Record number of GateHouse newspapers receive company's Inner Circle Award

GateHouse Media has awarded nine Southern Illinois newspapers with the company's prestigious Inner Circle Awards for Q2:

• Benton Evening News
• Carmi Times
• Olney Daily Mail
• Du Quoin Evening Call
• Daily Republican (Marion)
• Murphysboro American
• Randolph County Herald Tribune
• The Daily American (West Frankfort)
• The Daily Register (Harrisburg)

Inner Circle evaluations focus on prints initiatives such as reader involvement, print and online promotions and alternative story formats; and online initiatives, such as Facebook, website updates, galleries, video and community blogging. This is the most S.I. newspapers that have received this award in a quarter. 

Congrats to all the winning newsrooms.   

Six Southern Illinois newsrooms win GateHouse Inner Circle Awards

GateHouse Media has award six of its Southern Illinois newspapers with the company's prestigious Inner Circle Awards for Q2:

• Daily American (West Frankfort)
• Du Quoin Evening Call

• Murphysboro American

• The Carmi Times

• The Daily Register (Harrisburg)

• The Olney Daily Mail


Inner Circle evaluations focus on prints initiatives such as reader involvement, print and online promotions and alternative story formats; and online initiatives, such as Facebook, website updates, galleries, video and community blogging. This is the most S.I. newspapers that have received this award in a quarter. 

Congrats to all the winning newsrooms.   

Doris Wilson is GateHouse Southern Illinois new group advertising manager

Announcement late this week: Doris Wilson was named Group Advertising Manager, GateHouse Media Southern Illinois. Doris will lead our sales teams in following offices: Harrisburg, Galatia, Benton, West Frankfort, DuQuoin, Marion and Carmi.

She has served as advertising manager at the Daily Register in Harrisburg for 12 years. Prior to that, she worked at the Du Quoin Evening Call.

Congrats Doris!

This is the latest in a a series of promotions. Several other leadership changes in GateHouse Southern Illinois announced last month prior to my launch of this blog:

- George Wilson will supervise operations at The (Harrisburg) Daily Register, Eldorado Daily Journal, The Carmi Times, The Weekly Times, White County Shopper News, The Gallatin Democrat, Ridgway News and the Money Stretcher.

- Ray McGrew is group publisher of the Olney Daily Mail, CCAP Special, Jasper County News Eagle, Newton Press Mentor, Teutopolis Press and the Richland County Shopper.

- Tom Tiernan is group publisher of the Murphysboro American, Steeleville Ledger and Randolph County Herald News. Sabrina Franklin remains general manager of the Steeleville and Randolph County newspapers.

- Terry Geese, former managing editor in Harrisburg and Eldorado, has been promoted to senior editor of the Southern Illinois group.

- Robert Wall, former publisher of the Daily Republican in Marion, has been promoted to regional advertising director for the southern Illinois group.

GateHouse Media, Inc., headquartered in Fairport, N.Y., is one of the largest publishers of locally based media in the United States, as measured by its 97 daily publications. It currently serves local audiences of more than 10 million per week across 21 states through hundreds of community publications and websites. GateHouse Media is traded in the over-the-counter market under the symbol "GHSE."

There are eight daily newspapers and 20 weekly and shopper publications in the southern Illinois division of GateHouse, as well as affiliated websites and several niche publications.