A familiar face is now leading the Quincy Herald-Whig’s interactive efforts. Kelly Wilson brings to the job a wealth of experience as a former staff writer, copy editor and page designer at the Whig. A couple of years ago, she left for a communications position at the local hospital. Now, we are pleased to say that Kelly has returned as the Whig’s new Interactive Managing Editor.

Strategically, Kelly and Managing Editor Don Crim are the content drivers in an evolving Whig newsroom. Their partnership symbolizes the increasing importance of what we’re doing on our interactive platforms and how that work can in turn support the newspaper.

As part of Kelly’s orientation, Quincy’s Senior Internet Director, Worldnow’s Senior Client Services Manager, Quincy’s Mobile Coordinator and others spent last week doing some intensive training and strategic discussions. As any great leader would, Kelly is now learning as much as she can about the Whig’s team members, their workflow and the technology. Based on that foundation, she and the Whig’s leadership team will design and implement a plan for taking our interactive business to the next level.

Emerging goals include delivering more great content to our online customers in a faster, more efficient way and drawing more attention to some of the best content that’s already being produced. A specific example of that would be the many audio slide shows that combine powerful photojournalism with interviews and natural sound. You can watch some examples here.  We look forward to seeing what Kelly and her team can do and welcome her to the interactive team.