Welcome Quintern Jane Morrison to WGEM!

Jane Morrison, an Iowa State University Junior, joins WGEM in Quincy, Illinois, as their newest Quintern. Jane is a Journalism/Mass Communications and International Studies major with a minor in Mathematics. During her time as a Quintern, she hopes to gain newsroom experience and broaden her knowledge and understanding of broadcasting. She wants to prepare herself for her future. After Iowa State Jane is not 100% what career path she wants to follow, but is excited to explore journalism through the newsroom and then try a field in public relations.

Welcome to WGEM Jane!

Something Smells Good In Quincy!

The Quincy Herald-Whig just had its first Taste of Home Cooking School Show! With 500 eagerly awaiting attendees and businesses, this show had it all. Food, Live Cooking, Furniture, Appliances, Wine, Door Prizes and a little dash of Fun help create a perfect evening to anyone who loves to cook. The show was very successful and Taste of Home which is a popular cooking magazine in the U.S. made it possible for The Herald-Whig. We had 8 vendors who focused their products on home and living plus 3 great sponsors to help support the entire show. County Market supplied the ingredients for all 10 recipes, Ashley Furniture provided a lounge area for attendees to rest and Quincy Appliance donated the appliances that were used on stage. The event gave out over $1,300 in Door Prizes plus Taste of Home provided everyone a FREE Subscription to their Magazine. This was a great First Time Event for The Quincy Herald-Whig.

Aldijana Omanovic joins KWWL as a Quintern in the News Department

Aldijana Omanovic joins the select group of KWWL Quintern participants. She is from the University of Northern Iowa and will be interning in the news department. Aldijana is a senior with a major in Electronic Media and a minor in Journalism. Before KWWL, Aldijana interned for the Waverly-Cedar Falls Times in reporting. There she would conduct interviews and write stories, some which were published in the paper.

Aldijana is looking to gain experience in videography, editing and maybe even some anchoring. She is excited to produce quality work that can be used on her reel in her search for employment in the news industry post-graduation. Down the road Aldijana would like to become an anchor and hopes that the Quinternship Program will move her in the right direction.

Meet Anna Oakley – The first Quintern at The Quincy Herald-Whig


I am pleased to announce that Anna Oakley has been named the first Quintern at The Herald-Whig. Anna will produce editorial content for our LocalQ web site and other online platforms, write articles for the Herald-Whig newspaper and sell advertising during her summer Quinternship.  
  

Anna has completed her junior year at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is pursuing a degree in mass communications/journalism.  Anna previously attended Saint Louis University and served for two years in AmeriCorp,  the national public service program that addresses critical community needs through partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. Please join me in welcoming Anna to The Herald-Whig.

Zach Grant joins the KWWL team as a Quintern in the News Department

KWWL is happy to introduce Zach Grant as the newest participant in the Quinternship Program.  Zach will be interning in the News Department.

Zach is a Junior at the University of Iowa where he majors in Journalism and has a minor in Sports Studies. He is looking forward to learning as much as he can about the television news industry from the beginning of a story to the finished project. In the future Zach would like to work somewhere in sports media, preferably in television or radio.

Welcome to the KWWL team Zach!

First Quinterns call our paid internship program excellent, valuable experience

The first Quinterns of 2012 give our new paid internship program high marks for delivering what we promise – paid, hands-on, real-world experience.  As one Quintern put it, “Quincy has truly created one of the best internship programs in the nation. I was not running errands or doing pointless activities. I was in the field and getting a real hands on experience.“  We’re pleased about that but what’s more – we know we can make our program even better for the next wave of best and brightest students.

As part of our curriculum, we ask all of our Quinterns to fill out exit surveys just before their internships end. The questions are designed to help us fine tune what works and eliminate what doesn’t. When asked to rate their satisfaction with the overall experience from one (poor) to five (excellent),  our first Quinterns rated their satisfaction as 4.8, excellent. The survey results confirm the importance we place on assigning a mentor to each Quintern and on following a well-defined curriculum. Our first Quinterns gave the program a perfect 5.0 rating for the variety and quality of skills they learned. As one Quintern said, “This internship really brought me out of my shell as a journalist and required more fast-paced movement than classes offer. I utilized skills with unfamiliar equipment that I am now very comfortable with and hope to integrate these tools for my ideal position as a multimedia journalist.”

Our goal in hiring Quinterns and in growing the inventory between their ears, is to hire the best of them after they graduate and to help all of our Quinterns to land great jobs. Our first Quinterns rated the value of their experience in helping them to find employment at  4.8 out of 5. And 100% of our Quinterns want to be considered for employment in the Quincy family of companies when they graduate.  It doesn’t get much better than that.

The Quinternship program works because of  the hard-working men and women in our television stations, newspapers and radio stations. The students praised their knowledge, their patience and their passion for our business.  If you’re interested in becoming a Quintern, take the first step by filling out our online application here. Your information will be routed to the Quincy location(s) you choose and you will be kept up to date on your application status.

WQOW receives four 1st place awards at this year’s Wisconsin Broadcasters Awards for Excellence Ceremony

The WQOW News Department received four 1st place awards at this

WQOW Internet Director Bridget Kurtenbach

year’s Wisconsin Broadcasters Awards for Excellence Ceremony.

Small Market Television

News Writing:

1st Place: WQOW-TV, Campendium Part 3:

Playing With Fire

 Significant Community Impact:

1st Place: WQOW-TV, Kids in Need

 Editorial Commentary:

1st Place: WQOW-TV, Free & Easy

Madison Madness:

1st Place: WQOW-TV, Madison Protests

 —also received—

 BEST USE OF NEWS VIDEO:

3rd Place: WQOW-TV, The Con Con

HARD NEWS/INVESTIGATIVE :

3rd Place: WQOW-TV, The Job Search

PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

2nd Place: WQOW-TV, Mobile Site Weather 2011

Check out this video from WQOW about one of their WBA 1st Place winners: WQOW_WBA AWARD_KIDS IN NEED_051112

Wisconsin Broadcasters Association honors WKOW team

Congratulations to WKOW team members for taking home the following WBA Awards for work done in 2011. The awards were revealed during the annual Awards Gala on May 5, 2012 in Madison. 

1st Place

  • MORNING NEWSCAST – WKOW-TV, Wake Up Wisconsin – April 6, 2011 (Click here to visit the Wake Up Wisconsin web page.)
  • SPECIALTY PROGRAMMING – WKOW-TV, Wisconsin vs. Nebraska Pregame Special
  • PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT – WKOW-TV, Left Out in the Cold (27 Storm Track Winter Campaign)
  • FEATURE – WKOW-TV, The Road To Fame: Whitney Mann
  • PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – WKOW-TV, Art Fair on the Square
  • SPORTSCAST – WKOW-TV, Jake Zimmermann

2nd Place

3rd Place

You can see the WBA news release naming all of the award winners here. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

WAOW news team awarded for news excellence

WAOW Award Winners

WAOW Award Winners

On Saturday, May 5 the WAOW news team was presented with ten awards at the 60th annual Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Gala. Congratulations to everyone who helps get our news, weather and sports on the air!

 

1st PLACE

  • Best evening newscast – Newsline 9 @ 5pm
  • Best Series or Documentary – Honor Flight (Bonnie Shelton)
  • Best Specialty Programming – Honor Flight Special (Byron Graff)

2nd PLACE

  • Hard News/Investigation – Bullying (Daniel Woodruff)
  • Weathercast – (Justin Loew)

3rd PLACE

  • Specialty programming – Jefferson Awards
  • Best Continuing Coverage – Fleet Farm Bell Ringers
  • Feature – Purple Heart (Anna Carrera)
  • Spot News – Merrill Tornado
  • Sports Reporting – Natalie Decker (Sean Giggy)

Quincy Herald-Whig newsroom honored with 16 awards

Congratulations to the Quincy Herald-Whig newsroom staff for winning 10 awards in the Illinois Press Association contest and six awards in the Illinois Associated Press Editors contest.

IPA winners are (actual places won’t be known until the annual convention in June):

  • Best website – whig.com, Jessica Martin, David Adam, copy and sports desk.
  • Best web project – “Blizzard 2011,” staff
  • Newspaper design – staff
  • Best school board coverage – Ed Husar, David Adam
  • Headline writing – Julie Marra
  • Special section – “Heroes”
  • Sports feature – “Playing for Stan,” Matt Schuckman
  • Sports feature – “Making it all add up,” Matt Schuckman
  • Sports section – Don O’Brien
  • Sports story – “Savoring a sweet treat,” Blake Toppmeyer

AP winners are:

  • First place for sports action photo – “Off the Fingertips,” Phil Carlson
  • Second place for print newspaper page design – “Snow-verwhelmed,” staff
  • Second place for headlines – Julie Marra
  • Third place for multimedia storytelling – “Quincy School Board Controversy,” staff
  • Third place, sports feature – “Making it all add up,” Matt Schuckman
  • Third place, entertainment – “Residents honor veterans through music, comedy show,” Jessica Martin

Congratulations to all these winners! What a great year and what a great staff!