deals in M&A puts Wick in a very exciting position as we move forward.” Rand moved to Wick after 20 years with News Media Corp. in the greater Chicago area, where he [...]
Wick Communications2018-07-31T23:14:32-07:00July 31st, 2018|Tags: Director, production, rob bauwens|
Rob Bauwens Sierra Vista, AZ - Robert Bauwens has been named Wick-Director of Production. In this new role he will work with the production managers in Montrose, Colorado; Ontario, Oregon; Pierre, South Dakota; Wenatchee, Washington; and Wasilla, Alaska. He will still oversee the Sierra Vista operation that serves Wick's Arizona markets. "Wick Communications is excited to have someone with Rob's extensive background and desire to consistently improve [...]
Wick Communications2018-07-30T23:22:14-07:00July 30th, 2018|Tags: Kelly Miller, montana, publisher, sidney herald|
Kelly Miller has been named publisher of the Sidney Herald in Sidney, Montana. “We are pleased to bring someone with Kelly’s experience to the Sidney Herald.” said Wick Communications group publisher, Ken Harty. Kelly Miller, a 20-year veteran of the newspaper industry, was most recently publisher of the Mineral Daily News Tribune, a daily owned by Gatehouse Media. Kelly specializes in sales training and has a strong background [...]
Wick Communications2018-07-18T23:20:14-07:00July 18th, 2018|Tags: newspaper, publisher, Publishing, stephanie spiess, wick|
Stephanie Spiess has been named publisher of The Argus Observer in Ontario, and its sister publication, Independent-Enterprise in Payette. “Wick Communications is proud to bring someone of Stephanie’s caliber to the Observer” said Wick Communications group publisher, Ken Harty. Stephanie Spiess Spiess most recent assignment was as publisher of the Sidney Herald in Sidney, Montana where she has been publisher since October 2016. Prior to that she [...]
Wick Communications2018-06-20T16:42:51-07:00June 20th, 2018|Tags: award, distinguished service, editor, montana, newspaper association, sidney, sidney herald|
The Montana Newspaper Association awarded longtime Sidney Herald editor Bill Vander Weele with the Distinguished Service Bill Vander Weele is presented the award from Montana Newspaper Association president Darla Downs. Award during the organization’s 133rd annual convention held in Billings during the weekend. This is the first year that the Montana Newspaper Association has given out the honor that is based on service to the newspaper [...]
Wick Communications2018-06-15T06:38:33-07:00June 12th, 2018|Tags: dan shearer, Director, editor, editorial, green valley, Sierra Vista, wick|
Dan Shearer Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News and Sahuarita Sun, has been named Editorial Director for Wick Communications. In his new role he will come alongside the company's 17 editors at nearly 30 newspapers in 10 states to strengthen content, encourage best practices, sharpen management skills and keep on top of industry changes. “Dan brings a very exciting perspective to community journalism that [...]
