wick communications
francis wick is the president and ceo of wick communications and board member since 2007 .
francis wick, grandson of wick communications co - founder milton wick, has been named president and chief executive officer of the company, steve phillips, chairman of the board of directors of wick communications, announced today .
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wick, in his early 30s, has held numerous positions at other wick communications newspapers learning various aspects of the trade .
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in 1978, the green valley news is sold to milton i. wick of wick newspaper group and today remains in the ownership of milton’s sons, walter and robert wick. wick newspaper group, now wick communications owns 42 community newspapers across the us including alaska .
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the wick brothers: walt m. wick (left) and robert j. wick, sons of the late milton i. wick, served as co - chairmen of the board of directors .
the wick brothers: rev. stanley a. , james l. and milton i. wick, 1941 .
john p. romney joined the board of directors of wicks communications in april 2017 .
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the station' s stategic importance for distress communications was never in doubt and, with a vast area to cover, a great many casualty cases have been conducted with gkr at the communications helm .
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“personally, i have a great fondness for francis and look for him to achieve much success in the future. i wish francis, the wick family and wick communications the best as we move into this new chapter of company leadership, ” yunt said .
he is the youngest member of the third generation ownership of wick communications, a family - owned media company which has newspapers from north carolina to alaska and from louisiana to north dakota .
“i am very excited for francis, wick communications and the wick family as francis, as a third - generation wick family member takes the helm and leadership of the company. francis has worked long and hard to earn this opportunity and his passion, energy, leadership skills and enthusiasm for the company, family and the mission of community journalism will serve him, our valued employees and advertisers, the communities we serve and wick communications extremely well. i am very proud of francis and have a great deal of respect for him professionally .
family ownership and direct involvement in the daily operation of the business has been continuous since milton wick and his brother jim founded the company in 1926. walt and robert wick, milton’s sons, purchased jim’s interest in the company in 1965 and assumed ownership after their father passed in 1981. robert wick is the father of francis wick .
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“i’m delighted to announce that francis wick has been appointed president and ceo of wick communications. among the factors contributing to the board of directors’ unanimous decision were his record of achievement within the company, his demonstrated leadership and his commitment to the values shared by our newspapers and the communities they serve. ”
the name of the late milton i. wick, who founded wick communications company with his brother, jim, is among those listed in the arizona newspaper hall - of - fame. mr. wick died on november 30, 1981 at the age of 82. he was inducted posthumously into the arizona newspapers hall of fame at the 57th annual meeting of the state’s press association in nearby scottsdale .
prior to the herald / review wick was the publisher of the montrose daily press in colorado .
wick communications co. publishes newspapers, websites, magazines, and other specialty publications in arizona, alaska, california, colorado, idaho, louisiana, montana, north carolina, north dakota, oregon, and south dakota .
mr. wick was born february 20, 1899 in bowdle, rural edmunds county, south dakota .
the wick brothers: walt m. wick (left) and robert j. wick, sons of the late milton i. wick, served as co - chairmen of the board of directors. mr. wick and his brother, accompanied by their wives, were the first american journalists to tour and report from european and asiatic russia and siberia. previous reports had been made from moscow only. they lead the first group of american journalists, as wick editors tours, to visit poland and czechoslovakia, and the wicks were the first to enter and report from hungary and romania after the fall of the iron curtain .
from its headquarter offices in sierra vista at the corner of wilcox drive and fab avenue, wick communications today publishes newspapers in arizona, alaska, california, colorado, idaho, louisiana, minnesota, montana, north carolina, north dakota, oregon and south dakota .
wick radio started it' s life as a communications facility for the admiralty under which it operated with the callsign byg. opened somewhere around 1908, the station was a vital facilty in the first world war and a link to the grand fleet based in scapa flow .
wick is currently the publisher of company newspapers in sierra vista, bisbee, benson, douglas, and tucson. he has served on the wick board of directors since 2007 and is currently co - chairman of the inland press association family owners committee .
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in 1980 a celebration was held at wick to celebrate the diamond jubilee of operation of the station by the gpo, which started on 25th april 1920 .
francis wick takes over the company in its 90th year, following the resignation announced last month by outgoing president and ceo tom yunt. wick’s grandfather purchased the niles daily times in niles, ohio in 1926 and under continuous family ownership the company has expanded to include newspapers, websites, magazines and specialty publications in 11 states .
in september 2004, the wick brothers were named to the arizona newspaper hall of fame in honor of their devotion to newspapers, and their support of community journalism .
a native of southeast arizona, francis wick and his wife amanda live in sierra vista with the couple’s twins, sebastian and savannah, ages three and a half .
technology began to change - other means of communications slowly became available to shipping and the oil industry - a thing called gmdss reared its head. traffic levels at all stations declined and staff levels were reduced in line .
before the decline of the deepsea fishing fleet, oil exploration commenced in earnest in the northern northern sea. wick radio took on another role - as the oil industry' s primary means of communications with the world. as fishing communications slowly declined, so oil communications rocketed. channels which had been rarely used rapidly became full. each additional channel provided seemed to fill up instantly. remote equipment at the north of the shetlands enabled wick to extend it' s range further as well as providing additional channel capacity. radio teleprinter facilties were provided which also became very busy. space became limited both for operational purposes and equipment. a new extension was built to house the hf wt service and the senior manager, now called the field manager (scotland) and responsible for all scottish coast radio stations, was evicted from his office and placed in a portacabin! then a second extension providing new welfare and office accomodation was constructed, freeing up the old accomodation for use as equipment areas. operational staff at the station had now risen to 30 .
“the newspaper business is a good business. it’s a business that makes a difference, from the communities we serve to those we employ. i’m grateful to lead wick communications in its 90th year of operations. we will build upon generations of effort from the thousands of employees who have defined us to those customers who have made us a daily tradition. our dna will continue to evolve to be innovative, nimble and courageous. ”
the valuation roll for 1920 shows the wireless telegraphy station as still being owned by the admiralty but the resident of radio station house is now james ainslie, a radio telegraphist. together with stations at portpatrick and grimsby, in 1920 wick radio became part of the growing network of coast radio stations operated by the general post office, with wick commencing operations under gpo control on 25th april 1980 .
commercially the station was a slow starter, probably due to the limited number of radio - equipped vessels operating in northerly waters. but as equipment became more practical and advantageous for smaller vessels, so wick' s traffic levels slowly increased. in the period from the mid - 1950' s until the mid - 1980' s, wick was possibly the busiest of all the uk coast radio stations .
prior to his current position, he worked at two other wick newspapers, in montrose, colorado, where he was the publisher; and in new iberia, louisiana, where he worked as the assistant advertising manager at the daily iberian. he began his career in publishing at swift communications, based in carson city, nevada. a 1999 buena high school graduate, he holds an undergraduate degree in political science and a master’s degree in business management from the university of arizona .
yunt has accepted a position as chief operating officer (coo) with united communications corporation (ucc) based in kenosha, wisconsin. he said his decision to leave was a personal one driven by the desire to be closer to his children and grandchildren who live in iowa .
although positioned to cover an area where deepsea commercial shipping was relatively scarce, the station also provided cover to some of the richest fishing grounds in europe and was the last uk link to the british deepsea trawler fleet when they head north to the fishing grounds (or first link when they returned). wick radio therefore became a vital link to the british fishing fleet and it' s facilities were expanded to meet this need, including providing hf wt equipment which enabled the station to provide continuous communications with distant and middle water fleets all the way from their base ports in hull, grimsby, fleetwood and aberdeen to their fishing grounds at the norwegian coast, bear island, spitzbergen, iceland, the faroes, greenland and new foundland. additional remotely controlled equipment was provided to enable a greater reception range for radiotelephony ships which could hear wick' s powerful transmitters but who could not be heard at wick - this enabled the station to provide an rt service all the way to the faeroes, as well as improving it' s reception capabilites to the west .
our current publisher, and a wick family member, is buying his own newspaper. his replacement needs to be a hands - on leader who will build upon past successes and provide the know - how and energy to take the operation to the next level. expectations include :
in 1989 the uk coast radio station service came under doc - distributed operator control - or remote control, if you like. the distress watch was remotely controlled from two centres, the northern control being at stonehaven which took over wick' s responsibilites and control of it' s equipment. general communications was spread over the other stations in the network. the
feel
of the station changed - no longer were there
babbling voices
coming out of loudspeakers for various frequencies - silence reigned and computers were in control. when the computer bleeped you put on your headset, pressed a button and spoke (or sometimes keyed) .
he currently serves as a co - chair of the inland family owners committee and has been a member of the wick board of directors since 2007. his interest includes spending time with family, golfing, cheering on the arizona wildcats, and serving up tasty dishes in the kitchen .
during his undergraduate years, mr. wick and his brother organized a book business in lincoln, nebraska. it employed college students to sell books to farmers during the summer months. the enterprise was so successful it was expanded to iowa, missouri and kansas, employing more than 500 students during the three years of its existence .
arne currently serves on various boards and committees for companies which he owns, the us bank advisory committee and page audit committee and board. he formerly served on american consolidated newspapers, huckle media company, swift communications, inland press foundation, inland press association cost & revenue committee and other boards. he is an associate member of vistage. arne currently is a youth club level and high school soccer coach and has a passion for engaging kids through sports .
most of the uk coast radio stations were managed by one
radio overseer
, who supervised the staff of radio officers and the day to day operations of the station. in recognition of the workload at gkr, and the increasing staff numbers, an additional and more senior manager - a
radio assistant superintendent
- was placed at wick .
the road pattern changed little between the 1740s and the 1830s: (fn. 38) cassland road, which was to contain hackney terrace, was constructed from 1786 (fn. 39) and a start was later made on richmond road, which was to reach mare street from kingsland road. by 1865 southwestern hackney was covered by streets almost in a grid, the longest being richmond road, and the north - south queensbridge road. development elsewhere took place more slowly, although wick road existed, as did the long streets already called amhurst, rectory, downs park, and downs roads. most other new roads, then and later, were the result of infilling. the network was complete by 1900 and thereafter was modified mainly by road widening, notably in mare street from 1901, (fn. 40) and by clearance for housing estates. a motorway, the east cross route to blackwall tunnel, was completed in 1979 across the end of wick road and south alongside the railway, separating the eastern and western parts of hackney wick. (fn. 41 )
on 31st december 1997, as the midnight hour neared, control of the 500khz wt transmitter reverted from stonehaven back to the station at wick and retired radio officer tom mclennan had the sad job of sending the final broadcast while serving radio officer tony fell conducted the final farewells from the gkr callsign during the close - down
party
which followed on 500khz .
mr. wick started his career after graduation as a salesman, but turned to the publishing business in 1926 when he became owner and publisher of the niles daily times in niles, ohio. over a period of years his corporation acquired some 27 newspapers. he had been a director of the university of nebraska alumni association since 1965, and was also a retired director of the university of minnesota alumni association .
roads towards the lea in 1745 included one running north - east from grove street to hackney wick, called grove street lane in 1831 and later built up as victoria park road. slightly to the north a route later marked by cassland road existed only as a track. another route, called wick lane in 1831, ran south - south - eastward from the end of homerton' s high street, along the line of the modern kenworthy road. from hackney wick the lane headed north - eastward across the marsh along the line of eastway and met a more direct route from homerton, the modern homerton road, at temple mills bridge. marsh lane ran from lower clapton to the marsh, but not to the lea; by 1831 it was called pond lane and from 1887 millfields road. (fn. 20) mill field lane was recorded in 1582 (fn. 21) and as mill lane in 1443. (fn. 22) it linked clapton with jeremy' s ferry, and became lea bridge road in 1745, when the bridge was built. (fn. 23) from upper clapton forerunners of mount pleasant lane and springfield ran towards morris' s (later high hill) ferry. a road on the line of spring hill led to a bridge by 1831 .
motorbuses ran along all the tram routes in 1913 and along several additional routes: stamford and englefield roads, dalston lane, the west part of victoria park road, well street and cassland road to hackney wick, pembury and cricketfield roads, median and dunlace roads to glyn road, northwold road, and amhurst park. (fn. 102) among short lived independent operators in the 1920s were the primrose omnibus co. in 1922 and later the aro, havelock motors, and fallowfield & knight, all three of which passed in 1927 to the london public omnibus co. , itself absorbed by the l. g. o. c. in 1929. (fn. 103) changes made by 1930 included a route from dalston lane by way of queen' s and albion roads to london fields and mare street, additional routes to hackney wick along morning lane and wick road (and thence to gainsborough road and eastway) and along homerton high street and sidney road, and from stoke newington road along amhurst road to the junction of dalston lane with pembury road. (fn. 104) similar services were provided by london transport in 1962, (fn. 105) and, slightly extended to serve housing estates, in the 1980s. (fn. 106) private operators reappeared in 1990, when the kentish bus co. was awarded three of the nine routes put out to tender within hackney l. b. (fn. 107 )
the river lee trustees provided ways over the hackney cut. in 1803 they objected to repairing a bridge at the end of cow or pond lane (later millfields road). (fn. 74) in 1825 they also maintained wick (in 1842 wick lane) bridge and homerton (in 1842 marshgate) bridge, forerunners of the modern bridges bearing eastway and homerton road. by 1842 they had a crossing to the new engine house at lea bridge, south of the main road bridge, and bricklock bridge for a lock house south of cow bridge. all their bridges save that to the engine house had been extended to the east by one arch, to the design of thomas wickstead, to cross the east london waterworks co.' s channel. north of lea bridge the trustees had high bridge, a wooden footbridge at the foot of spring hill, which was taken over by hackney district board. (fn. 75) the high hill ferry remained in use after the nearby railway viaduct had been built. horse shoe footbridge, midway between the ferry and high bridge, by 1894 led to the new island. (fn. 76 )
a third major north - south line of communication was the lea. (fn. 42) in the 1770s, under an act of 1767, the river lee trustees made the straighter hackney cut or new cut farther west, (fn. 43) from lea bridge through the marsh and passing east of hackney wick. (fn. 44) a parallel channel was made by the east london waterworks co. under an act of 1829. (fn. 45) immediately southeast of spring hill a loop in the river around horse shoe point so hindered navigation that the neck of land was severed, forming an island, c. 1890. (fn. 46) the regent' s canal was authorized in 1812, to link the paddington branch of the grand junction canal with the docks at limehouse. running near the southern boundary of hackney west of kingsland road and again on either side of cambridge heath road, it was opened throughout in 1820. (fn. 47 )
the east & west india docks & birmingham junction railway was authorized in 1846 primarily for the conveyance of goods for the london & north western railway (l. n. w. r .) from camden town to blackwall by way of islington, hackney, and bow. (fn. 113) land was acquired in 1847 (fn. 114) but construction was slow; in 1850, before the line had reached the docks, a passenger service ran every 15 minutes by the circuitous route from islington to fenchurch street, with stations called kingsland, hackney, and from 1856 victoria park (hackney wick). the company, renamed the north london railway (n. l. r .) in 1853, came to be dominated by the l. n. w. r. , which took over its working in 1909 and formally absorbed it in 1922, itself becoming part of the l. m. s. in 1923. from 1854 victoria park was linked by the eastern counties railway with stratford and the main line of that company, from 1862 the great eastern railway (g. e. r .), to cambridge, ipswich, and norwich .
until c. 1758 the lea was bridged in hackney only at temple mills, where the converging roads from homerton and hackney wick led to stratford and leyton. temple mills bridge was later occasionally called white bridge, to distinguish it from one closer to the mills, which were east of the old river on the mill stream. (fn. 58) lock bridge, mentioned with temple mills bridge in 1578, may have been a third bridge immediately east of the mills; responsibility for repairs was uncertain in 1589. (fn. 59) temple mills alias marsh street bridge was ruinous in 1512, when william tey was ordered to repair it. (fn. 60) money for repairs, to be collected by the county, was advanced by the parish in 1633. (fn. 61) more work was needed in 1671 and again in 1689, when half of the cost was to be paid by the lord of lordshold manor, a quarter by the lord of kingshold, and the rest by occupiers of contiguous lands, including the mills. (fn. 62) the parish clerk laid responsibility for maintenance on the county in 1802 but the parish was indicted for failure to repair in 1824. (fn. 63) the trustees of the river lee navigation had provided a timber bridge but were not responsible for its upkeep in 1842. (fn. 64 )
kates lane crossed hackney brook (fn. 53) in 1825 by a ford and a footbridge, which the parish replaced with a brick bridge c. 1841. a ford and footbridge carried the north cross road from kingsland to lower clapton. dalston lane bridge over hackney brook needed repair in 1722. (fn. 54) the hackney turnpike trust rebuilt it as a triple - arched brick bridge which in 1825 often impeded the stream and caused water to flow across church street; that bridge was rebuilt as a single arch in the 1830s. hackney bridge, to be repaired in 1543, (fn. 55) was presumably the church street (later hackney) bridge which was to be railed in 1657 and which needed repair in 1703; its upkeep (fn. 56) was accepted by the parish in 1716 and it was rebuilt in brick with three arches, by public subscription, in 1799. blew (later homerton street) bridge was built by the parish to link homerton with morning lane across hackney brook; it was often repaired from 1657 (fn. 57) and comprised two brick arches after work in 1821. a path from the churchyard to morning lane crossed the brook by a footbridge of 1827. at hackney wick the road from homerton to old ford crossed the brook by a single - arched brick bridge, repaired by the parish in 1821. another bridge was built by the parish near the silk mills in 1830 .
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he attended irving grade school and south high school in minneapolis, minnesota, the university of iowa and received his b. a. degree from the university of nebraska in 1922 .
from 1923 to 1926, he was employed in the sales department of mcquay - norris manufacturing company, st. louis, missouri. in 1926 he married rosemary lumas and they had two sons, walter m. and robert j .
in 1926 he and his brother purchased the niles daily times. his brother, james, was a partner in all of the newspaper enterprises until his death in 1965 when milton and sons, walter and robert, purchase james’ interests .
it is noteworthy that the wicks were in hungary in may 1955, 18 months before the hungarian revolt of october 1956, and reported that the hungarians were outspoken in their hatred of the russians. the wicks were the only american journalists to witness and photograph the may day parade in budapest, and to report that every tenth marcher in the may day parade was a russian soldier in uniform .
he interviewed many of the world’s leading statesmen, among them: anthony eden, england; chancellor conrad adenauer, west germany; president renee coty, france; chancellor raub, austria; chancellor figel, austria; vice chancellor ludwig erhardt, west germany; president urho kekkoen, finland; king paul and queen frederika, greece; col. naguib, premier of egypt in 1953; col. shisheckly, premier of syria in 1953; and president camille shimoun, lebanon .
his sons, walt and robert, continue the family tradition of serving the company .
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he served as chief information officer (cio) for avnet, a $ 26b (fy16 revenue) global technology distributor between 2005 and 2017 .
previously he was cio at memec, a global electronic components distributor, between 2004 and 2005. prior to joining memec, mr. phillips was cio for gateway inc. he was previously the it leader for diageo’s european foods business. early in his career, he served in a number of engineering and operations leadership roles at thorn emi .
between 2008 through 2011, he served as chairman of the board of the arizona technology council, a trade association that represents arizona’s technology industry .
in 2015, mr. phillips was inducted into the cio hall of fame, a lifetime achievement that honors it executives and visionaries whose leadership has significantly impacted the field of it. additionally, he received an hmg strategy transformational cio leadership award in 2012 and was named a computerworld premier 100 it leader in 2011 .
mr. phillips holds a bachelor of science degree in electronic engineering from essex university and a post - graduate diploma in management studies from the university of west london. he is a fellow of the institution of engineering and technology .
david lord served as president and ceo of pioneer newspapers from 1991 through 2009 and remains a director of the company .
he has served as a board member and director of the associated press, is chairman and past president of page, a media cooperative, was chairman and past president of the inland press association and was a board member and director of the newspaper association of america .
lord also serves as a board member and director of craft brew alliance, a publicly traded craft brewery, where he is chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee .
born in sierra vista, he is a 1999 graduate of buena high school .
he has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in business administration from the university of arizona .
suzanne schlicht is chief operating officer for worldwest limited liability company and the world company, a fourth generation family - owned media company based in lawrence, kansas. the companies own and operate newspapers in arizona, colorado and kansas. schlicht is also publisher of steamboat today, a daily newspaper owned by worldwest, located in steamboat springs, colorado .
ms. schlicht has enjoyed a long career with the world company and worldwest. she joined the company in 1994 when it purchased a group of newspapers in the west, including the steamboat springs property where ms. schlicht was publisher. she has served as publisher and regional manager in the past and assumed her current position as coo in 2010. the company has long been recognized as an industry leader in content quality and progressive digital strategies .
ms. schlicht earned her bachelor of journalism from university of nebraska. she serves on the board of directors for the local media association and is currently vice - president. she is also a board member of the steamboat springs chamber resort association and was president of the organization in 1998 / 99. ms. schlicht has been a member of the rotary club of steamboat springs for 22 years. she was named rotarian of the year in 2007 and served as president of the club in 2010 .
ms. schlicht is a past president of colorado press association (2003) and was named colorado newspaper person of the year in 2006 by the organization .
ms. schlicht is mother to two children, allison (13) and david (9). she is an avid trail runner. the family enjoys many outdoor activities including skiing, biking and hiking .
arne l. hoel invested the first 25 - years of his career working for two large cpa firms and then a privately held media company. in 2009 he became self - employed developing a business turn - around strategy partnering in the acquisition of a variety of businesses and is now the managing member / member of a number of ventures including :
automobile dealerships operating in nevada and california with gross sales of $ 150 million; reno dealership group llc dba reno buick gmc cadillac, norcal dealership group llc dba ukiah ford and carson car center llc dba carson car center. the operations of fast lane ventures llc dba mercedes - benz of reno were sold in 2015 to provide additional investment capital and the entity will be closed in 2016 .
during his career, arne has focused on company growth, start - up ventures, acquisitions, and turnarounds. in addition to the media and automobile businesses, he has owned companies in various industries including sheet metal fabrication, oil and gas wells, equipment leasing, off - shore warranty insurance, wine distribution, real estate leasing, real estate development and a foreign currency exchange fund. the most recent venture is a new home building company called legacy communities targeted to meet market demand in the reno, nevada area .
arne assumed the general manager position at reno buick gmc cadillac when the business was purchased in 2010. upon completion of the turnaround strategy, he hired a general manager. in august of 2014, arne again assumed the position of general manager at the dealership to focus on growth and is currently grooming his successor .
arne holds a b. s. degree accounting concentration from california state university sacramento (1983) .
since 2004, he has been a managing director of levine leichtman capital partners, inc. (“llcp”), a private equity firm with offices in los angeles, dallas, chicago, new york, london and the hague. llcp manages approximately $ 7. 5 billion of institutional private equity capital. mr. romney is responsible for origination of new investment opportunities throughout the southern united states and the pacific northwestern united states from llcp’s dallas office. he led the firm’s efforts in the establishment of the investment offices in dallas, chicago, new york and london .
mr. romney has over 35 years of experience in working with various size companies on their financing needs and capital structure requirements. he has previous experience in private equity, commercial banking, merchant banking, investment banking, and mergers and acquisition advisory services .
mr. romney’s industry experience includes manufacturing, steel, energy, petrochemical, distribution, hospitality, retail, and service companies. he has experience in servicing both private and public companies. mr. romney also has extensive experience in the investment and placement of senior and subordinated debt, commercial lending, mezzanine and equity investments, mergers and acquisition advisory services, and investment banking services .
in addition, mr. romney has been involved with many troubled company situations. his experience with companies in transition includes assisting companies in workout situations, refinancing debt, bankruptcy advisory services, troubled company mergers and acquisition services and the placement of new debt or equity .
mr. romney holds a bachelor of arts degree (business management) from the marriott school of management at brigham young university and a masters of business administration degree (finance) from the w. p. carey school of business at arizona state university. he is a member of the association for corporate growth and the turnaround management association .
mr. romney resides in southlake, texas (dallas, ft. worth area) with his wife, jill. the romney’s have six children, five of whom are married, and six grandchildren, with one due in october 2017. he is active in leadership service to the lds church and the boy scouts of america. an avid runner, he enjoys participating in distance running and various sports .
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i worked in a local newsroom where i had very supportive coworkers and management. people were engaged and loved what they did, and did it well. an excellent balance of having autonomy in the assignments i tackled and guidance when i needed it. when i wanted to grow and have more challenges, my team helped me get there during my time working there and even after. even though i' ve left, we still find professional educational opportunities for each other. comfortable and beautiful working space with up - to - date equipment. opportunities for good work to be recognized through company - wide awards and blogs .
no cons - - i loved every minute i was working there. for some, working some evenings and weekends might be a bummer, but that' s due to the nature of journalism as opposed to the company. when odd hours were required, it was fair: we were on rotation .
as the journalism industry tightens its belt, stay true to the mission of the local paper - - to inform and help the community it serves. thanks for doing so so far !
two - interview process: one with the advertising director and one with the same director and the publisher. for the second interview, they claimed they could only meet during a specific half - hour window of time, and then the publisher showed up 25 minutes late. ad director was pleasant, but claimed he' d advised me of some job aspects in the first interview when he hadn' t; publisher was very unenthusiastic, contradicted everything the ad director had said in the prior interview, and left the meeting without so much as a goodbye. in all, they came across as very disorganized and in disagreement regarding the parameters of the position. i won' t go into all the negative aspects of the meeting, but suffice to say that it was one of the most demoralizing interviews i' ve ever attended .
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at his weekend press conferences regarding the investigation of the shootings that killed six people and severely injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords, pima county sheriff clarence dupnik took some time to criticize gun - and mental - health - related legislation in arizona—and the role of talk radio and cable news in polarizing the political debate .
i think it' s the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio business, some people in the tv business, and what we see on tv and how our youngsters are being raised ,
said dupnik saturday evening .
this has not become the nice united states of america most of us grew up in, and i think it' s time we did the soul - searching .
dupnik' s criticism of what he considers hate - filled propaganda from the right is not new .
i think america has been revved into high anger, and it' s been done over the years primarily by radio talk - show hosts ,
dupnik told the tucson weekly for a may 20, 2010, media watch piece .
… they' ve been basically bombarded with,' hate america; do away with taxes; politicians are corrupt.' i think as a result, we' re starting to see some of the products of that anger. i think people who preach that philosophy are partly responsible for some of the stuff that' s being channeled out of government .
dupnik continued :
it' s (the) right - wing that i' m talking about. they play to the anger of the people and the paranoia that' s going on. i just think people ought to be more responsible. you have to take into consideration what' s best for america .
much of dupnik' s focus has been on jon justice, the conservative morning host at kqth fm 104. 1. while justice was not specifically mentioned during any of dupnik' s press conferences, it didn' t take long for justice to respond. he went so far as to call for the sheriff' s resignation .
i feel incredibly bad for our brave pima county sheriff' s officers who have to serve under clarence dupnik ,
justice told the tucson weekly via e - mail on saturday .
within hours of the horrific shooting that took place at the congresswoman' s event, dupnik was telling local media that talk radio and the media was partly to blame, only to repeat his statements again during the press conference that was receiving national attention .
we have no idea at this point the motivation of this murderer' s act ,
justice wrote .
yet dupnik took his moment in the spotlight to drive a political wedge into the event. they were reckless and dangerous statements made by someone who should have known better. he should have been using his time to help bring the community together. instead, his statements made tucson appear to be a city full of hate, bigotry and vitriol. to say, as dupnik did, that comments made on the airwaves essentially motivated this person to commit this crime is exactly what he blamed talk radio of doing, inciting through pure rhetoric. it was complete misuse of his power, and he owes the media in town, tv and radio, an apology for his horrible comments in the middle of such a tragic day. he should step down immediately from his position as pima county sheriff .
at this stage, there is no evidence to suggest the alleged shooter, jared loughner, was in any way influenced by conservative talk radio. if anything, his mostly incoherent rants suggest something resembling an anarchist point of view. his new world order and one - world currency conspiracy - theory blatherings seem more in the realm of diatribes by jesse ventura and alex jones—and nowhere near the easily accessible perspectives of justice, rush limbaugh and sean hannity .
while local tv - news organizations dedicated the day on saturday, jan. 8—and most of the weekend, for that matter—to wall - to - wall coverage of the shooting, kvoa channel 4 had to balance some delicate issues .
for starters, kvoa was one of the news outlets that erroneously reported through their sources that giffords had died .
other media outlets (including the tucson weekly) reported that giffords had died, but cited other media outlets rather than their own sources. (full disclosure: the same goes for kcub am 1290, where i participated in piecemeal live coverage. we were scheduled to broadcast our pregame show for the arizona men' s basketball game against stanford; the game was ultimately postponed .) that was around 12: 30 p. m. on saturday .
it was not a decision we made lightly ,
said kvoa general manager bill shaw via e - mail .
we heard the news repeatedly but waited to report until we checked on numerous sources. there were four independent sources (two that were inside the hospital itself) that gave us the information that she had passed away. in addition, there were national outlets that reported that she had passed away, including npr and fox news. plus, numerous websites reported the same. within a few minutes, (kvoa reporter lupita murillo) said that we were getting conflicting reports, and within a few more, said that, in fact, she was alive, and in surgery, fighting for her life .
later in the afternoon, kvoa faced major logistical programming issues: the station had to choose between coverage of the shooting and the nfl playoffs. the station chose nfl football in the 2 o' clock hour .
as amazing as it might seem for those in the media, and those glued to the news of what may be the most significant news event in modern tucson history, the reality is that many people weren' t interested. instead, they wanted to watch football .
on a personal note, much of my profession is sports - related, and as a result, i' m surrounded by friends who like sports. i mention this for perspective, for while i would have stayed with local news coverage, many of my sports - fan friends believe kvoa made the correct decision to go to football .
i don' t recall a situation like this in broadcasting. it is truly unprecedented ,
shaw said .
we had major tragedy, and at the same time had two nfl games on our air. the decision to air the games was a tough one, but please do realize it was not an economic decision. we were fully staffed and had a full news operation from 11 a. m. (saturday) through 10: 30 p. m. , and all coverage was without commercial inventory .
we did have a lot of feedback from our viewers demanding football. the overriding theme from their perspective was,' we have been watching now for hours, and there is nothing really new; please put the game on, and break in if you need to. we have plenty of places to get the news, but you are the only place to get the games.'
ultimately, i made the decision to air the games, because in the end, it was in the best interest of the viewers. we ran news coverage everywhere but in the actual games, and upon review, nothing was missed. we carried the news conference following the first game and gave updates throughout. we monitored all the news coverage both nationally and locally, and there was no shortage of information either on (the air), on our website or elsewhere .
all in all, i believe the kvoa news staff and the coverage was outstanding under very difficult circumstances, and (we) kept our viewers fully informed throughout and will continue to do so .
in addition to the glitches one might expect during a day full of news coverage—highlighted by, but not limited to, the inability of local stations to seamlessly transition from the national high - definition feed to local inserts—kvoa constantly battled the technical logistics of bouncing between news updates and the games. the station broke into halftime coverage of the indianapolis colts / new york jets game, but didn' t appropriately time the segment. as a result, the station cut away in the middle of a packaged piece to rejoin the second half of the game, which was already in progress .
by airing the nfl doubleheader, kvoa may have opened the door for other news operations to exploit that decision. the salespeople for chief competitors kgun channel 9 and kold channel 13 can say their station stayed with coverage throughout, and ask :
to whom would you rather commit your local news - advertising dollars? the station committed to major local news coverage, or the station that played the football games ?
i agree ,
shaw said about the fact that the decision could be exploited ,
but in the end, you have to make the call .
regarding cases like this, many station - licensing agreements include the vague discretionary concept of
in the public interest ,
which was designed precisely for breaking - news events. it' s what stations can fall back on to deal with irate callers upset with program interruptions .
on sunday morning, kold did broadcast an nfl playoff game in its entirety, and cut into numerous commercial breaks for local news drops. while there was significantly less new information that day, the decision did pre - empt a live fbi press conference .
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wick communications (formerly known as wick newspaper group) is a family-owned community news company with 28 newspapers and 18 specialty publications in 12 states. the home offices are in sierra vista, arizona, and it has newspapers in arizona, louisiana, montana, colorado, alaska, california, north carolina, north dakota, south dakota, idaho and oregon.
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