Schurz COMMUNICATOR January 2015

KY3’s Reynolds retires after 47 years ~ Story on page 14 What’s on the inside Eric McIntosh, The inevitable finally happened in this issue of the Communicator. controller for the Newspapers with the same name created confusion as both grabbed headlines for outstand- Hoosier Times in ing achievements. Indiana, has been The Bloomington, IN Herald-Times (with a dash) was named the Indiana Newspaper of the named Publishing Year by the Hoosier State Press Association. Group controller for And the Herald Times (without a dash) from Gaylord, MI was Schurz named the Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year. Communications. He The two Herald Times’ are frequent visitors to the winners is a CPA and a circle. For Bloomington this was the fourth time to be named graduate of Indiana Indiana Newspaper of the Year, competing against newspapers University. He joined McIntosh of all sizes. It won previously in 1975, 1984 and 2007. The the Bloomington Herald-Times in 2000 as assistant con- Michigan contest is a competition against newspapers in the troller. Story page 4. same circulation category. The award goes to the newspaper Brian McDonough, president and with the most wins in the Association’s Better Newspaper general manager at Contest. The Herald Times won 17 awards to take the award in KY3, Inc. in the Weekly Class C category. Springfield, MO, has The Newspaper of the Year was one of 18 awards won by the been named recipi- Bloomington Herald-Times. ent of the Kansas The Bloomington achievement wasn’t the only outstanding Association of effort by SCI newspapers in the Hoosier State Press Association Broadcasters Mike contest. Oatman award for The South Bend Tribune’s Robert Franklin had the best general news photo on the Indiana broadcast sales contest. This was one of 13 awards won by the Tribune, including best web site. The excellence. Story Martinsville Reporter-Times and the page 4. McDonough Mooresville/Decatur Times win 18 awards. Communicator SCI broadcast properties also did well in Brian Culp, man- on the Web competition the final quarter. KTUU-TV in Each issue of the Schurz Communicator aging editor of the Anchorage, AK won six Oldies in the Alaska Martinsville and is being made available electronically Mooresville newspa- Broadcast Association contest and WSBT in on the SCI website. Back issues can pers in Indiana, has Mishawaka, IN won two Spectrum awards in also be found on the site. been fighting the the Indiana Broadcast Association contest. A limited number of printed copies are good fight for open A featured story in the January being produced. Between 10 and 30 government in Communicator is on pages 6 and 7 and focuses copies of each issue are being sent by Indiana waging two on the Bloomington, IN Herald-Times and the UPS to the individual properties. public access fights Aberdeen, SD American News that were sin- in the past year, win- Culp gled out by USA Today for testing a special six- to 10-page newspaper supplement designed ning one and losing to examine a way to shift resources, manage expenses and move into the future. Stories on one. Story on page 15. the reactions of the two markets to the experiment are examined on page 7. Sunflower Page 5 is devoted to the coverage by KWCH 12 in Wichita, KS of the Kansas City Royals Broadcasting in run for major league baseball’s world championship. The Eyewitness Sports team trekked to Wichita, KA has Los Angeles, Baltimore, San Francisco and Kansas City to cover every pitch in the Royals named Jenn Bates wild ride. as the new anchor The digital section on pages 8 and 9 begins with a focus on Schurz Communications’ of Eyewitness switch to Microsoft Office 365 as a cloud-based platform and its implications. Also included News in the are stories on KY3 in Springfield, MO winning two national E-Commerce awards, on the Morning on KWCH 12. Bates has been Aberdeen American News’ “tablet town” program continuing to grow and Herald-Mail an award winning Media in Hagerstown, MD providing live election results coverage on its cable news channel. member of the On page 11 is a reprint of an article that appeared in the WSBT Transmitter of 2014 mark- Bates Eyewitness sports ing the 75th anniversary of the introduction of television broadcasting in the United States, team, which she joined in 2008. Story which started at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. on page 18. --Bill Schrader, Editor David Stone, a veteran newsman, has been named edi- tor of the Winchester, KY Sun. Stone first On the cover joined the Sun staff in Ned Reynolds, sportscaster at KY3-TV in Springfield, MO, retired in December to 1996 as a design edi- bring to an end an award-filled 47 year career. Friends, family and co-workers showed tor and served as edi- their appreciation for Reynolds’ dedication at a retirement ceremony when the sports tor of the online Sun office at KY3 was renamed the “Ned Reynolds Sports Center”. Other gifts included two and as assistant man- $2,500 scholarships awarded in Reynolds honor and a Topps replica baseball card. aging editor. Story Reynolds is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the Springfield Area Sports on page 19. Hall of Fame and recipient of the prestigious “Silver Circle” award presented by the Stone National Academy of Arts and Sciences. Story on page 14.

2 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Sharing thoughts on the media industry By TODD F, SCHURZ President/CEO Schurz Communications Inc. Sometimes employees at our various operations ask me what I am thinking about in terms of the media industry, and I would like to use this month’s column to answer that question. The photo with this column is of four notes that are pinned above my desk as a constant reminder and gentle prod. All of these questions or thoughts I heard or read somewhere (so there is no pride of author- ship). Here is what they mean to me as we start off 2015. Better and stronger: A few years ago, one of my brothers challenged us to come up with the big, audacious goal for our gen- eration of owners. After significant discus- sion among three generations, we decided TODD SCHURZ that we wanted “to pass along a better and stronger family and business to the next generation of owners than the one we received”. As I think about our company, my goal is to grow and further diversify the company so that it is better and stronger. Now, while the goal sounds simple, it will require significant time and effort to figure out what that Some of these notes will be replaced with other thoughts and ques- means and how to do it. tions at some point during the year; Silver buckshot: While the single silver bullet worked for the I realize with some regret that there is not a customer-focused one Lone Ranger, there are no silver bullets for us. In other words, there up right now (which is a major oversight on my part). is no single or simple solution to the challenges we face. In years While there are times that I do not sleep particularly well (the past, if we had a new department store or automobile dealer open in budget season comes to mind), most nights I sleep quite well. For the market, we were pretty much guaranteed to have a good year. when those questions come up in the middle of the night, there are Instead, we need to be looking for silver buckshot – lots and lots of two thoughts that ease my anxieties. buckshot. We will continue to conduct many experiments and learn First, I remind myself of the progress we have made over the from each other as we create and discover the business model that years and are making today. We have adapted, survived and thrived will sustain community journalism in the digital era. for over 140 years. Swing easy: An industry colleague and friend told me how much And second, I remember and am thankful for the great people who he has learned about business from playing golf. “Swing easy” was work for our company and who make it happen every day. his advice for me and for everyone. The note is a reminder that I That thought reminds me of one of last year’s notes: “We succeed, often produce the best results by relaxing and playing to my I fail”. Success is always a team sport, and it is great to be a part of strengths. Stress can help us be more pro- this team. quickly we all got together.” ductive (eustress) at times; we all have known how a deadline can bring great focus and creativity. However, we all know that stress can also cause considerable harm when SCI Core Values there is too much (distress). So, it is vital for We constantly strive to improve to meet the needs and wants of readers, listeners, view- me to know where that optimal point is and ers, users, and advertisers. We believe that talented and dedicated employees have made to make certain that I do not go past it. the company successful in the past and are the hope of the future. We are committed to What keeps me up at night? This one providing an environment that gives our employees the opportunity to achieve their took me some time to sort out, and I encour- potential. age you to think about your answer. For me, Our company’s strength mirrors the strength of our communities. We support our local what keeps me up at night is the worry/fear communities as a good corporate citizen and encourage active involvement. We are com- that we did not address the most important mitted to excellence in all that we do. We hold each other accountable for using our best challenges with honesty and courage and that efforts to achieve success. we did not move as quickly and boldly as We believe in acting for the benefit of the entire organization and delegating decision needed. It is my privilege to meet business making authority to the appropriate level. We believe strong local leaders empower our owners in all of our communities, and we operations and people to nimbly and successfully serve our customers and communities. often talk about how fast the world is chang- Our goal is to be the leader in news and information in our markets. We believe that ing. I often hear someone say, “We need to financial profitability provides the resources necessary for the company’s long-term move faster because we are not keeping up.” health and growth. We set operating and financial expectations through the budgeting I have never, repeat never, heard someone process. We will help each other and hold each other mutually accountable to meet those say that they need to adapt more slowly. goals.

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 3 McIntosh controller for Publishing Group Effective Oct 20, 2014, Eric McIntosh was named Publishing Group Controller for SCI Publishing. Eric started his career with Schurz Communications in 2000 as assistant controller for the Herald-Times in Bloomington. In 2005, he was promoted to controller for the Hoosier Times, overseeing all financials for the SCI owned Bloomington Herald- Times, Bedford Times-Mail, Martinsville Reporter-Times and Mooresville Decatur-Times. “Eric has played a key role in the successful centralization and con- solidation of the Hoosier Times group,” said Mayer Maloney, presi- dent of the Hoosier Times, Inc. and publisher of the four newspapers. “He is a key member of our management and leadership team who is liked and respected by everyone.” Eric was honored as the recipient of the Jim Schurz Spirit Award in 2007. He is a CPA and a graduate of Indiana University. Prior to join- ing Schurz, Eric worked for a Bloomington accounting firm. “Eric works tirelessly to find ways to improve business operations and has a passion for serving both our internal and external cus- tomers. I have great confidence in Eric’s ability to lead our SCI publishing financial team as we develop and implement standards and Eric McIntosh centralization strategies,” said Gary Hoipkemier Sr. VP and CFO, Schurz Communications, Inc. “Eric has a wonderful way of bringing clarity to business decisions Frank Schurz receives award with his deep analysis of financials. He will be a great resource for The Indiana Broadcast Association recognized Franklin D. myself and the entire publishing team and will serve as the financial Schurz, Jr., chairman emeritus of Schurz Communications compass that we need to navigate our business in this everchanging with its Lifetime Achievement Award, The presentation was business world,” said Cory Bollinger, VP of Publishing for Schurz. made at IBA’s 27th annual Spectrum awards ceremony Eric will add his new responsibilities while he continue his duties November 8 in Indianapolis. Schurz served as President and CEO of SCI from 1982-2007. He graduated from Harvard as Controller for the Hoosier Times and will continue to work out of College and received his Master’s degree from the Harvard the Bloomington Indiana office of the Herald-Times. Graduate School of Business Administration. Eric and his wife, Kitty have three children, Mandy, 15, Matt, 13 and Stephanie 6. KY3’s McDonough is HOT 93.1 Oatman Award recipient goes to Brian McDonough, President and General Manager of KY3, Inc. in Springfield, MO, has been named recipient of the 2014 Kansas school Association of Broadcasters (KAB) Mike Oatman Award for Jay Day from New Broadcast Sales Excellence. Rushmore Media’s KAB established this award in 2003 to honor Hot 93.1 in Rapid the memory of Mike Oatman for his achieve- City, SD visited the ments in the broadcast industry. Mike was a Sturgis, SD talented radio broadcaster who touched the “Afterschool lives of many. He was a hard-working leader Program” and spoke that built his career with Great Empire to the class Broadcasting, Inc. about radio broad- Brian started working for Mike Oatman and casting. The School Great Empire Research in the late 80’s while program is super- vised by Hot attending Wichita State University. It was there McDONOUGH 93.1 part-timer where the media bug bit him and led him to Megan Moravec. pursue a career in media sales. Brian is a 26 year broadcast veteran with long stints in both radio and television. He joined KWCH in 2007 as the General Sales Manager. In early 2011, SCI promoted Brian to his current position.

4 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Royals dominate month of October KWCH 12 covers Kansas City’s postseason run By LANCE SNOW KWCH 12 Wichita, KS. The month of October was like nothing the Eyewitness Sports department in Wichita, KS had ever seen….at least not in 29 years. The Kansas City Royals were in the World Series and Eyewitness Sports was the only team in Wichita to travel with the Royals to every game of their historic postseason run. The Eyewitness Sports department trekked to Los Angeles, Baltimore, San Francisco and Kansas City, covering every pitch of the Royals’ wild ride. That wild ride began on September 30, when the Royals rallied to beat Goddard, KS native Derek Norris and the Oakland A’s 9-8 in a 12 inning thriller to advance in the play- offs. It was at that moment, that we knew we were in for a memorable October. Sports Anchor Jacob Albracht and Content Coordinator Clint Harden covered the team during that unforgettable night of celebra- tion. Harden captured the moments with unbelievable photos that kept fans glued to our website. Those photos allowed us to engage with the community through Facebook and twitter in a way that no one else could. Albracht’s baseball knowledge and passion for the sport offered our viewers insight and Kansas City’s Alex Gordon in at the plate perspective that few stations could offer. The momentum from that night would 7308 miles! Reporter Hannah Davis turned spectacular carry the Royals and our sports department In total, a crew of nine covered the Royals fan-features that focused on many of the seven games deep into the World Series. The at one point or another during the playoff celebrities in attendance at the World Series. coverage shifted to Los Angeles, where run. Our coverage included live hits during I can recall a picture of Hannah with Kansas Sports Anchor Jenn Bates and Photographer every show, including several Sports City native actor Paul Rudd. Sam Anderson turned spectacular coverage Sundays that filled 30 minutes of wall-to- While the Royals fell one-game shy of and pictures of the event. The tandem of wall Royals coverage. winning a world championship, it was still a Bates and Anderson logged flights from It would be hard to mention our coverage season to celebrate. Eyewitness Sports cele- coast-to-coast, covering two games in L.A., without mentioning Photographer Rob brated by airing a 30-minute special on the two games in Baltimore, and three games in Schunn, who manned our satellite truck long Royals postseason run. San Francisco. Altogether, the pair traveled hours at a time. Also, Eyewitness News Prior to the 2014 baseball season, the last time the Kansas City Royals had punched their ticket to the playoffs was 1985, when they won the Fall Classic against the St. KWCH No. 1 in July Nielsen Louis Cardinals KWCH 12 and KSCW are Kansans’ preferred choices for local news, winning house- Longtime Eyewitness News sportscaster holds in all news periods during Nielsen’s July ratings period. Bruce Haertl could remember 1985 vividly, On both stations Eyewitness News won all time periods in the households: morning, but most in the Eyewitness Sports depart- noon, 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. KWCH 12 also won the ment were still in little league -- or still on demos in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for all evening newscasts. deck -- waiting to be born. “Kansans continue to think of Eyewitness News as their local news leader,” President The Royals were the ultimate doghouse -- and General Manager of Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. Joan Barrett said. “We know that to -- penthouse story. An organization -- and news consumers are looking for news at different times and on multiple platforms. We a fan base -- that had gone nearly three are grateful that we are their first choice on KWCH 12 and KSCW. ” decades without savoring the sweetness of In the evenings Eyewitness News wins on both KWCH 12 and KSCW. KWCH 12’s October baseball. They took an entire gener- Eyewitness News at 10:00 p.m. dominates the competition, more than doubling KSN and ation of fans on a ride they will never forget tripling KAKE in households. Eyewitness News at 9:00 p.m. on KSCW beats KSAS in and neither will the Eyewitness Sports. households.

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 5 Two SCI papers test USA Today supplement Readers of The HYPERLINK “http:// www.aberdeennews.com/” American News in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and The Herald-Times in Bloomington, IN noticed something different when they open their newspaper: in December…the inclusion of a six- to 10-page HYPERLINK “http:// www.usatoday.com/” USA Today supple- ment.. Inclusion of USA Today is an experiment that HYPERLINK “http://www.schurz. com/” Schurz Communications, owner of the Aberdeen and Bloomington papers, is conducting to examine new ways to shift resources, manage expenses and determine what’s best for the future of the paper. The experiment also marks the first time that HYPERLINK “http://www.gannett. com/” Gannett Co., owner of USA Today, has extended its HYPERLINK “http:// www.netnewscheck.com/article/31871/gan- nett-usa-today-inserts-to-hit-35- markets?ref=search” Project Butterfly pro- gram beyond its own brand. Gannett launched Project Butterfly in fall 2013 when it piloted the addition of USA Today in four of its markets. In December 2013, the company announced that USA Today would become part of HYPERLINK “http://www.gannett.com/article/20131211/ PRESSRELEASES2013/131211001/ Gannett-s-local-publishers-USA-TODAY- partner-deliver-expanded-coverage-consum- ers-” 35 of its daily publications. Gannett declined to comment on the exten- sion of the program in the two Schurz mar- kets. Kerry Oslund, senior vice president of publishing and emerging media at Schurz, says SCI already has a “strategic relation- ship” with Gannett, which prints Schurz’s California products at its Palm Springs facility. He says the USA Today trial is an extension of that partnership. “We thought it was a really interesting experiment at Gannett,” Oslund says. “[But] there’s a lot that needs to be measured and understood.” Cory Bollinger, Schurz vice president of publishing and publisher of the American News, says he’s heard there were favorable responses from readers and improved circu- lation at the Gannett papers that included the USA Today. So, Schurz decided to try it out in a small-medium market (Aberdeen) and a larger one (Bloomington). “We raised our hand in a hurry,” Bollinger says. “We were interested in what Gannett was doing. We were really surprised how

(Continued on page 7) 6 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Mixed results in USA Today test at Herald-Times By BOB ZALTSBERG want the New York Times, I’ll buy the New favor. Editor, Bloomington Herald-Times York Times. Give me local news!” Support for the section seemed to build as Comments about the USA Today section On the first day of the USA Today trial the days clicked off, but so did the passion of published with The Herald-Times took me period, 31 readers emailed or called with some of those who want no part of USA back to my first week as editor many years their opinions. Two of my favorites came first Today in their local newspaper. A few others ago. thing in the morning. threatened to cancel their subscriptions, and Two readers sent me “It’s like a dreamsicle, two flavors in one. one reader left me this voice mail: the same story from the Local and global. My happy meter just went There was this thoughtful note: New York Times News from 5 to 10. Merry Christmas to you too!” “Given a couple of decades of urging Service that had been in And: “Dear H-T: Are you crazy? If I want- ‘teamwork’ and the last decade of ‘partner’ the Herald-Times. ed USA Today, I’d buy it. Instead, I subscribe emphasis in everything from sports teams to One wrote that he to the Herald-Times. Or, at least, I thought I medical care, I have wondered for a long liked the use of the New did. If you persist with this USA Today crap, time why newspapers were NOT teaming up York Times story and I’ll cancel my subscription.” to provide a full plate for their hungry cus- would welcome more. Strong views, both ways. tomers.” ZALTSBERG The other wrote: “If I The first day’s tally was 16 against, 15 in This reader, like some others, did worry about what a long-term partnership would mean. Some critics suggested that adding the Aberdeen readers welcome USA Today pages would reduce our local content, which would not be the case. Others were concerned we would drop our USA Today supplement trial other wire services, primarily Associated By Katherine Grandstrand USA Today’s parent company, Gannett Press. But that’s not a consideration, either, Aberdeen American News Inc. (the largest newspaper chain in the for a variety of reasons. One main one is that The Aberdeen (S.D.) American News was U.S.), also own the Argus Leader in Sioux AP is our source for state news and national one of two Schurz Falls. That paper prints many of the same sports news, including stories about the newspapers testing a USA Today pages every day. Hoosier state’s professional teams. USA Today B Section “But I would suggest our connection to the It will be a while for any decision is made for national news and USA Today brand is stronger than most by Schurz Communications Inc. about sports in December, papers around the country,” Perry added. “Al whether to move forward with this additional which is part of a Neuharth, the brains and heart and voice content. broader centralization behind the product, was born and raised in As that discussion goes on, you can count experiment going on South Dakota. In fact, the cantankerous on national/international stories from the within the company. newsman (famously self-described in the Associated Press complementing the work of The majority of the title of his autobiography, “Confessions of an our local journalists as we continue to do the PERRY calls, emails, tweets S.O.B.”), who died in 2013, is buried in best we can to provide our readers with cov- and Facebook messag- Eureka Cemetery, alongside his family. erage dominated by local news and a sam- es from readers have been positive, execu- pling of what’s going on in the world around tive editor J.J. Perry said. us. “It’s clearly all positive, there’s a very small percentage that’s negative,” Perry said. USA Today supplement tested “I think people really appreciate getting (Continued from page 6) and each paper covers printing costs. Editors more.” quickly we all got together.” have a few options in number of pages, The test came at a particularly challenging It only took about a month for the trial to between two and 10 pages, and among a time for the American News. USA Today come to fruition, from the first talks of test- variety of content, which comes in full pages. runs more pages in color than the News, and ing USA Today in two of Schurz’s markets to Bollinger says Gannett sends a list of stories a holiday sale on full-color ads created a bit its implementation, he says. so editors can decide what to include. of a crunch for colored pages. On top of that, Readership surveys were conducted before Bollinger says The American News ran a The Herald-Mail, of Hagerstown, Md., start- the pilot began, as a “temperature check to minimum of six pages, with one or two ed doing the page layout for the American create baselines,” Bollinger says, and follow- devoted to sports each day. The Herald- News. up surveys were conducted to determine sat- Times ran six pages from Dec. 1 to 6, includ- “The USA Today people have been really isfaction with content, service and value. ing three pages of news, two pages of Money pretty good about helping us out quite a bit, Three days into The Herald-Times’ trial, and one of Life each day, Maloney says. answering a lot of questions — I mean, publisher Mayer Maloney says a little more Both publishers have reduced the size of they’re trying to sell us a product — but than half of the responses they’ve received their regular papers during the trial to avoid they’re really responsive,” Perry said. “The have been positive. He says he’s looking for- duplication of national and international news other thing that I think’s pretty cool is how ward to seeing the final results and how it can content, Maloney says The Herald-Times quickly we can do something and adapt dur- potentially improve readership, operations didn’t include any Associated Press content ing the worst time of year you can try to and content. in these categories during the test, but still adapt to something — the second week of The USA Today supplements come pre- used AP for statewide news. December is not the week you want to be designed and are sent electronically to indi- messing with the newspaper.“ vidual newspapers. Printing is done locally Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 7 New ‘cloud’ looms on the SCI horizon By SALLY BROWN PowerPoint are components and there is an sible. If you have questions or need assis- WSBT President/General Manager app for mail that is similar to Outlook. tance, please ask your department manager. Within the next few months, all Schurz --Each user will have a 50GB mailbox and All your Google content will be trans- Communications properties will switch from 1TB One Drive (currently Google Drive). ferred over to your new OneDrive. Google’s cloud-based solutions (including That’s considerably more storage than However, if you have shared documents, the Gmail) to a product that Schurz’s IT depart- Google. sharing will not transfer so you’ll need to re- ment has selected to better suit our needs -- --Office 365 apps are available for Apple share those documents once they’ve been Microsoft Office 365. and Android devices. transferred. WSBT in Mishawaka, IN is slated to Schurz has contracted with an outside Once we have transitioned to Office 365, make the move in the first quarter of 2015. company to move all current content from your voicemail will be fully integrated into So if you’ve missed Microsoft Outlook Google Drive to Office 365 to make the your email, which means that when you since our switch to Gmail a few years ago, transition faster. There are some things you delete a voicemail message from your email/ you’ll be happy to know that it’s coming need to be aware of such as: computer, it will also be deleted from your back! We will be charged based on the amount office phone. Here are some additional details: of content to be moved. Currently, Schurz Again, WSBT is scheduled to make the --Office 365 is a cloudbased platform like has over 400,000 documents on Google transition from Google to Office 365 some- Google that offers real-time access and col- Drive! All employees need to go through time in the first quarter of 2015. More infor- laboration. So your email and documents their Gmail and Google Drive and delete mation will be distributed as plans are final- will be available to you whenever you have what is no longer needed. If you don’t regu- ized and the timeline is confirmed. internet service. larly delete email, you’ll have much work to --Web-based apps like Word, Excel, and do to—so please get started as soon as pos- KY3 wins two awards for E-Commerce activity KY3, Inc. in Springfield, MO has received two national awards for deals and e-commerce programs. The Local Media Insider, an online trade journal that provides best practices for emerging business models, awarded KY3 with “Best E-Commerce/Deals Strategy” in its recent 2014 Best of Local Media Award competition. The judges’ comments included, “They do a fantastic job with their ecommerce strategy.” Located in a 75 DMA, this Schurz market consistently innovates a deal strategy that includes daily deals, auctions, golf and spa cards, and numerous themed stores throughout 2014. The entire sales team is also trained in Promotions University for Deals in 2014 Marc Backes and Sarah King KY3, Inc. was also awarded “Best E-Commerce Program” by Second Street Media, in the recent Second Street 2014 KY3 digital sellers Awards program. KY3’s daily deal site, HYPERLINK “http:// www.halfpriceozarks.com/deal/springfield”HalfPriceOzarks. become IAB certified com, was recognized as the top deal site from the 320 media Two of KY3, Inc’s Digital Account Executives, Marc Backes and companies that Second Street Media works with nationally. The Sarah King, recently took and passed the Internet Advertising other finalists for this award included Baton Rouge Business Bureau’s Digital Media Sales Certification Exam. Report’s 225 Best Eats, Hubbard Broadcasting’s CincySavers. This program requires that you meet the professional standards set com, and Mount Mansfield Television’s WCAX-TV’s Jump On by the leaders in the digital advertising industry by taking an admin- It. istered exam, and then maintain credentials through ongoing recerti- KY3, Inc. has also recently entered into a local agreement fication. with Journal Broadcast Group, whereby KY3 is powering a new IAB’s Digital Media Sales Certification raises knowledge of the deal site for the Journal, OzarksDailyDeals.com. Through this most important concepts, guidelines and best practices in interactive agreement, KY3 shares deals for the Journal to sell on its site, advertising. and earns additional revenue for all sales that occur on the KY3, Inc. plans to have its entire digital sales team become IAB Journal site. KY3, Inc. hopes to expand this model to other certified in 2015, but a special congratulations to Marc and Sarah for media groups within their DMA in 2015. completing this certification in 2014!

8 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator American News Tablet Town continues By KATHERINE GRANDSTRAND projects director. customers were using iPads with a data plan, Aberdeen American News “Everybody that came to a meeting left and cellular reception in Columbia was less A pilot program that encourages rural sub- with a tablet,” Cole said. “Nobody said, ‘No, than stellar, Cole said. scribers to switch to the e-edition of the we weren’t interested. We had two people “It just works a lot better with a WiFi sig- Aberdeen, SD American News has expand- sign up that weren’t even subscribers, they nal,” Cole said. “Plus, the data is so expen- ed to two more South Dakota towns. just saw us there and wanted to see what it sive that the price point is going to end up Residents of Onida, 638 residents, and was all about and ended up signing up.” being too high.” Miller, 1,489 residents, 129 miles and 89 The program started in Columbia, popula- iPads offered to customers in Onida and miles from Aberdeen respectively, were tion 136, about 20 miles away from Miller were those that function on WiFi only, receptive to the Tablet Town program, said Aberdeen. There were a few subscribers Cole said. Carrie Cole, emerging media and special who didn’t like the tablet version, but those Those with papers delivered by USPS were less likely to switch to a digital copy than those whose carrier service was threat- ened, Cole said. Daily American online store Since its start in Columbia, the American News team has learn a lot about customers promotes Somerset products and their use of technology, Marketing By MICHELLE GANASSI Somerset County,” she said. “Everything is Director Tyler Oliver said. Customers Somerset PA Daily American unique.” requested a few weeks with both the print The Daily American in Somerset, Pa. Newspaper General Manager Becky Flyte and digital editions for transition. unveiled a new website that gives local arti- explained that the newspaper has the ability “We thought initially that that was kind of sans a place sell their products — just in to bring local vendors together and promote against the point of what we’re trying to do, time for last minute Christmas gifts. their items. “We have the number 1 website just pull the Band-Aid already, but people Made in Somerset County launched with in our county,” she said. “We have the ability responded really well and the feedback was 16 vendors. Daily American Digital Media to promote these products to the world.” great for that,” Oliver said. “That was one of Director Genna Smith said her goal is to Some of the items are on display in the the great things of being kind of open when have 50 vendors by this time next year. Daily American office. Smith explained that you’re going into something this new.” Items range from specialty food items to a computer is available in the office for peo- With the threat of winter weather already jewelry and crafts to doll clothing. The ple to view all of the items if they do not affecting the area this season, the benefits of entire inventory can be viewed at have internet access at their home. a digital subscription become more apparent, HYPERLINK “http://madeinsomersetcoun- “It is really a great way to promote all the Oliver said. ty.com” \o “http://madeinsomersetcounty. hard work of the people of Somerset “When it gets to be bad, it’s just not safe to com/” madeinsomersetcounty.com. County,” she said. “We offer speciality prod- send somebody out there,” Oliver said. “Everything is locally produced in ucts you cannot get anywhere else.” “Today’s newspaper should be in your hands today, not tomorrow.” Cincinnati latest to sign up ​Herald-Mail Media for RedPost program provides live coverage Gannett’s Cincinnati Enquirer is the latest publisher to sign on with HYPERLINK “http://www.redpost.co/” \t “_blank” for election​ RedPost for a trial of its smart news rack displays. RedPost news racks debuted in April when Schurz On election night Herald-Mail Media in Hagerston, MD reported Communications’ South Bend (Ind.) Tribune rolled out 10 of the the results of significant local races live on HeraldMailMedia.com displays in its market after partnering with RedPost on develop- and on its cable news channel, HMTV6. ment. Vote tallies were constantly updated online, and the updates were In September, HYPERLINK “http://www.newsandtech.com/ carried on a three-hour election special that aired from 9 p.m. to dateline/article_c098cdb0-346d-11e4-822d-0019bb2963f4.html” midnight. \t “_blank” the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah, and SCI’s Anchor Raychel Harvey-Jones and Herald-Mail columnist Tim Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times also signed on for the dis- Rowland took part in evolving conversations with several communi- plays. ty leaders, who talked about what was at stake in key elections. “We are excited to pilot this innovative approach to an estab- Robust discussion provided context to the live results as guests pon- lished sales practice in Cincinnati as a way to increase our retail dered how different groups of officials might work together. sales, create a new channel for our advertisers and increase As results became more complete, we announced winners via engagement with our current and prospective readers,” said HeraldMailMedia.com, TV, social media and e-alerts, and, of course, Craig Holley, director of national single copy sales for Gannett. stories were filed with the most up-to-date results available at dead- RedPost’s news rack displays feature digital elements that are line. updated in real time, content from the current day’s print and Editors worked into the wee hours of the morning, when the digital editions, breaking news, advertising and Twitter feeds and majority of statewide results were called, so that our readers could more. wake up to the most complete results available.

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 9 Community Involvement Innovative approach at Antietam Cable to provide assistance By CYNTHIA GARLAND Antietam Cable, Hagerstown, MD Antietam Cable offers a unique way beyond the standard public service announcement to aid and enhance the ability of local charita- ble entities to perform capital fundraising. It uses its national award winning video production department to create in-depth long form-video presentations. The programs are approximately ten minutes in length. They cre- ate a venue for representatives from the non-profit organization, local people whose lives have been positively impacted by the orga- nization, and well-known community leaders to better formulate concepts and tell their story. The programs are then distributed in a KOTA Territory Food Drive variety of ways: as DVDs, USBs, streamed on the Internet, and as The 10th Annual KOTA Territory Bagel Drive raised over part of in-person appeals for funding. $10,000 and 698 pounds of food. KOTA Territory The effort has yielded impressive results for organizations in Television, and all of Rushmore Media’s radio stations Washington County, MD. were “live” for the event, which started at 6a.m., in below --The Boys and Girls Club of Washington County raised $2 mil- zero temperatures. Listeners, and viewers, received lion to fund construction of a new Boys & Girls Club on property bagels, plus coffee or soda, through their car window, for adjacent to the Noland Village Public Housing Community. The a donation. In the photo, are KOTA Television personali- mission of the Boys and Girls Club is to empower young people to ties Mike Modrick and Helene Duhamel, along with Rapid reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. City Chief of Police Karl Jegeris. This year also marks the Boys & Girls Club participants receive homework assistance, life- 30th Anniversary of the KOTA Territory Care and Share skill instruction, nutrition and health information, access to technolo- Food Drive. gy and are engaged in character building exercises. Most importantly they are given the opportunity to grow as individuals in a safe, nur- Marsh store to help raise awareness and donations. turing environment supervised by dedicated professionals. This year the radio group raised over 24,000 meals to help those in --Hospice of Washington County, Inc. has raised $3 million, the need. majority of funding needed for construction of Doey’s House - a Hospice House. Residents of Washington County in need of in- Advanced Cable goes golfing patient pain and symptom management, respite services, or a place On October 17, Advanced Cable in partnership with the Coral to be cared for with compassion and dignity in their last days will no Springs Rotary Club held its 15th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. longer need to leave the county once the doors open at Doey’s For the past 15 years Advanced Cable in partnership with the Coral House. Springs Rotary Club worked to build this very special day into an Antietam has recently completed another video for Star annual charity event that brings the Coral Springs business commu- Community. The organization has just embarked on an effort to nity together to raise money for local charities. raise $1 million to fund a new resident house. Star Community This year’s event raised offers a comprehensive range of residential, day program and eques- $38,000 to support Coral trian opportunities for individuals with profound disabilities. Springs Rotary Club Charities, “Producing a video is a relatively easy and low cost undertaking N.I.C.K’s Camp and the Dan for us, yet it has proven to have significant positive impact on criti- Marino Foundation. cal needs in our community,” says Brian Lynch. “It is a perfect use N.I.C.K.’s Camp (Nothing’s of our resources, and supports the SCI vision to positively impact Impossible for Cancer Kids) our communities and society.” sends children with cancer to Camp Boggy Creek for a week at summer camp. WASK Radio has Feed Need Day The Dan Marino Foundation Participants in the annual golf The WASK Radio Group in Lafayette, IN held its annual Feed the helps local children with tournament included Joy Carter, Need Day to benefit the local food bank. autism and other related dis- Coral Springs City On the day before Thanksgiving, all five station (WASK, K-105, Commissioner; Mark Painter, abilities. Keller William Partners Realty; B102.9, WKHY & ESPN 1450AM) broadcast from 10am-6pm at Coral Springs Rotary Club local Marsh superstores in the area to raise donations for Food Melissa Krupin, Marketing Charities provides local high Manager, Advanced Cable; and Finders Food Bank. school seniors with college Michelle Fitzpatrick, Marketing K-105’s Shamus and Annie broadcast on the roof of one local scholarships and more! Director, Advanced Cable.

10 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator 75 years ago—television presented to world FROM THE WSBT TRANSMITTER Visitors to the New York World’s Fair in 1939 were amazed to see moving pictures and hear sound coming from a small black- and-white screen built into a large wooden box. They were stunned to learn this techno- logical marvel could soon be in their living rooms. David Sarnoff, then-president of RCA, described TV as “a new art…which shines like a torch of hope for a troubled\ world. It is a creative force which we must learn to utilize for the benefit of all mankind.” Seventy-five years later, according to USA Today and Nielsen Media Research, the people to buy bonds and support the effort. --The Supreme Court rules that there is no average American home has 2.71 televisions --The FCC increases its limits for single copyright infringement in videotaping tv and 2.55 people. There are more TVs in the ownership of television stations from three broadcasts for later viewing in a private set- average home than there are people. to five. ting. Let’s look back at television in its first 60 years ago – 1954 --Filming an ad for Pepsi, Michael eight decades. --RCA announces the first all-electronic Jackson burns his scalp and ushers in the 80 years ago – 1934 color tube, marketing it to TV set manufac- big-budget celebrity ad. --The Communications Act of 1934 stipu- turers. 20 years ago – 1994 lates that commercial television stations --Fifty-four percent of Americans have --Friends debuts and runs for 10 seasons. “operate in TVs. --With all major networks providing live the public interest, convenience, and necessi- --Radio ad time sales of $453 million coverage, former NFL player O. J. Simpson, ty”. The Federal Communications show a 5% decline from previous year, the suspected in the murder of his former wife Commission (FCC) is charged with the first dip since 1938; TV revenue, for first and her acquaintance, flees from police in responsibility of enforcing the act. time, is higher than radio’s. Combined, TV his white Ford Bronco. --TV sets are large pieces of equipment and radio revenue pass the billion-dollar --Madonna appears on the Late Show with with about 12 inch screens, and real luxury mark. David Letterman and makes headlines for items. They cost about $400 to $500 and the --ABC broadcasts the McCarthy hearings going on a profanity-laden tirade—one of average household income is about $1300 a live and in their entirety.Edward R. Murrow the most censored events of American TV year. calls out Senator Joseph McCarthy and helps talk-show history, swearing 13 times during --Programming is sparse. Network broad- bring down McCarthyism. the interview. Though infamous, it results in cast specials like presidential elections, box- 50 years ago – 1964 some of the highest ratings of Letterman’s ing matches and news reports. --Since the unprecedented broadcast of late-night career. (Robin Williams would 70 years ago – 1944 President Kennedy’s assassination and famously describe the segment as a “battle --Much of the hype surrounding televi- funeral in late of wits with an unarmed woman.”) sions in the 1940’s is swept under the rug 1963, families gather around to watch the 10 years ago - 2004 with the onset of WWII. Production of tele- news, depicting a changing social climate --After the Janet Jackson Super Bowl visions stops so the U.S. can put its efforts and growing hostility toward an oppressive wardrobe malfunction, 20 CBS-owned sta- toward developing radar technology. government. Americans begin to get more tions are fined a total of $550,000 by the --During the war, the television is used as news from the television than the newspaper. FCC. a small propaganda machine, encouraging --On February 9, 75 million Americans --RCA sells 61-inch-wide TV sets that are witness the British invasion, as the Beatles 6.5 inches thick. appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. --Twenty percent of people under 30 say --3% of households have color TV. the Internet is their main information source. 40 years ago – 1974 --The top five shows on 1974 are All in the Family, The Waltons, Sanford and Son, M*A*S*H, and Hawaii Five-O. --The average salary is $7,500 a year and the average price for a TV is between $400 and $700. --Americans discover video games with Atari, and the Pong craze sweeps the nation. --On August 9, President Richard Nixon resigns live on television. 30 years ago - 1984 --The Cosby Show premieres on NBC. Newscaster Edward R. Murrow Ed Sullivan and the Beatles

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 11 Daily American covers fire World still cares about Flight 93 By BRIAN WHIPKEY Somerset Daily American Editor Over the years I’ve been asked if I really think many people still care about what happened in Stonycreek Township on Sept. 11, 2001. I always respond that sure, there are thousands of people who visit the memorial every month. Fire destroys a building on Oct. 3 at the Flight 93 National A few weeks ago I had a reminder of how many people are con- Memorial in Somerset County, Pa. cerned with this memorial dedicated to the 40 heroes who died aboard United Flight 93. artifacts were lost in the fire. The office workers grabbed as many On Oct. 3 a fire broke out in the office buildings used by adminis- items as they could when they fled the fire. trators and employees at the memorial. We posted a story to Visitors are still able to walk around the memorial, and construc- our website and over the weekend 365,014 people clicked on the tion on the next phase of the memorial can continue. A learning cen- link to our story to learn about the fire. ter and visitor center are being constructed with an anticipated com- To put that number in perspective, only 75,000 people live in pletion date in September. Somerset County. Our analytic software revealed that people from After that phase is completed, the next major feature will be a around the globe were finding our story to read about what hap- Tower of Voices to be built near the entrance to the memorial along pened. Route 30. Fortunately, investigators believe the fire was not intentionally Park officials report an average of 300,000 people visit the memo- set and no one was injured. The actual cause of the blaze has not rial each year. That number is expected to increase to a half-million been discovered yet. when the centers open. With the added attractions, it’s believed that Tragically, a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol and some other visitors will spend more time at the memorial. Survey South Dakota in national spotlight By Katherine Grandstrand Aberdeen American News Two Schurz Communications - owned media outlets helped bring the South Dakota U.S. Senate race into the national spotlight with Survey South Dakota, a series of four political polls over the primary and general election season. The Aberdeen American News partnered with ABC affiliates KOTA of Rapid City and KSFY of Sioux Falls to poll approximately 600 South Dakota voters to gage the political mood of the state. “It gave us strong state content,” American News Executive Editor J.J. Perry said. “It gave us something to chew on in editorial stories, it gave us background for asking more questions.” The Republicans were poised to take all statewide offices, but the second-to-last poll showed independent candidate former Sen. Larry Attend conference Pressler edging ahead of Democrat Rick Wieland and just behind In September local sales manager Carol Agee and former Gov. Mike Rounds. Jamey Hansbrough, the new business contest winner at That poll brought national attention to the U.S. Senate race and WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA, are part of the SCI contingent that the EB5 scandal. It was covered by Nate Silver, the Washington Post attended the National Association of Broadcasters Small Market Television Exchange in San Antonio, Texas. and MSNBC. Pundit Ed Schultz taped segments in Aberdeen in Entrepreneurs from the broadcast industry came together October. to share opportunities and focus on the theme “Think Big.” “That was a really was a big online piece for us, a big social media piece,” Perry said. 12 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Three from KY3 picked for Wall of Fame The Evangel University Communication Department faculty at Springfield, MO honored five Evangel alumni, including Steve Grant, Brandon Beck and Norma Champion from KY3-TV, with “Wall of Fame” awards for having distinguished careers in the com- munication field. The award ceremony took place in Trask Hall, concluding with the hanging of plaques in the Ephraim Media Center main corridor where the “Wall” is placed. “It’s our first year of recognizing our alums in this way, so we thought it best to choose five out of those nominated by fellow alum- ni. We have some catching up to do,” said Dr. Cameron Pace, depart- ment chair. For 2014, the inaugural five recipients of the “Communication Wall of Fame” include Dr. Norma Champion (CBC-1971), Shirley Shedd (Evangel-1962), Steve Grant (Evangel-1976), Kay Logsdon Three present and past KY3-TV staff members were (Evangel-1977) and Brandon Beck (Evangel-1996). Each awardee selected for the inaugural Evangel University Wall of Fame. was nominated by other alumni, then voted on by communication Left to right are Steve Grant, Dr. Norma Champion and department faculty. Brandon Beck. Grant, a 1976 graduate, is known to most for his nearly forty years of on-air reporting and anchoring at KY3 News. He received Evangel’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010. Grant has been involved in community service projects, most recently heading up sixteen Ozarks Honor Flights for World War II veterans. The College of the Ozarks awarded Grant an honorary doctorate in 2012. Beck received his broadcasting degree from Evangel in 1996, then later received his Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. Beck is well known in the community as the morning meteorologist on KY3’s Ozarks Today. Beck has been recognized nine years in a row as “Best Meteorologist” by both 417 Magazine and the Springfield News-Leader. Beck holds the American Meteorological Society’s “Seal of Approval.” Champion, who was known as Aunt Norma from KY3’s Children’s Hour program, has been a professor at both Evangel and CBC. She was inducted into the Missouri Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame earlier this year. She has been a state senator, legislator Opera Roanoke honors Marks and Springfield city councilwoman. Jeff Marks, president of WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA, and wife Roxanae were presented with a painting by Eric Fitzpatrick at the 2014 Maestro Gala. Opera Roanoke pres- WSBT’s Smucker runs ents the award every two years for a significant contribu- tion of time and resources to support opera in the marathon with daughter Roanoke region. Jeff is in his fourth year as president of Opera Roanoke. Left to right are Scott Williamson, general After the dauighter of WSBT’s Ted Smucker ran the Sunburst Half and artistic director, Roxanne, Jeff and Vern Danielson, Marathon in South Bend vice president of the board of directors. this year with Ted, she offered to run the Grand Rapids, Michigan Marathon New Rushmore’s Loos with him in October. Ted had not planned on in leadership training running a second Marathon, but, he says, “When your Doug Loos, Program/Operations Director for Rushmore Media daughter makes such a gen- Company in Rapid City, SD completed his 13- erous offer...it is hard to say week training with Leadership Rapid City. no.” The program is a nomination platform. Thirty Stephanie Smucker future leaders are accepted to the program Shepard now lives in yearly. Houston, and she and Ted TED AND STEPHANIE SMUCKER Leadership Rapid City is sponsored by the trained “together” via long Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce. The distance all summer long. They called, texted and emailed each other program is designed to promote a better under- with their progress, or lack there of. standing of the community, build and enhance But Sunday the Marathon became a reality. Congratulations, Ted leadership skills, and develop a strong network and Stephanie. LOOS of community leaders. Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 13 Retirement Sports legend retires after 47 years KY3’s Ned Reynolds says ‘bon jour’ By Mike Scott the sports office to the ‘Ned Reynolds Sports KY3 Inc. Executive Sports Producer Center’, a pair of $2,500 scholarships in his Ned Reynolds has been covering sports in name, and a personally designed 1967 Topps the Ozarks longer than many of us have been replica baseball card sporting his likeness and alive. fun facts. Generations of Ozarks residents counted on But don’t worry sports fans; the “ole his nightly presence on KY3 to deliver the Nitwit” as he’s lovingly referred to will still sports in his own unique style. be around. Now, after thousands and thousands of “I’m not going permanently, it’s just I won’t broadcasts, countless athletes covered and be here every day,” says Reynolds. over 47 years in front of the camera Ned is During the half-hour special Ned ceremoni- saying “bon jour” to KY3 nightly newscasts. ally passed the torch to Chad Plein, who will “Ned has become synonymous with sports take over 6:00, 9:00 and 10:00 nightly sports- in the Ozarks,” said KY3 Inc. General casts. Despite his “retirement” Ned still plans Manager Brian McDonough. “I can’t imag- to work on special projects for KY3, includ- ine there is a local sportscaster in the country ing play-by-play of Springfield baseball. who is more trusted and beloved than Ned A Haddonfield, New Jersey native, Temple Reynolds.” University graduate and former Navy surgical Ned’s final regular sportscast came Monday technician, Ned made a stop in Springfield Dec. 1 during the 6:00 newscast. The back in 1967 never dreaming he would stay momentous occasion was sandwiched Ned Reynolds for the next half century. between a party at the station and a special show their appreciation for Ned’s dedication His passion was for radio, which he will half-hour broadcast honoring his tenure called to KY3 and the Ozarks by giving many com- continue to do two hours each morning on the “That’s Sports! A Ned Reynolds Celebration”. pliments and tokens of their appreciation. long-running Jock 98.7 talk show “Sports Friends, family and co-workers swarmed to The many gifts include a plaque renaming Reporters”. Dann Denny Mark Layman WDBJ7’s archive of news film and video tape Bloomington, IN WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA to preserve it, a project that continues after his retirement. Herald-Times Friends, co-workers “There was no job Mark wouldn’t do. He From sports to fea- and fellow retirees gath- represented all that was good about WDBJ7 tures to news in nearly ered in October to cele- and carried the station’s banner high in the 37 years, Dann Denny brate Mark Layman’s community,” said WDBJ7 general manager has left his mark in 30+ years at WDB7. A Jeff Marks. Bloomington Herald- popular fellow through- Times journalistic lore. out his career, Mark’s James Cocanougher Denny announced his retirement luncheon Danville retirement in January. drew a standing room His journalism career crowd. Advocate Messenger was launched soon after Layman Mark’s career took James Cocanougher, Denny graduating from the him through almost every maintenance person at University of Missouri in department in the building. As a news pho- The Danville, KY 1973, when he took over the reins as news tographer he shot dramatic footage of a res- Advocate-Messenger editor of the DeKalb County Record-Herald. cue of a family from the roof of a house. He for more than 19 years, In 1976, Denny became sports editor of the stopped shooting only long enough to help retired in November. Greencastle, IN Banner-Graphic. pull the people to safety. Cocanougher began He arrived at the Bloomington Herald- In 2002, WDBJ7 moved from Colonial working at The Times as a sports writer in 1978, Avenue to the new WDBJ7 Digital Broadcast Advocate in March He moved to the Herald-Times features Center. As production manager, Mark Cocanougher 1994 and more recently department in 1983. After spending two played a key role keeping our product on the also was maintenance decades win that department he wrote human air without interruption to viewers. The 11 person for sister papers, The Interior Journal, interest, health care and nonprofit stories. p.m.news was live in the old location and The Winchester Sun and The Interior Journal. In retirement, Denny said he plans to keep within nine hours, Mark and his crew had In 2013, Cocanougher received the busy seeking out “senior discounts” at local the 8:00 am news on the air from the new Employee of the Year award. restaurants, playing checkers in front of facility. Cracker Barrel, and running for mayor. Mark also oversaw the project to transfer 14 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Culp wages fight for open government Brian Culp, managing editor for the secure daily log reports from the Indiana Martinsville and Mooresville newspapers in State Police and Martinsville Police Indiana, has been fighting the good fight for Brian Culp Department, who were called to the scene; open government in Morgan County. Reporter-Times from the Morgan County Prosecutor’s First, he challenged the county court judg- Managing Editor Office, and from the Morgan County courts es’ decision to not only close expungement website, where search warrants are normally hearings but also to not even list them in the posted. But authorities made no information court docket. The state’s public access coun- available. selor sided with the judges on this. A week later on Sept. 15, Culp filed com- In another public access fight, the name of Once inside, deputies fired shots and plaints with Public Access Counselor Luke a person wounded in a police-action shoot- wounded a man. He was taken to an Britt against the county and city police ing was kept secret for 28 days and was Indianapolis hospital for treatment. No departments and the prosecutor’s office. released only after Culp again appealed to police officers were injured. On Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, Britt issued expe- the public access counselor. This time the A reporter from The Reporter-Times was dited opinions on the newspaper’s com- PAC made the right call and law enforce- on the scene shortly after the shooting, as plaints. He found no violation by the prose- ment released the name of the victim. were reporters from Indianapolis media out- cutor’s office, which is still awaiting a report According to state law, the information lets. Culp said authorities didn’t make details from the police, but said the police agencies should have been available for inspection about the incident available on that Friday. failed to fulfill their requirements under and copying within 24 hours of the Sept. 5 On the following Monday (Sept. 8), The Section 5 of the Access to Public Records incident, said Steve Key, executive director Reporter-Times asked for the daily log Act. and general counsel for the Hoosier State entries for the incident. The sheriff’s depart- On Oct. 3, Durnil identified the wounded Press Association. ment gave no information to the newspaper. man as David Skinner, 53, Monrovia, who On the morning of Sept. 5, Culp said dep- “I’ve never been involved in a situation lives at the home where the search warrant uties from the Morgan County Sheriff’s where the victim of a police-shooting wasn’t was served. Durnil said Skinner has been Department served a search warrant at a identified,” Culp said. released from a hospital after treatment for rural Monrovia-area home. The newspaper also made attempts to gunshot wounds. Antietam events coordinator has a passion for organizing Vonda Clipp was a stay at home mom for 15 years. To keep busy, she planned and organized fundraisers for her two daughters’ private school. When her younger daughter started middle school, she went back into the working field full time as a customer service and sale repre- sentative for Antietam Cable. However, her love and passion for planning events and fund- raisers didn’t fade. Vonda has said she really missed planning the school fundraisers, so to keep it up, she joined Antietam’s holiday and picnic committees. VONDA CLIPP Over the last few years, she has come to over- Rushmore Media rings the bells see those events and committees. Several of Rushmore Media’s television and radio person- She didn’t stop there. To get the full feel for planning events she alities rang the bells for the Salvation Army at a Rapid City decided to apply to an online course for event planning through grocery store. Listeners, and viewers, donated lots of money, U.S. Career Institute. As of last year, she completed the course and and food. Pictured are KOTA Territory News anchor Scott is now a certified Wedding and Event Coordinator! Gross and KOTA Territory Meteorologist Eric Gardner. “I wasn’t aware of all you have to know to plan events until I went through the course,” Vonda said. “There are numerous ven- dors, contracts and budgets you have to stay on top of. There is WSBT raises $933 for UW problem solving and you have to be organized and be able to pull During United Way week WSBT in Mishawaka, IN, we had e-mail it all together for a successful event. bingo, baked goods, a carnival, pancake sausage breakfast and finally “Some of it was hard but I made it through and now I use my a thank you lunch on Friday. knowledge to help the committees by researching vendors to keep The department baskets were once again a big hit with everyone as the cost low and under budget, review contracts, and help to create it’s always fun to see what each department came up with! beautiful centerpieces for the events,” she added. “In return, I am It was a fun-filled busy week full of activities! able to have my cake and eat it too, by working full time and still The grand total for the week was $933.00! be able to have the opportunity within my job to do what I’m real- A great big THANK YOU to the committee. Without all of them, ly passionate about.” the campaign would be impossible! Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 15 WSBT stations win 2 Spectrum awards WSBT stations in Mishawaka, IN, won easy. Once we got the idea of a man cave two Spectrum awards in the 2014 Indiana being an actual cave, it only took us about a Broadcast Association contest. half an hour to write it.” Kayser added, “We Jim Roberts accepted a Spectrum Award know it’s really good when we actually on behalf of WNSN at laugh at the final product ourselves, which in the 27th Annual IBA this case, we did.” Spectrum Awards in Paul Wasowski won the Spectrum Award November. for Best Commercial in the State of Indiana. The award was for He won for his spectacular - which is the Best Radio Commercial, next notch above fantastic – commercial for Peacock and Company – Spire Farm to Fork. You can check out the Man Cave. The commer- link at https://www.youtube.com/ cial was written and pro- watch?v=tN-5VklF7PM duced by Jack Reichert When it comes to food, Paul is the station’s Wasowski and Bruce Kayser in resident producer for all things edible. Some their usual wry Jack Reichert and Bruce Kayser producers have an affinity for cars, others style of humor and described one man talk- retirement homes, Paul’s is food. ing with another about redoing his man When asked how they came up with the cave. idea, Reichert said, “This one was pretty Reporter-Times staffer

reports from England Martinsville, IN Reporter-Times staff writ- er/columnist Ronald Hawkins brought back sto- ries for the newspaper and materials for his library presentations from his travels in England in August. Hawkins attended the World Science Fiction Convention in London from which he brought back stories and photo- Winning pumpkin entry in Herald-Times contest graphs for his Indiana Science Fiction Sojourns column. Pumpkin contest is He also traveled to the Liverpool and vicinity H-T Halloween fun where he added materials The Bloomington Herald-Times celebrated Halloween with its for this Beatles’ Memories annual pumpkin-carving contest this year. and Memorabilia presenta- A pumpkin baby with a dirty diaper and sound effects won first tions for local libraries and place for the H-T business office. Shannon Huston had the idea, but elsewhere. its creation was a group effort. A motion-activated sensor with sound In Widnes, England, he effects was used. The baby would burp, say “Ma-Ma” and “Da-Da” visited a community with and “I love you.” connections to Martinsville The advertising department won second place with the Meat and brought back another Monster Boo-ffet. Tina Kern came up with the idea. Andy Kirchner story and photos. Martinsville Reporter-Times staff provided the clothes and the size 15 boots. The department pitched in His 12-day trip also writer Ron Hawkins in front of The with food. Kathy Truss carved the pumpkin and decorated with included visits to Cavern in Liverpool where the crows and rats. Stonhenge, Bath, Beatles played frequently. Creative/ad hub won third place with “Everything is Awesome” Buckingham Palace and the from “The LEGO Movie.” Katie Dogan designed it. Ray Brown Eye of London. added music from his cellphone that he played as people walked by. Hawkins is planning another Beatles library presentation in The H-T’s Halloween pumpkins were judged this year by Shaylan Mooresville in February and science fiction presentations in April Owen and Shannon Wagoner. and June in Monrovia and Martinsville. 16 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator In Memory Halloween Tim Garry SCI consultant Tim Garry, 57, long-time consultant for Schurz Communications print properties, died Monday, Oct. 13 at Riverside Community Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Most recently Garry had been an employee of the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail, working on a corporate project, Garry spent most of his Garry life in Ohio. He was born in Euclid, grew up in Willoughby and had lived in Lake County before moving to Mt. Gilead 13 years ago. Garry was a CPA and had worked at the Above employees at WSBT in Plain Dealer Publishing Company in Mishawaka, IN recognize Halloween Cleveland for 19 years, was president and by coming to work in costume. Left publisher of Hirt Media, served as president to right are Black Cat Michelle Jewell, of Newspaper and Printing Consultants and Orange-haired Lori Wright, Old Guy was the county treasurer for Morrow County Ted Smucker, (going up the stairs) in Ohio. Saint Marge Kulba, Witches Kelsey He is survived by Diane, his wife of 13 Gonzales, Marci Sears, Pat Morris. Right from Smucker are Orange Cat years and three children, Jacqueline, Meagan Donna Snyder, Scary Zipper Face and Emily. Tony Gazzana, Witch Regina Siders, Pirate Mary Wilkin, Evil Baby Patti Chuck McKeever Gennicks, and Hulk Krista Moats. WDBJ7 retiree By JEFF MARKS WDBJ7 IN Roanoke, VA had a WDBJ7 President and General Manager record number of employees There have been only four general manag- expressing themselves in costume ers in the history of WDBJ7 in Roanoke, this year. The winner of the adult cos- VA. All three of my predecessors were tume contest (pictured right) was Amanda Hacket, a.k.a. Mary Poppins. respected in the industry and were appreciat- The promotions department (Mike ed in the community. Pettit, Kim Sokolik and Kerri Wilson) Our second general manager, Chuck won for the best decorated office. McKeever, died in November. He was a 33 year employee who started his career at WDBJ7 in 1957 in the sales department. He held the position of president and general Anniversaries manager from 1981 until his retirement in Each issue of the Schurz Communicator 1990. 30 Years recognizes employees at SCI properties who Sandy Reese, WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA It was an honor to get to know this very have 20 years or more in service, in five good man. A few years ago, I learned that, Lynn Eller, WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA year increments. Scott Tabler, South Bend Tribune as chairman of the board of visitors at If you have been overlooked send an Ferrum College, Chuck had started a schol- email to Editor Bill Schrader at 25 Years arship fund in the name of Irv Sharp, bschrad500@aolcom and you will be Lolly Quigley, WDBJ7 Roanoke, VA WDBJ7 long-time morning host. When our included in the next issue. Bill Sipes, WSBT-TV, Mishawaka, IN friends at Ferrum let us know that the fund Holly Pelliccione, Daily American, existed and that it had been languishing, 40 Years Somerset, PA WDBJ7, in Chuck’s name, made some con- Justina Cruz, IV Press, El Centro, CA Wendy Stemple, Daily American, tributions to grow the fund. Somerset, PA Chuck’s son, Matt, continues to work for 35 Years Charlene Smith, South Bend Tribune WDBJ7 as a news video editor. Vicki Rock, Daily American, Somerset, Kirby Sprouls. South Bemd Tribune PA 20 Years Tony Graves, South Bend Tribune

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 17 Promotions / New Employees Advocate Coimmunications Danville, KY Bates is promoted to By KENDALL FLETCHER KWCH Morning anchor The Winchester Sun Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. has announced that Jenn Bates is Steve and Jennifer Foley have become accustomed to Kentucky the the new anchor of Eyewitness News This Morning on culture after moving from Michigan to take jobs with Advocate KWCH 12 and KSCW. Communications, which includes The Winchester Sun, The Bates is an award winning member of the Advocate-Messenger in Danville, The Jessamine Journal in Eyewitness Sports team who headed Nicholasville and The Eyewitness News’ Kansas City Royals Interior Journal in World Series coverage. Bates joined Scott Stanford. Evans on Eyewitness News This Morning, The two had their first following the World Series. Her first morn- day on the new job in ing newscast was November 3. September. Steve is a “Most news directors would be envious to photographer and staff be in my position,” said Brian Gregory, SBI writer at The Winchester news director. “You rarely have someone as Sun and Jennifer serves Bates talented and loved as Jenn in your newsroom. as the advertising sales Since my first day at the station I’ve looked for ways to do more director for Advocate with her and it is great having the opportunity to promote her to Communications. Steve Foley Jennifer Foley the news desk.” The couple followed Since joining the Eyewitness Sports team in 2008, Bates has Larry Hensley, who became president and publisher for Advocate covered a number of high profile sporting events: two Final Communications from the Petoskey Media Group in Petoskey, Fours, a Bowl Championship Series bowl game, a Major League Michigan, a branch of Schurz Communications. Jennifer worked Baseball All-Star game, and most recently the World Series. as an advertising sales representative and Steve was sports editor. Earlier this year Bates began filling in on Eyewitness News This While working for the Petoskey News Review and Charlevoix Morning and added additional news content to Eyewitness News Courier, Jennifer was active in the Charlevoix Chamber of on air and on kwch.com. Commerce, helping to establish the Charlevoix First program. She In Bates’s free time she enjoys power lifting and reading what- has been a basketball coach for 10 years — seven of those as a ever she gets her hands on. She is also a strong supporter of high school coach in Harbor Springs, Michigan — and she also breast cancer patients and survivors in Kansas, volunteering played NCAA Division 2 basketball for three years. weekly at Victory in the Valley and as emcee of Susan G. She attended college at Ferris State University and Saginaw Komen’s Race for the Cure in Wichita. Valley State University, where she studied business and was a two- sport athlete in track and field and basketball. She started at the Petoskey News Review in 2010. Steve attended Northern Michigan University where he received Scott Waltman promoted a bachelor’s degree in public relations and broadcasting. He joined the Petoskey News Review in 2000 as a sports writer. to American News post “When the opportunity presented itself to follow Larry to the By Bryan Horwath Kentucky Group, it was a no-brainer to follow someone I admire. Aberdeen American News He’s the best publisher I could learn from to grow in my career,” Longtime American News reporter Scott Waltman has been pro- Jennifer said. “I’m humbled by the fact that he trusted me to grow moted to assistant managing editor in the newsroom. the advertising department, both in print and online.” A graduate of Roncalli High School and South Dakota State University, WSBT, Mishawaka, IN Waltman began at the paper as a Ashley Bringman has joined WSBT-TV as the new digital mar- reporter in 2000, covering primarily keting specialist. the Brown County Commission, cops She has over 10 years of marketing and media experience, and courts and politics for the past 14 including managing accounts like Delta Airlines, Travelocity, years. Bahamas, Curacao, British Virgin Island and USVI Tourism “It’s great that we can invest in our Boards people as our business grows,” She has traveled around the Caribbean to help her clients grow Publisher Cory Bollinger said. “It’s and enhance their brands through various digital tools, magazines, also good that we can find new busi- events and more. She’s always looking for out of the box ideas to ness models and have the talent to be grow her clients media exposure and cannot wait to use what she’s able to drive those models. I think learned through the years to help local business devise and imple- these moves will help the American ment strategic digital tactics to increase their businesses. News company continue to have a Jim Pinkerton has rejoined WSBT as an executive producer. Jim Waltman bright future.” worked for Schurz from 1997-2010... nine of those years at WSBT. While at WSBT, Jim worked as a producer, managing editor, and (Continued on page 19) 18 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator (Continued on page 18) Stone named editor Anchor. From 2002-2006, Jim worked at Schurz’s station in Augusta, GA as an anchor and assistant news director. of Winchester Sun Jim’s experience and ability to teach A veteran newspaperman has been named editor of the will be extremely Winchester Sun, valuable to WSBT, as Publisher Larry Hensley announced that it continue to grow David Stone, who first joined the Sun staff the best news staff in in 1996 as a design editor, was promoted to the market. the top newsroom position. “We are fortunate to have someone like David on our staff, and I am extremely happy to announce this promotion,” Hensley said. “He understands what a quality news- paper should be and is eager to make the Bringman Pinkerton necessary changes to accomplish this.” A Tennessee native, Stone started as a Maurer reporter for The Herald-News in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1985, moving to its sister publication, The Daily Post-Athenian in Athens, Tennessee, a year later. He last served as news editor for the Athens paper. In 1996, Stone joined The Winchester Sun staff as design editor and later served as the editor of the online version of the paper. Prior to this promotion, he served as assistant managing editor. Stone has received several first-place awards from the Tennessee and Kentucky Press Associations, and a first-place award from the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors organization for a series of articles concerning the high rate of personal bankruptcy filings in the Tennessee Valley area. “We have lots of work ahead and much to accomplish,” Stone said. “We’re renewing our emphasis on local news and building our readership base. There are lots of exciting things just ahead.” In addition to the work of the Sun’s staff, efforts are under way to boost the amount of local content in the newspaper through read- Singh DuBose er submissions and recruitment of columnists. “I’m blessed to have a great staff already on board,” Stone said. IV Press, El Centro, CA “They are a hard working, conscientious group. That’s a strong Alexis Singh has been promoted to classified and customer ser- reflection of the qualities I see in the people of Clark County.” vice supervisor at Imperial Valley Press in El Centro, CA. Stone and his wife, Dr. Lesia Lennex, an education professor at Alexis started her career at the Imperial Valley Press as part-time Morehead State University, have two children, Harrison, 15, and Obituary Specialist in 2006. She has been an integral part of the Libby, 10. classified and customer department over the years and continually The Winchester Sun is one of four Kentucky newspapers oper- motivates her staff. ated by Advocate Communications Inc., and is part of Schurz Deidre DuBose has been named the new marketing and events Communications Inc. manager for the Imperial Valley Press after the departure of former manager, Sara Atwood Douglass. Deidre still retains her role as Valley Women Magazine Editor, Advanced Cable launches which she has held since January 2010. She has done an exception- more VOD programming al job at adjusting to her new position and has already experienced Advanced Cable in Coral Springs, FL is excited to launch more organizing her first company event (5th Annual Imperial Valley Video on Demand programming in October/November. Press Fest) in her new role. In keeping with its mission “To Make Our Customers Happy”, customers now have NBC, FOX and ABC broadcast network VOD available so they can enjoy their favorite broadcast network TV WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA shows at their convenience. Jordan Woodard has joined WDBJ7 in In addition to the broadcast networks Advanced Cable also Roanoke, VA as its digital sales supervisor. added VOD programming from the following cable networks: ABC Jordan comes to WDBJ7 from another Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD, ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN SCI property, The Advocate-Messenger in Deportes, SEC Network, TVGN, Fox Deportes, Fox Sports 1, FX, Danville, Kentucky, where she worked in FXX, National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild. digital sales. Customers love the convenience of watching what they want, when they want and now with hundreds more hours of program- ming available on demand, including over 300 hours from NBC, Woodard ABC and FOX, their options just get better!

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 19 Wellness Body weight loss is a big accomplishment

FROM THE WSBT TRANSMITTER Kovach says. If you already have type 2 diabetes, shedding that 10 Striving for your wedding day weight or some other magic number percent may improve your symptoms, and possibly prevent complica- on the scale can be daunting. It’s much easier to reach for an incre- tions, she adds. mental goal that promises sizable health benefits. “So many projects in life are better managed by breaking them More Pep down into small chunks,” says Karen Miller-Kovah, MS, RD, chief “Just a 10 percent weight loss increase feelings of vigor and vitality,” scientist at Weight Watchers International. “Weight loss is no differ- says Miller-Kovach. “You’ll feel better and have more energy.” ent.” But the body you have always wanted isn’t all you will get out of accomplishing that one starter goal. Here’s what else you will gain by A Mental Edge Losing 10 percent can give you the self-confidence and motivation losing 10 percent. you need to keep going. “Success builds on success,” says Miller- Kovach. But be sure you recognize it. The 10 percent key chain your A healthier heart Weight Watchers gives you is part of that recognition. “Losing 10 per- By losing just 10 percent of your body weight, you can lower your cent is a milestone in the journey,” says Miller-Kovach. “Once you get cholesterol and reduce your blood pressure, says G. Ken Goodrick, there, take time to congratulate yourself on your efforts.” PhD, psychologist and associate professor of medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. High cholesterol and elevated blood pressure are two major risk factors for heart disease. Reality check After losing 10 percdent, you gain a sense of what it will take to lose the rest and reach your final goal weight. “It gives you a context in Lower risk of diabetes terms of saying, ‘Am I willing to put in that much more effort to lose If you are overweight, you’re at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, even more weight?’ Miller-Kovach says. If the answer is no that’s which your body can’t make enough or properly use insulin, a hor- okay. “some people only lose 10 percent of body weight and that’s it,” mone that helps convert food to useble energy. By losing just 10 per- says Goodrick. If that’s your goal, you can pat yourself on the back. cent of your body weight, you’ll improve you body’s ability to use the “Health-wise, a 10 percent weight loss is a great achievement,” insulin it makes, possibly preventing the onset of the disease, Miller- Goodrick says.

Cardinal rules Tips on how to wake up feeling rested As you may know, lack of shut-eye doesn’t diced chicken breast, tomato sauce and a asleep. Dimness signals the biological clock just leave you foggy the next day. Chronic, sprinkle of Parmesan for dinner, This meal that it’s time to wind down. Bright light says long-term insufficient sleep ups your odds of contains a snooze-friendly combination of daytime. Swap out uberlight bedroom bulbs diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, protein and tryptophan, an amino acid that for low wattage ones. even weight gain. So what do you do? Try converts to sleep-promoting serotonin in the Need to send out one last e-mail before these tweaks, and wake up feeling incredibly body. turning in? Not so fast, Typing in bed can well rested. If you stomach is growling late at night, try wind you up, so when you do unplug it will It’s a no-brainer that drinking coffee or tea a small bowl of cottage cheese with banana be harder to fall asleep. Even the vibration of right before you hit the sack won’t do you slices, another dish that serves up tryptophan a Blackberry can disturb sleep if a person is any sleep favors. But you also need to watch Other combos of healthy carbs and proteins, cued to hear or respond to it. your afternoon drinks, says Joan Salge Blake, such as milk and graham crackers of yogurt For tech-free zzzs, disconnect an hour RD, a clinical associate professor at Boston sprinkled with cereal, will also do the trick, before bed, turn your smartphone off, and put University. Check the labels of your favorite Like to unwind in the tub before you all gadgets on an out-of-reach dresser or in midday drinks – any that boast energy-boost- snooze? Surprisingly a hot bath may make it another room so you won’t be able to grab ing benefits are likely culprits, Stop sipping harder for you to drift off: Doing anything them if you get the late night urge. them by 2 p.m. so there is time for the effects that raises the body temperature too close to It’s the cardinal rule of good sleep: Your to wear off. Coffee packs a real wallop so bedtime may actually hinder you from falling bedroom should be a calming, comfortable stay away from it after lunch. asleep, because your body needs to cool in haven. The more clutter and distractions While it’s important to avoid a big, heavy order to reach a sound slumber. you’re up against at night, the harder it will meal right before bed, some foods may actu- Keeping your room dark while you sleep is be to transition into sleep. ally help you snooze. If you have had a few a great start, but bringing the lights down nights of restless sleep, make a light whole- before bed is also important. Bright light too wheat pasta dish with fresh vegetables, a little close to bedtime can make it harder to fall

20 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator All hands on deck at KWCH for emergency

By BRIAN GREGORY Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. News Director “There’s a huge fire at the airport…”. I can’t remember who said it – maybe Hali Rowland – or the exact words – and when we heard them, we knew we had a BIG Story. A quick check of the Skycam proved some- thing major, probably some sort of plane crash, just happened at the Wichita airport. At 10:04 a.m, Eyewitness News Anchor and Reporter, Scott Evans, broke the news to the Wichita DMA – A plane had crashed into a building at the airport, and a massive evacu- ation was underway. The first 90 minutes of the coverage was a Smoke billows from the scene of a plane crash near the Wichita airport, a BIG blur. The Skycam gave us good first pictures story that brought out the best in the WHCH 12 Eyewitness news team. even as we struggled a bit getting live gear to the scene (the Royals had lost Game 7 and help put it into context for our viewers. One our crews to gather interviews and informa- several crews were still in KC). of his sources, Ron Ryan, actually knew the tion and begin producing some compelling The social media/web team was instrumen- pilot and provided us our first BIG lead on the coverage for newscasts. tal in our effort -- cranking out the best pic- story coverage. Eyewitness News reporter, Emily Griffin, tures, and the latest information for us to use Another key move was getting Eyewitness and her photojournalist also gave us a huge on air, while leading the charge online. News anchor, Michael Schwanke to the scene advantage. They took a Dejero when police A big help – in those initial moments was to field anchor. Michael took command, mak- let us get close to the scene. Within seconds, the Brett & Sierra Show anchor Brett Harris. ing sure we never missed a news conference we had close-up shots of the still- smoldering He’s a pilot, so he could analyze some of the and always had the latest and greatest infor- wreckage. We used that shot almost non-stop information we received from the scene and mation. Having Michael on scene allowed over the better part of two hours. The momentum we had in Day 1, carried over to Day 2. We were the only station that staffed the scene non-stop for 48 hours, Advocate- choosing to field anchor our morning show live from the scene. A GoPro attached to a Messenger Dejero also provided a constant LIVE picture. We were the first station to get information stages about an injured survivor and first to talk to family members of all victims who lived in open house the U.S. (one lived in Russia). The Advocate-Messenger in We capped our 48-hour coverage by being Danville, Kentucky hosted an the only station to carry a news conference open house in mid-October. The live Saturday at 10 am. community was invited to stop There were many fantastic moments behind by for refreshments, greet the the scenes, and one that really stood out to me staff and meet the new presi- dent, editor and publisher, Larry was some old-fashioned research by Web Hensley. The centerpiece in the developer, James Luce. We knew one of the newsroom was “Addie” reading victims went to a certain church and had a the day’s Advocate-Messenger Russian last name. James went to work on newspaper. Addie was created the church bulletins, and ultimately found a by using pumpkins, branches, name, cross-referenced it with a friend on gourds, pinecones and other Facebook and confirmed the name of a vic- fresh produce. tim.

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 21 WDBJ7 WeatherFest attracts 8,000 people By KIMBERLY CLYDE WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA The second installment of WDBJ7’s Hometown WeatherFest joined forces with the Virginia Science Festival in 2014. The first WeatherFest in 2012 was on WSBT property. Teaming up with the Virginia Science Festival this year allowed WDBJ7 to have more exposure to more viewers while being part of a much larger event. An estimated 8,000 people visited our exhibits providing us an excellent opportunity to showcase WDBJ7’s First Alert Meteorologists Robin Reed, Brent Watts, Leo Hirsbrunner and WDBJ7’s Brent Watts conducts a weather demonstration dur- Lindsey Anderson. WDBJ7 quickly became a headline exhibit among ing the Hometown WinterFest, one of four First Alert meteorolo- all-things science and technology related. gists who helped make WDBJ7 a headline exhibit. The festival took place from October 4 to 11 and was held in both Roanoke and Blacksburg. A school preview day for students was also reporter in front of the camera on our green screen exhibit, playing the part of the event. rain gutter regatta boat game and making weather related crafts. WeatherFest included educational presentations from WDBJ7 Local vendors joined the WDBJ7 exhibit area to expand on weather Meteorologists on topics ranging from fronts and fog to weather bal- education outside of the newsroom. The Red Cross brought its disaster- loons and tornados. Kids loved “auditioning” to become a weather relief vehicles, VDOT had snow-plows and the Virginia Tech Storm Chasers taught visitors how they track storm systems at the university. As the primary media sponsor of the Virginia Science Festival, WDBJ7 provided multiple :15-second on-air announcements promoting both the overall festival and our WeatherFest. Digital campaigns on our Website and mobile platforms were also used; these areas provided additional exposure for our sponsors and vendors as well. WDBJ7, along with co-sponsor Lewis Gale Hospital, provided every- one who attended the Roanoke day a free admission to the Science Museum of Western Virginia which brought in three times the anticipated attendance to the museum that day - a record! Two thirds of WDBJ7’s employees participated in the event over the three days manning booths and running equipment. We even handed out free rain ponchos in keeping with the weather-preparedness theme!

A group pays a visit to the WDBJ7 First Alert van at the 2014 WinterFest. American News University kicks off By Katherine Grandstrand run it; if they didn’t already have the app we doesn’t teach you when you get an iPad.” Aberdeen American News showed them how to download it, we showed The classes were originally planned as lec- Those wishing to learn more about tech- them how use the navigation tools and we tures, but the team found that customers nology in Aberdeen and the surrounding area also went through tips and tricks that Apple enjoyed the small group setting, marketing can enroll in American News director Tyler Oliver said. University. “Everyone had their own ques- The classes, taught by Carrie tions on how to do things and tech- Cole, emerging media and special Advanced Cable in nology specific to what they were projects director, and Will Elkins, using,” Oliver said. digital content manager, give Coral Springs parade There will be a series of classes small groups of curious individu- Advanced Cable was the Mayor’s Cup sponsor for the Coral that customers can attend covering als a chance to learn new skills in Springs Holiday Parade. different topics, including Tablet a small group setting. There were This year’s theme was “Snow Much Fun,” although it didn’t Town, Cole said. They are free for eight participants in the first class. snow in Florida with temperatures in the mid to upper 50’s. Local Members and there is a small fee “It was all about American residents came bundled up and enjoyed the parade while sipping for non-subscribers. Students are News digital products and also on hot chocolate. allowed to pick and choose their how to use your iPad and your The Florida Panthers Ice Den Zamboni wrapped with the American News University cours- smartphone,” Cole said. “So peo- Advanced Cable logo drove down the parade route and Melissa es. ple brought in their own devices Krupin, Marketing Manager at Advanced Cable, marched in the The next course is in January and and then we showed them how to parade carrying the Grand Marshal welcome banner. will cover social media, Cole said.

22 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Weather Impact Number introduced by WDBJ7 By BRENT WATTS WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA There’s nothing more peaceful than watching snow fall from the comfort of your own home. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality for most people. You have to find childcare if school’s out, scrape the driveway and get to work. Snow is probably the most disruptive type of weather we see in our region and it’s the meteo- rologist’s job to let viewers know when it will start, how bad it will be and when it’s safe to go out again. Two of the elephants at the International Conservation This season, First Alert Center greet the 500 Somerset Daily American members who Weather has invented a attending a picnic at the Center. new way to “see” winter coming, so it doesn’t take you by surprise. Fund raiser for Salvation Army The new Winter Impact Number is a scale from 1 Daily American treats to 5, rating how strong a winter storm will be and Members to a day how it will impact every- day activities. with the elephants On the scale, a “1” is a minor event with an inch By DYLAN JOHNSON of snow or less, while a Somerset Daily American Staff Writer “5” would be a major win- A little drizzle didn’t stop approximately 500 people from visiting ter storm, similar to the Somerset County’s five famous elephants at the International historic snow we saw this Conservancy Center in Fairhope. past February. The four female elephants played around in the mud as groups of When we issue it, the Winter Impact Number will appear on-air, on visitors rode in on a tractor-pulled wagon for the Daily American’s social media, and even our digital billboards, reminding motorists Picnic with the Elephants. that dangerous weather is on the way. Kenny Krott of Duncansville said that his three-year-old son, Our sister station, KOTA-TV in Rapid City, SD has also asked to Carsten, was excited to see the elephants. The boy had a big smile on use the new ranking system in that market. his face as the wagon pulled up to the enclosure. “It’s great,” Krott While we standby for our first big storm, we are already using the said. “He loves it.” numbers to rank this season’s smaller snows. Krott added that he thought the event was a great opportunity for people to see the elephants, which are normally not accessible to vis- itors. The event was organized by the Daily American to raise money for 93.9 hosts slot tourney the Salvation Army and give Somerset County residents a chance to see the elephants that live in their area. Only Daily American sub- New Rushmore scribers were able to buy tickets. Media’s 93.9 The Daily American editor Brian Whipkey said that the event was a Mix in Rapid City, way to thank members for subscribing and to raise money for the SD hosted a Slot Salvation Army. Machine “It’s a rare opportunity to see the elephants that make Somerset Tournament at The County their home,” he said. Lodge in All of the proceeds from the event, $14,756, will go to the Deadwood, SD. The Salvation Army’s heating assistance program, which helps families winner, received a stay warm during the winter months. He thanked the ICC for donat- trip for two to Las ing the use of the center for the fundraiser. Vegas to attend a Salvation Army Director Holly Beckner was present at the event to Justin Timberlake see people enjoying some of the activities. She said the Salvation concert. Pictured Army needed $80,000 last year and she hopes to help more families left to right are: 93.9 this year. The Mix’s Kurt Summers and Kara McKenzie, Vegas trip winner “I want to thank the ICC for allowing us all to come in and see Lynn Cimino and 93.9 The Mix’s Kevin Phillips. the elephants,” she said. “This event is as much for the parents as it is for the kids.” Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 23 Herald-Mail niche publication a success Herald-Mail Media’s At Home Places magazine has become very talking about the lives that happen within those walls. And the maga- profitable niche publication in its first full year. zine has explored several fun lifestyle topics. The quarterly magazine has brought in roughly $200,000 in reve- “So far, some of my favorite stories have been about the working nue across four issues this year, with the advertising department sell- artists in our area, bringing home a family pet -- which had adorable ing more than 150 ads into 120 pages for the most recent issue. photos -- highlighting the work of organizations boosting community The successes of 2014, including a business directory for the health, planning a visit to our many wineries, and the benefits of Chamber of Commerce, have spurred the company’s aggressive owning a hot tub,” Campbell said. “Our Winter 2014-15 issue growth plan for niche products in its 2015 budget, and the magazine includes stories on baking bread, hand-forged metalwork for the leads the way. home, quilting and knitting, and the growing pole-fitness trend. Stacey Campbell is managing editor of the magazine. There’s a lot to explore in our area, and it’s fun to highlight things “We created At Home Places to be a combination lifestyle and real that readers might not have known about yet. And it’s been very estate magazine, focusing on the Four-State region. Regular story exciting to hear feedback from readers and the folks who are fea- categories include Family, Local Flavor (food, entertaining, etc.), tured in stories. Everyone’s been supportive and encouraging!” Well+Being, Home Trends and a seasonal feature story,” she said. “I In addition to the magazine, Herald-Mail Media has delved into try to brainstorm story ideas based on seasonal trends, popular local the world of printing a business directory for the Hagerstown- programs or activities, and home improvement themes, particularly Washington County Chamber of Commerce. It was an unqualified where we have the related advertiser expertise. We also include pho- success with 80 ads spread across 136 glossy magazine pages. The tos from different events in the region that our newsroom has cov- advertising department sold sponsorships into 16 different business ered, which gives the greater community a chance to see themselves categories, such as education, finance and transportation. in print, too.” The publication is direct-mailed to Chamber members with over-run The magazine is distributed by the newspaper carriers, and is a copies placed at the Chamber, the Hagerstown-Washington County rack-and-stack operation. Convention and Visitors Bureau and at the county Department of Overall, the magazine has a heavy real estate focus, with real Business Development, formerly the EDC. estate listings in the back, but you can’t talk about homes without WDBJ7 owns coverage Football brought to homes on major breaking news worldwide by IV Press By CHRIS HURST WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA By MARLENA RASCON IV Press Marketing Coordinator When major stories happen that captivate our audience, Every year in the Imperial Valley of California, the most anticipat- WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA dedicates itself to owning the coverage. ed sport is high school varsity football. That has continued this Fall with the search for missing Because of the excitement surrounding it, the Imperial Valley University of Virginia a Press had an idea to student Hannah Graham give the community and her accused abductor another outlet to Jesse Matthew. He was view the games on found and arrested 1,300 the go or in the com- miles away in Galveston, fort of their own Texas and when news homes. broke, the WDBJ7 news Through invest- team didn’t miss a beat. ment in live video After broadcasting a production equip- news conference live at 7 ment, the Imperial p.m. WDBJ7 made plans Valley Press imple- to send photojournalist mented a profession- WDBJ7 photojournalists Rob Rob Chewning and me to al live webcast for Chewning and Chris Hurst Texas on the next avail- the 2014 high school were in Galveston, Texas to able flight. football season that was available to all viewers worldwide. use new technology to send So at 5:30 the next Each live webcast was strategically chosen by the sports depart- live video directly from the morning, we left, and ment to complement the “Game of the Week” print feature to best camera. arrived in time to drive estimate the game that would attract the most viewership. Fourteen two hours from Houston total games were webcasted and brought in a total of 10,816 unique to Galveston and have live reports that night at 5 and 6. viewers; $5,740 in revenue; and over 350 new likes to We spoke with those that saw the accused abductor in our Friday Night Football social media page at Facebook.com. Galveston along the beach, and got video of him being driven In addition, through web analytics, it was discovered that the back to the airport to head to Virginia. streams were being consistently watched by viewers worldwide WDBJ7 was the market leader yet again, the only station to including Norway, Brazil and Mexico. send a crew to Texas.

24 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Daily American informs the voters By MICHELLE GANASSI Daily American Assistant City Editor Between campaign ads and other propaganda it can be difficult for voters to get through the campaign rhetoric. To try and help local voters learn more about the candidates the Somerset, PA Daily American held debates, printed Q and A’s and produced a live election results show. The first debate involved state Senate can- didates Pat Stefano, a Republican business- man, and Democratic state Rep. Deberah Kula. The winner of that race will represent all of Somerset County and replacing retiring state Sen. Rich Kasunic. The second debate was between Republican U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus and Democratic Whipkey businesswoman Erin McClelland. The 12th Congressional District covers the majority of Somerset County. Both debates featured questions from Daily American readers so they focused on the issues important to local voters. There was also a meet and greet with the candidates after each debate. The Daily American streamed both live and uploaded the entire Tea ‘N Treasure events to the website so voters who could not make the events Danville, Kentucky’s Advocate-Messenger spon- could hear what the candidates had to say. Editor Brian Whipkey sored a table at the first Heritage Hospice Tea N’ moderated both debates Treasure event to help raise money for Hospice. There For three weeks The Daily American ran one question a day in was a silent auction of individual items, as well as a its charticle feature allowing voters to hear answers from every live auction of each sponsor’s themed table. The candidate in a contested race in the mid-term election, includ- Advocate-Messenger’s table was titled “Black and White and Read All Over.” The centerpiece was a ing candidates for governor. “Christmas tree” made with newspaper pages, and On election night Assistant City Editor Michelle Ganassi items included a tablet, newspaper subscriptions, vin- and Sunday Editor Bruce Siwy co-anchored a live results show. tage newsprint inspired apron and cookbooks. The pair talked about races and interviewed several guests including former U.S. Rep. and lt. gov. candidate Mark Critz, who was at one of the gubernatorial candidates results parties. Hoosier Times Publication H&L magazine celebrates 10th anniversary H&L Maazine, published and produced by the Hoosier Times in Bloomington, celebrated 10 years of publication with a soiree on Oct. 9 at the Fountain Square Ballroom. Begun in the fall of 2004 as a quarterly publication, H&L Magazine now publishes six times a year and features local homes, artists, businesses, recipes and profiles of notable individuals. In its 10 years and 55 published issues, H&L has highlighted 187 homes, more than 60 businesses, 44 artists and 38 travel desti- nations. On hand to celebrate were H&L’s Hoosier Finch Times staff, as well as its team of freelance writers, advertisers and community support- ers. Ten years of H&L magazines were displayed at the annivsary party to celebrate a decade of publication by the Hoosier Freelance editor Jackie Sheckler Finch was presented with a Times. gift and recognized for her 10 years of work on the publication.

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 25 Reflections from a career in Human Resources By MARTIN SWITALSKI strong ethics and values. The campaign will SCI Vice President emphasize “The Schurz Way… Fairness, HR/Administratiom Martin Switalski Honesty, Integrity” to employees. It’s a week before Christmas as I write for SCI Vice President In 2014 we began our Talent Management the January 2015 Communicator and I can’t HR/Administration strategic initiative. Each location identified help but to reflect upon my career at Schurz. their high performers with the high potential It has been and continues to be a great expe- to assume even higher leadership roles at rience. Schurz. Publishers and General Managers After some 22 years in various financial formally recognized these individuals and roles, I am honored to be charged with hav- made the company successful in the past and wrote development plans for each. ing a leadership role with our people, our are the hope of the future. Schurz is commit- Our plan is to double this group in 2015 human resources, our employees, our talent. ted to providing an environment that gives and succeeding years. It’s our employees that make Schurz a great our employees the opportunity to achieve In 2014 each location utilized our new company. their potential. standardized performance review process. Our core values includes the statement In early 2015 we will build on our founda- We will continue to improve upon the pro- that talented and dedicated employees have tion as an organization successfully built on cess in 2015 and beyond. In 2015 we will continue to emphasize meaningful training. We will introduce new Picked by Wichita Hall of Fame resources for training opportunities beyond Skillsoft and Lynda.com with a large library Bates among most influential of internal training resources. Again, I am honored to be in my current KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports Anchor Jenn Bates has been named the eighth most influ- position and to emphasize the importance of ential person in Wichita sports by the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame. our employees and values. Borrowing from As the main sports anchor on KWCH 12 Eyewitness News, Bates’ sports segments are Todd Schurz, “In the final analysis, Schurz viewed by hundreds of thousands of Kansans. She can also be heard on the radio, with a business reputation is its most valuable asset, weekly segment on The Shane Dennis Show and as fill-in host for Sports Daily. because it is the cornerstone on which our “It’s not often that you will find someone as talented as Jenn,” KWCH 12 News Director competitive position in the marketplace, and Brian Gregory said. “She knows more about sports than most people in our building and the ability for growth and continued job more importantly she’s able to use that knowledge tell the viewers a story rather than just opportunities, depends. Schurz is placing a deliver a score. We’re lucky to have her.” high degree of trust in you, its employees, to Bates is the highest ranked television broadcaster on the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame keep that reputation unblemished.” list and the only one in the top 10. Former Eyewitness Sports Anchor Bruce Haertl is the The Schurz Way is Fairness, Honesty, and next highest ranked television broadcaster at 11. Integrity. I hope you each have a prosperous 2015. PhoneGuide has successful launch for new product The PhoneGuide in Petoskey, MI, is proud of its new image! We also need to thank Jerry Albert, Amanda Randall and Marie Working through the construction all summer long didn’t always Woodcock for the willingness to be uprooted at the last minute from provide the quietest working environment, nor the most pleasant, their normal working area to help finish up the last month of the with aromas floating around of paint/stain, glue and cut wood. canvass. There were times we had no running water and then nasty brown water, after it was turned back on. Periodically the floors would vibrate and walls would shake. Not to mention the sounds of saws, hammers, nail guns and pretty much any other power tool imagin- able, echoing in the background. We’ve entered our workplace walking the plank across wet con- crete and at times, had a hard time depicting which entry way would actually get us to our office. Through it all, we have to commend our courteous and cleanly constructions crews and very patient and understanding staff! It was all worth it, we’re the best looking building on the block! Check out our before and after pictures or feel free to come visit us in person! PhoneGuide staff members include (back row, from left) Dan Our brand new publication of the PhoneGuide for the Alpena, Moreno (sales), Erica Andersson (inside sales), Eva Oldman Alcona, Iosco area is hitting the streets right now. Our phones are (production), Kathie DeVries (GM), Shellie Kasuba (produc- ringing off the hook from the public! They are impressed with our tion), Christy Lyons (CRO), Jerry Albert (sales); (front row, product and are thankfully very eager to share their appreciation! from left) Alison Berry (inside sales), Phyllis Johnson (sales), Fran Foster (inside sales), Mia Tomiko (production), Sara Much thanks goes out to Phyllis Johnson, Dan Moreno and Sara Smith (sales) and Beth Simon (production). Not pictured, Smith for sacrificing a huge part of their personal life to go live in Amanda Randall and Marie Woodcock the area and work it for six months. 26 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator Awards SCI newspapers win 48 awards in contest Herald-Times Indiana Newspaper of the Year The Bloomington Herald-Times received the top award presented to an Indiana news- paper, being named the state’s Blue Ribbon Daily for 2014 by the Hoosier State Press Association. the runners-up for 2014. Features Section for Attractions. Judges from another state base the award Herald-Times staff members won 17 Third-place on a variety of factors, including breadth and awards at the event, including five for first Staff, Best News Under Deadline Pressure, depth of coverage, quality of reporting and place. for “Wedding Day.” copy editing, news judgment and content Award winners were: Laura Lane, Best News Coverage With No balance, general appearance, imaginative First-place Deadline Pressure. approach to problem news areas, originality, Jon Blau, Best Profile Feature. Laura Lane, Best Profile Feature. reader interest and overall professionalism. Andy Graham, Best Sports Commentary. Jeremy Price, Best Sports News or Feature This is the fourth time the Herald-Times Chris Howell, Best Still Photo Story with Coverage. has been named Newspaper of the Year Audio or Video Story. Chris Howell, Best Sports Feature Photo. since the award was established in 1972. Bill Strother and Carol Kugler, Best Jeremy Hogan, Best Sports Action Photo. Other years were 2007, 1984 and 1975. Business Section. Sports staff, Best Sports Section. “What an honor to be recognized as the Staff, Best Newspaper Design. In addition, current Herald-Times staff best daily newspaper in the state. It’s a real Second-place writer MJ Slaby won first place in Best tribute to Bob Zaltsberg and our entire news- Staff, Best Special Section for Everyday In-Depth Feature for a story she did while at room staff,” said publisher Mayer Maloney, Heroes. the Journal & Courier in Lafayette. who accepted the award at the Hoosier State Mike Miller, Best Sports News or Feature The Herald-Times competed for the indi- Press Association annual awards luncheon. Coverage. vidual awards with journalists from newspa- “Everyone works hard every day to give our Jeremy Hogan, Best Multiple Picture pers with circulations of 14,000 to 34,999. readers the best paper possible.” Group. The Blue Ribbon Award winner is selected The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette and the Staff, Best Online Site. from all daily newspapers in the state, no Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster) were Stewart Moon and Marci Creps, Best matter how large or small. South Bend collects 13 awards Tribune’s Franklin has top photo in contest Staff photographer Robert Franklin won news photo, calling his photo of a large com- best business section. three awards as The South Bend Tribune mercial fire near the intersection of Ireland Third place winners included: Alesia received several honors at the Hoosier State Road and Market Street in South Bend Redding for best editorial writing; Al Lesar Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. a “spectacular, technically nice news pic- for best sports commentary; John Stump and The Tribune’s website was honored as best ture.” Jen Smith for best general design; and the among the larg- Judges were complimentary in declaring Tribune staff for its coverage of fatal shoot- est newspapers www.southbendtribune.com the best news- ings at an Elkhart Martin’s Super Market. Martinsville, in the state. paper website, particularly its ease of use, Mooresville Franklin’s the prominence of social media, and its photo from a “great color and photos.” win 18 awards memorial ser- The other area where The Tribune won — See story on page 28 vice for an first place was lnbest headline writing. Elkhart man Second place winners included: Eric killed in the line Hansen for best sports feature, for a story on of duty in Afghanistan was honored as the Notre Dame football player Louis Nix; best general news photo of the past year. Amanda Gray for best news coverage with- Judges said the picture was a “poignant and out deadline pressure, for stories exposing respectful photograph that plays to the emo- problems with abortion providers around the tion of the scene.” state reporting in a timely manner minors Franklin also took second place in best seeking abortions; Kevin Allen for best busi- sports feature photo with a shot of Penn ness or economic news coverage, for a story High School athletes celebrating a girls bas- about the lasting legacy of Studebaker and ketball sectional championship. Judges also its closing have had on South Bend and ROBERT FRANKLIN awarded Franklin third place in best spot today’s economy; and the business staff for TRIBUNE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 27 Awards & Honors Gaylord, Petoskey win 18 awards Herald Times named Michigan’s top weekly The Petoskey News-Review and its sister publication, the Gaylord The News Review earned awards in the following categories in Herald Times, earned 18 awards in the recent Michigan Press the Daily Class D division: Association Better Newspaper Contest, including the Herald Times --Design, third place. once again being named Newspaper of the Year for the weekly Class --Feature Story, Rachel Brougham: “You could save a life”. C category. --Local Columnist, second place, Rachel Brougham. Newspaper of the Year awards in each weekly and daily division The judges said of the Petoskey News-Review has a, “strong are decided based on points awarded to each individual award a (page) 1A with good local news and features. Local lowdown takes newspaper receives. on important local issues. Kudos. Nice mix of news and features. The Petoskey News-Review took honorable mention for general Nice volume of people news with lots of names and faces. Good mix excellence in the Daily Class D (circulation less than 15,000) divi- in sports. Decent local photos. A strong package with emphasis on sion. local from front to back.” “This is just another example of the quality of journalism that con- “I’m very happy,” said Caldwell of the Petoskey News-Review’s tinues to come out of the Gaylord Herald Times,” said Doug success. “We go against some tough competitors in our class.” Caldwell, publisher of the Petoskey News-Review, Gaylord Herald “We continue to do very well in the general excellence and design Times and Charlevoix Courier. categories of this contest. It shows how much of a high quality publi- cation we have,” said Jeremy McBain, executive editor of the Petoskey News-Review. Bloomington wins McBain also noted assistant editor Rachel Brougham received awards for her writing in the newspaper. ARC Media Award The Gaylord Herald Times awards in the Weekly/Specialty Class C category include: On Oct. 29 ARC of Indiana presented the Bloomington Herald- --Second Place, Spot News Story, Friendship Shelter to close, Judy Times with its Media Award for 2014. Wagley. Leslie Green, executive director of the Stone Belt agency, accept- --Third Place, Design. ed the award for the Herald-Times and delivered it to the newspa- --Second Place, Feature Story, Could OMH hold the key to solving per. a 300-year mystery?, Judy Wagley\. The organization chose to recognize the Herald-Times for the --Second Place, Local Columnist, Jeremy Speer. work it did in 2014 covering people with developmental disabili- --Second Place, News Photograph, Snowmobile goes up in ties. Most of the work for which the Herald-Times was recognized flames, Matt Wenzel. had been done by Herald-Times reporters Jon Blau and Michael --Honorable Mention, News Photograph, Hot wheels, Matt Reschke. Wenzel. Stone Belt also presented Herald-Times veteran reporter Dann --Second Place, Feature Photograph, Sledding party, Chris Engle. Denny with a community partner award for his work over time --Second Place, Photo Story, Alpenfrost 2014, Bill Serveny, Judy writing stories about people with developmental disabilities and the Wagley. significant issues they face. --Third Place, Photo Story, St. Baldricks Day 2014, Chris Engle. “Blau, Reschke and Denny would say they are just doing their --First Place, Sports Columnist, Chris Engle. job,” commented Herald-Times Editor Bob Zaltsberg, “and so --First Place, Sports Feature, Courageous Courtright family cele- would I. People with disabilities are full members of our communi- brates achievement through challenging time, Matt Wenzel. ty, and deserve dignity, respect and support. That’s what our cover- --Second Place, Sports Coverage. age has tried to reflect.” --Second Place, Most Innovative Story Telling, WILD Northern Michigan, Chris Engle, Morgan Sherburne. Martinsville, Mooresville win 18 awards in HSPA The Mooresville-Decatur Times and the Varnell and Scott Roberts won second place Winning second places for the Times were Martinsville Reporter-Times combined for 18 for best sports section in the division. Lindsey Brian Culp for best editorial writer; Ronald awards at the Hoosier State Press Association Stevens, who was an intern with the Reporter- May for best in-depth feature; and Amy Better Newspaper contest. The Mooresville- Times, won a second place for best business Hillenburg for best editorial page and best Decatur Times won third place for general coverage. Tim Grimes won third place in divi- business section. excellence, an award that is given based upon sion 3 for best news story with deadline pres- Winning third places for the Times were points compiled by winning awards in the sure. Amy Hillenburg for best story under deadline various categories. The Mooresville-Decatur Times is in the pressure and best business coverage; Brian The Reporter-Times, which is in the daily non-daily division 1. The Times had three first Culp for best special section; and the staff for division 3, took first place for best website. place awards. Steve Page had a first place for best website. Brian Culp won second place for best busi- best sports event coverage; Ronald May for The entries are judged by newspaper per- ness section in division 3 as well as third best profile feature; and Amy Hillenburg for sonnel of newspapers in another state. place for best business news coverage. Julie best news with no deadline. 28 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator 2014 second triannual contest SCI print contest winners are named The 2014 second triannual Schurz Communications print contest Press winners have been announced. FIRST -- Mary Keck and Michael Reschke, Bloomington Herald- Jake Womer from The Hagerstown Herald-Mail and David Times, A Steep Climb Snodgress from the Bloomington Herald-Times were the contest Judge’s comments: “Keck and Reschke teamed to provide readers coordinators. with a thoughtful, thorough examination of a Bloomington elementa- The following are the winners by category in the second contest ry school, its impoverished student body and how teachers, adminis- period from May 1 through August 30. trators and the community worked to improve its poor performance. The project covered every angle and did so by telling stories through WATCHDOG the eyes of all the school’s stakeholders. Additionally, impressive Judged by John Lampinen, editor, Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, work in graphics and photography complemented the writing and Ill reporting.” FIRST -- Kim Kilbride, South Bend Tribune, Ticketing Students SECOND -- Kim Kilbride, South Bend Tribune, Autism in South Bend Schools Judge’s comments: “The two-part series did exactly what a reader Judge’s comments: “An enterprising exploration into a below-the- would hope: It provides a glimpse into the world of a family dealing radar system where local police ticket students for infractions of with autism and the issues it can create in the everyday world, espe- school rules and city laws. But, as Kilbride’s study shows, officers cially as it concerns a child’s education. Kilbride’s interaction with exercised little care in executing the tickets and little follow up in the Toner family led to insights that fly-by reporting just can’t pro- pursuing them. A well-researched and logically articulated public ser- duce. The frustration over school corporation red tape was palpable. vice that didn’t take this program at face value. Clearly, the class of Also, good idea to provide a list of community resources for readers the contest entries.” who are – or one day may have to – fight this battle in their own SECOND -- Chelcey Adami, Imperial Valley Press, Meth Use, homes.” Trafficking On The Rise Judge’s comments: “A solid report on El Centro’s breaking bad, PROFILE and the implications rising Meth use has for the community. Well Judged by Erin Orr, managing editor, The State Journal-Register researched and well written.” FIRST -- “New Direction” by M.J. Slaby of The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind. SENSE-MAKING/EXPLANATORY Judge’s comments: “We’ve all read our share of addiction/recovery Judged by Ryan Reynolds, metro editor, Evansville Courier & stories, but what I liked about this story is that I didn’t feel hit over Continued on page 30 SCI photo and video contest winners named These are the winners in the Schurz is perfect in telling the story. Nice moment. Multimedia Communication second triannual 2014 Very story telling Winners at: Photography amd Video Contest Honorable Mention -- Jeremy Hogan, https://www.youtube.com/channel/ The Judges were Kimberly Barth, director Bloomington Herald-Times: Crash UC-MP8CZZrrKATrpPpPdgZ_Q of photography and graphics, and Bob Honorable Mention – Robert Franklin, First – Chris Howell, Bloomington DeMay, picture editor, at the Akron. OH South Bend Tribune: Blasting Out of the Herald-Times: Horse Angels Beacon-Journal Bunker. Judge’s Comments: Great still images, great story-telling. Wonderful video. Makes Sports News & Feature you want to help. Nice job. Let me first say the sports category is fan- The news/feature category was very diffi- Second – Will Elkins, Aberdeen American tastic. What a collection of great sports pho- cult to judge. There were some great features News: Don Meyer, memorial profile of bas- tos. Wow. I’d love to have any of the photos but news kind of trumps the features when ketball coach run in our paper! Very great images. This you are judging. Degree of difficulty and the Judge’s Comments: This was a very well was super difficult. So, this was very close photographer’s reaction to a scene plays a produced story, great story telling and very and it was a very tough category. All four of part. well thought out. Way to personalize the the finalists should be very proud. First -- Kimberly Wynn, Aberdeen coach with all the quotes from the people in First – Joe Crocetta, Hagestown Herald- American News: Demolition Derby fire. the story and great use of the stills of the Mail: FlyOver Judge’s Comment: The demolition derby coach to tell the story. Nice job on a difficult Judge’s Comment: Peak Action. Love fire takes first. Great reaction by the photog- story. everything about this photo. The catcher is rapher. Nicely framed picture with layers of Honorable Mention – Chris Howell, framed perfectly. Love the catcher’s face and interest. Nice job. Bloomington Herald-Times: Red Oliphant. his fingers. Great image, great moment. Second -- Kevin G. Gilbert, Hagerstown Profile of a long active resident. Second -- Chris Howell, Bloomington Herald-Mail: Boy Prays for Dog Honorable Mention -- Clay Jackson, Herald-Times: Homerun Loss Judge’s Comment: The boy praying as he Danville Advocate Messenger: St. Judge’s Comment: What a perfect waits for his dog to respond is a very intense Baldrick’s Foundation. moment. We know immediately the dejec- moment. Nice job on photographer’s part. tion that the outfielder is feeling just Honorable Mention – Kevin G. Gilbert, slumped from the fence, his body language Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Snoozing Schurz Communicator Winter 2015 29 Continued from page 29 the head with profile subject Mark Mourns Fallen Fireman.’ The main photo is Huffman’s “addiction” with a capital “A.” BREAKING NEWS strong. The three photos above it get in the Instead, the writer simply but effectively Judged by Jim Baumann, assistant vice way and are too small to have an impact. As gave me a good, descriptive glimpse into president/managing editor, Daily Herald, a result, very little story gets on the front Huffman’s world and how he’s turned his Arlington Heights, Ill. page.” life around. The writer captures Huffman’s FIRST -- Staff, Aberdeen American News: HONORABLE MENTION -- Jenny trading of one addiction for another that, Death of Don Meyer Striking Tilley and Stewart Moon, The Bloomington hopefully, will prove far more positive for Judge’s comments: “sparse cover shows Herald-Times him. The story left me rooting for Huffman, great reverence toward Don Meyer. It’s fairly Judge’s comments: “Both pages are strong. but also wondering whether the worst is truly obvious you saw this coming and had a lot ‘Wedding Day’ is an especially clean, well- behind him. Would he be able to stay on this of this copy in the bank, but the fact that he ordered page with strong pictures.” more positive path in life? I’m hoping the died on a Sunday tells me it was not easy to writer checks back in with Huffman down rebuild Monday’s papers with a full 10 pages SPORTS WRITING the road.” of coverage of his life and his legacy. Lots of Judged by Tim Ethridge, editor, Evansville SECOND -- “Band of Brothers” by Jon interesting history and commentary here.” (Ind.) Courier & Press Blau of The Herald-Times in Bloomington, SECOND -- Staff, The Herald-Times, FIRST -- John Papendick, Aberdeen Ind. Same-sex marriage ok’d American News, “Don Meyer leaving last- Judge’s comments: “It’s pretty tough not to Judge’s comments: “Typically comprehen- ing legacy.” enjoy a well-crafted WWII vets story, espe- sive job by the Herald-Times on a big story. Judge’s comments: “It’s not easy to tell cially when said story features 3 brothers I particularly like the “What They Said,” your readers something new about a local who went to war, and one brother in particu- “What Happened” and “What it Means” landmark, but John Papendick managed to lar voices reluctance to be painted any kind guideposts on the front to help readers navi- do just that as he shared the story of coach- of hero. As our WWII vets dwindle, it gate this package. Good historical perspec- ing legend Don Meyer, home for hospice becomes that much more important to chron- tive, great celebratory stuff, commentary, care. The story ran May 14; Meyer died on icle their experiences, their hopes as young even social media. What could have made May 18. By finding not only someone who people and their very real fears. Well report- this a first-place winner is more balance. I saw Meyer as a mentor, but someone who ed, nicely written and an enjoyable read.” was looking for something from the other cared enough to introduce his wife to his old side and couldn’t find it.” coach, Papendick brought Meyer’s values to LOCALIZATION HONORABLE MENTION -- Staff, life for the American News’ readers. The Judged by Erin Orr, managing editor, The South Bend Tribune addition of Meyer’s wife’s perspective was State Journal-Register Judge’s comments: “Downtown goes dark valuable, too.” FIRST -- “A lot at stake in marriage deci- is a power outage a huge breaking news SECOND -- Eric Hansen, South Bend sion” by Lindsey Erdody and Rachel Bunn story? I can see the potential for that, espe- Tribune, “Notre Dame QB Everett Golson of The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind. cially given the big weekend for Notre finds harmony in his past.” Judge’s comments: “While much of the Dame. But I was impressed with the extraor- Judge’s comments: “Hansen had a second coverage was predictable — but solid — dinary effort put forth not just to get the entry, featuring Notre Dame coach Brian what really stood out was the on-the-scene paper out but to keep readers apprised online Kelly, that also was strong. But by getting reporting that puts the reader there in the what the fallout of the outage was. Very con- Golson, a quarterback who could have left courtroom during the appellate court hearing sumer driven.” the university in disgrace over an academic for Wisconsin and Indiana same-sex mar- scandal but instead found a way to make riage cases. The result was a solid story that MOST COMPELLING DESIGN OF himself better and return to the school and held my attention from start to finish without PAGE 1 team, to open up about his mistakes and his hitting me over the head with how important Judged by Steve Shirk, managing editor, future plans this was the better read. This this hearing was for both sides.” The Kansas City Star was a magazine-length profile but well done, SECOND -- “Tracking Meth” by Laura FIRST -- John Stump and Courtney keeping the readers’ interest.” Lane and Abby Tonsing of The Herald- Seanor, South Bend Tribune HONORABLE MENTION -- Andy Times in Bloomington, Ind. Judge’s comments: “Both these front pages Graham, Bloomington Herald Times, Judge’s comments: “Meth. Is there any- really draw in readers. ‘Downtown Goes “Ballplayer is safe at home.” where in the U.S. not touched by this? It’s Dark’ incorporates myriad parts — four pho- Judge’s comments: “Many newspaper almost passe these last several years, yet the tos, three stories and and map — and makes readers are suckers for history, and when it’s drug, its manufacture, distribution and con- it really work. It’s one-stop reading for a big a story that hasn’t before been told it truly sumption continues to devour. So while the news event. The second page — ‘Questions captures the imagination. That’s what launch of a new state database might seem Surround Academic Fraud Probe’ — is dis- Graham found in George Shively, a two-time humdrum, it is the interactive aspect and advantaged by lack of dominant art. But they Negro League MVP whose forgotten grave hotspots of the online map generated from it make it work, as well.” is at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington. that make this package stand out. SECOND -- Courtney Seanor, South Bend Shively was born in Kentucky but played in Informative, alarming (depending on which Tribune Indiana towns such as West Baden in the areas you click) and necessary, this package Judge’s comments: “Both are strong pages. 1920s and ‘30s, dying without family in provides information that will keep readers Big events get big play. And generally with Bloomington in 1962.” coming back again and again to learn more nice photos. ‘Cleanup Begins After Storms’ SCI print contest winners about their neighborhoods and surrounding uses three photos that represent very differ- (Continued from page 30) areas.” ent aspects of the event. Not so ‘Town COMMENTARY (Continued on page 31) 30 Winter 2015 Schurz Communicator KTUU-TV wins six awards in ABA contest KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska won six Oldies awards in the TV Best Promotional Announcement Division 1: 2014 Alaska Broadcasters Association competition. “Watch It on Airwave”: Brad Hillwig – Writer/Producer; Felix Golden Oldies are given annually to bring recognition to Alaskan Rodriguez –Photographer/editor; Kim Daehnke – Lighting; Colin broadcasters for outstanding Lamar – Graphics. WSBT Winners performance. TV Uniquely Alaskan Program Division 1: in IBA Contest The KTUU-TV winners were: “Rural Education Report”: Corey Allen-Young – Reporter; Kenny TV Commercial $500 or more — Story on page 22 Knudsen – Photojournalist; Division 1: Scotty Smith – Photojournalist; Mike Nederbrock – Photojournalist. “Able Body Shop “The Finest”, Colin TV Best Entertainment Feature Division 1: Lamar – Producer/Editor/Graphics; “Fishmas Wreath”; Shawn Wilson – Photojournalist. Barry Sowinski – Producer; Dan Newman – Producer. TV Service to Children Division 1: TV Public Service Announcement Division 1: “Fund The Future”: Corey Allen-Young – Reporter; Kuba Wuls – “Back to the Future”: Brad Hillwig – Writer/Producer; Felix Photojournalist; Shawn Wilson – Photojournalist; Mike Nederbrock Rodriguez – Photographer/Editor. – Photojournalist. SCI newspapers win 16 HSPA advertising awards Schurz Communications newspapers in Best Real Estate ad: Best Political ad: Indiana won 19 awards in the Hoosier State 2nd Place: Kathy Parrott for Cobblestone 1st Place: Lisa Payton for Rita Barrow Press Association advertising awards contest. Realty 2nd Place: Lisa Payton for Mike Pershing The Bloomington Herald-Times won 16 of 3rd Place: Kathy Parrott for Pitkin Group Best Non-Inserted Publication: the awards, The Martinsville Reporter-Times Best Education, Churches and Non-Profit 1st Place: Homes & Lifestyles two and the South Bend Tribune one. ad: 3rd Place: Adventure Indiana The awards were presented at the annual 3rd Place: HT Staff for the Volunteer Best of Show: conference at the JW Marriott in Network 2nd Place: Homes & Lifestyles Indianapolis on September 26. Best Entertainment and Lifestyles ad: The South Bend winner was: The Bloomington winners included a 1st Place: Kurt Felts for the Monroe Best Special Sections” second place in the Best Of Show category County Fair 3rd Place: Best Holiday Shopping, Karen for Homes & Lifestyle magazine. 3rd Place: Corey Lewis for the Dollar Tuberville, Patsy Roos and Jenn Smith. The other Bloomington winners were: Book Store (under 6,000 circulation) The Martinsville Reporter-Times winners Best Home and Garden Products ad: Best Food and Drug ad: were: 1st Place: Kurt Felts for Carpets Plus 1st Place: Corey Lewis for Papa Johns Best Food and Drug 3rd Place: Kurt Felts for Abell Nursery (under 6,000 circulation) 1st Place: Papa Johns. Corey Lewis. Best Home and Garden Services ad: 1st Place: Susan Rannochio for Dining Best Entertainment and Lifestyle 1st Place: Candace Sampson for Mays Guide 3rd Place: The White House. Corey Lewis. Greenhouse 2nd Place: HT staff for Taste of the Town

Judged by Jim Slusher, assistant managing Judge’s comments: “The writing of both ride. His documentation from start to finish editor, Opinion, Daily Herald, Arlington points of view is solid and thought-provok- provided insight into how much it would Heights, Ill. ing, but the most interesting thing about this cost and included readers in every step of the FIRST -- Richard Montenegro Brown, entry is the engaging “debate” format that way. Imperial Valley Press looks at two different takes on an issue. “By engaging readers on Twitter and ask- Judge’s comments: “These columns were Point-counterpoint columns can become the- ing questions, he also received advice on thoughtfully written and eloquent. They atrical competitions in which ‘who wins’ helmets, bike maintenance and how to fix a probe their themes with detail, snippets of becomes more important than stimulating flat tire. These conversations allowed people well-told narrative and a wide range of his- thought. That was not the case in these col- to participate in the trip and connect with his torical and literary references — always rele- umns, which provided challenging, interest- coverage. vant to the main point. It all works together ing approaches to their topics.” “Papendick valued their input and com- to produce a voice that is authoritative, per- ments and added them to a Storify through- suasive, interesting and a joy to read.” DIGITAL SUCCESS STORY out the trip. He also added Vine videos, SECOND -- Al Lesar, South Bend Judged by Clytie Bunyan, director of busi- Instagram photos and commentary on the Tribune ness & lifestyles, The Oklahoman/NewsOK. scenery to share his experience with others. Judge’s comments: “Good use of reporting com “And people really responded to it. They to support his points on an important topic. 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