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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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
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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
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