Lee Enterprises Honors 2014 President's Awards Winners
November 14 2014 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Mary Junck, chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), announced today the
winners of 2014 Lee President’s Awards for outstanding journalism,
innovation, exceptional achievement and spirit.
“These awards touch only the tip of wonderful achievements every
day in each of our 50 daily newspaper markets,” Junck said. “In
print and all forms of digital delivery, we provide inspirational
journalism, vital community leadership and innovative services for
audiences and advertisers – an indispensable role that makes this
business so meaningful.”
EXCELLENCE IN NEWS
The news award recognizes outstanding achievement in any aspect
of print and online journalism, from reporting and writing to
photography, video, graphics and presentation.
Receiving awards:
- Arizona Daily Star in Tucson,
for uncovering how lax record-keeping has blurred the impact of a
controversial, toughest-in-the-nation law intended to standardize
local immigration enforcement. Perla Trevizo and Carli Brosseau
share the award. Details
- Napa Valley Register in Napa,
California. On August 24, 2014, at 3:20 a.m., a 6.0 earthquake
caused significant damage to the community, the Napa Valley
Register itself and many employees' homes. Despite severe
challenges, the staff began coverage within minutes and kept the
news flowing to the community and around the world. Details
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch for
comprehensive, authoritative, world-leading coverage of the
circumstances and continuing aftermath surrounding the shooting of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The Post-Dispatch has been
praised nationally and internationally for its exclusive reporting,
dramatic photography, in-depth investigations, meticulously
balanced perspectives, inspirational editorials and constructive
community leadership. Details
- The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah,
for “Our year with the Campbells: A story of hope, love and
strength” – a family’s struggle with a debilitating disease that
ultimately ended in tragedy. The award is shared by Spenser Heaps,
Genelle Pugmire, Lisa Kane, Jennifer Durrant, Doug Fox, Michele
Bates, David Kennard and Stacy Johnson. Details
- The Post-Star in Glens Falls,
New York, for “Heroin Hits Home” – a sobering revelation of local
heroin use and the destruction it has caused in the community. The
series inspired community forums and led to increased state funding
for drug enforcement and stiffened penalties. The award is shared
by Don Lehman, Will Doolittle, Ken Tingley, Rhonda Triller, Meg
Hagerty, Amanda May Metzger, Scott Donnelly, Jason McKibben,
Michael Goot, Megan Farmer and Bill Toscano. Details
- The Times-News in Twin Falls,
Idaho, for “Never Again” – an extensive, six-month investigation
unveiling the policies, cultural issues and methods that lead to
continued wildland firefighter fatalities. The award is shared by
Billie Stanton, Ashley Smith, Dan Warner, Kimberlee Kruesi and
Autumn Phillips. Details
Honorable mentions were awarded to the Rapid City Journal in
South Dakota for a report on uranium mining and to the Wisconsin
State Journal in Madison for detailing the impact on tribe members
who receive a windfall of money at age 18. Details of those entries
and other finalists may be viewed at lee.net/2014awards/news.
Judges for Excellence in News were Richard Cole, dean emeritus
of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and John Thomas
Kerr Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mike Leary, senior vice president and
editor of the San Antonio Express-News; and Rick Thames, editor and
vice president for news of The Charlotte Observer.
INNOVATION
The innovation award recognizes an individual or team for
creating or significantly advancing an idea that drives revenue,
builds audiences or serves customers better.
Receiving awards:
- Arizona Daily Star in Tucson,
for creating a series that engaged their community in choosing 100
objects to tell the story of Tucson over 100 days. The story of one
object was added each day and revealed to readers through print and
online photos. This project reinforced the Star’s reputation as the
authoritative source for news and information about the history,
culture and traditions of Tucson. The online photo slideshow
generated nearly 500,000 page views and more than 28,000 people
clicked, liked or commented on Facebook. The project was so
successful it was replicated in all 50 Lee newspaper markets. The
award is shared by the news and advertising teams.
- Arizona Daily Star in Tucson,
for creating an interactive weekly magazine designed for tablet
devices. The Sports Insider immerses readers in the excitement and
thrill of college football. The richly interactive content includes
quizzes, polls, live chats, a team logo matching game, robust video
and slideshows, dynamically updated Twitter and blog feeds.
Virtually all of the news and advertising content is exclusive to
the magazine, which also uses very creative and interactive
advertising messages. This award goes to the advertising, news and
audience development teams.
- Billings Gazette in Billings,
Montana; Lincoln Journal Star in Lincoln, Nebraska;
Wisconsin State Journal in Madison; St. Louis
Post-Dispatch; and Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, for
exceeding sales expectations and leading efforts in a Big Pitch
initiative, targeting midsize and large businesses with
data-supported proposals for extensive digital and print campaigns.
These five enterprises played essential roles in driving
substantial year-over-year growth and accelerating efforts to
immerse sales organizations companywide in the rapidly expanding
area of digital media capabilities. They charted the work to be
done, established expectations and developed a consistent approach
to building customer campaigns for all to follow. Judges commented
on the major effort it took to pull off this collaboration and the
flawless execution.
- Lincoln Journal Star, in
Lincoln, Nebraska, and The Journal Times in Racine,
Wisconsin, for creating successful events and promoting them
through their powerful reach to deliver results. The team in
Lincoln produced a variety of events from recognizing high school
sports standouts with a Prep Sports banquet to hosting First Bite,
an opportunity for consumers to sample dishes from participating
restaurants in support of Restaurant Week. One of their events,
Game Day Garage, was recognized by judges for the creative venue
and twist on reaching sports fans. The award is shared by the news,
advertising, marketing, finance and operations teams. In Racine,
the staff created two new events this year in addition to their
successful Ladies Night Out event, which doubled in size. Their
Bridal Expo included a fashion show and groom’s room, and the
positive approach to the new Retirement & Lifestyle Expo added
to its success by attracting more vendors and people.
Judges for the innovation category were Brad Harmon, vice
president of sales and marketing at GateHouse Media, Inc.; Barbara
Cohen, president and founder of Kannon Consulting; and Herbert W.
Moloney III, an independent director of Lee and longtime
advertising and publishing executive.
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Lee President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement recognizes
outstanding leadership, collaboration and execution benefiting all
of Lee.
Receiving the award is Mark Bullard, Lee’s director of digital
business development, for creating and managing an innovative,
data-driven approach to optimizing the sale of non-local digital
advertising inventory, resulting in spectacular growth in national
digital advertising revenue in 2014. As a member of project teams,
he shared Exceptional Achievement Awards in 2009, 2011 and
2012.
LEE SPIRIT
The Lee Spirit Award recognizes outstanding personal commitment
to our company and the people we serve.
Being honored are:
- Larry Mayer, chief photographer
for the Billings Gazette in Montana. He is a longtime,
award-winning photojournalist and a leader in the local aviation
community. Larry has flown numerous search and rescue operations,
many occurring over some of the most rugged terrain on the
continent. One August afternoon Mayer quickly recruited nine other
pilots to search for a young student pilot reported missing on her
first cross-country solo flight. The extraordinary story was beamed
into homes by The Associated Press and across the country as an
NBC’s Dateline report titled ‘Into the Wild.” Details
- Mark Ylen, head of photography
for the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Corvallis Gazette-Times in
Oregon. He and his wife, Andrea, received an award from the city of
Albany for pulling a man and his daughter out of a burning house
last winter. A longtime volunteer dedicated to helping others, Mark
put together a team of four people in February to travel to a
remote area of the Dominican Republic to support 280 desperately
poor rural children and their Fountain of Living Water School.
Details
Details of all the Lee Spirit finalists may be viewed at
lee.net/2014awards/spirit.
Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news, information
and advertising services in its markets, with 46 daily newspapers
and a joint interest in four others, rapidly growing digital
products and nearly 300 specialty publications in 22 states. Lee's
markets include St. Louis, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Madison,
Wisconsin; Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Montana; Bloomington,
Illinois; and Tucson, Arizona. Lee Common Stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. For more information
about Lee, please visit lee.net.
Lee EnterprisesDan Hayes,
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