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Bus-tracking app wins Schurz prize
SOUTH BEND — An app that allows city buses and public school buses to be tracked and tagged by riders in real time won the top prize Monday in the Notre Dame-Schurz Prize competition for innovation. App developer Sean Fitzgerald, a Notre Dame junior from Concord,...
Antietam donates $500,000 in Broadband services
Antietam Broadband Television, Inc. announced a partnership with Washington County Public Schools that will bring discounted Internet service to WCPS students and their families who currently do not have Internet service. Antietam Broadband approached WCPS with an...
Chris Dautel joining SCI corporate staff
Chris Dautel has joined the Schurz Communications corporate staff as Electronic Division Controller and Strategic Analyst. Chris has been the Vice President of Finance and Business Affairs for WSBT-TV for the last seven years. In addition, a portion of his time has...
Cable TV Hall of Fame adds Orbitel’s Scullaw
Jerry "Chief'” Scullawl of Orbitel Communications in Sun Lakes, AZ was inducted into the Southwest Cable Television's Hall of Fame at a dinner in Scottsdale. Inductees are cited for their long tenure in the industry and for significant contributions to the development...
Schurz Communications and Purdue University Innovation prize awarded
While Merriam and Webster define an “impulse” as a “sudden strong desire to do something”, but at the 2013 Schurz Communications and Purdue University Innovation prize on Tuesday night, Impulse wasn’t simply a strong desire, it was a creative technology team who took...
Wright new SCI VP of Information Technology
Michelle Wright has been named the new Vice President of Information Technology at Schurz Communications. Michelle joined SCI in 2012 as Director of Project Management and quickly began management of the publishing systems replacement projects as well as the...
Climbwire – HoosierTimes launches digital agency venture
By CHAD GIDDENS Hoosier Times, Bloomington, IN In late March, The HoosierTimes in Bloomington, IN launched its newest venture, Climbwire Digital Solutions, in an effort to diversify its revenue stream and continue to be the local media company with the most solutions...
Innovation team launched at WDBJ7
By JIM McCABE WDBJ7, Roanoke, VA With the media world changing at moment’s notice, WDBJ7 kicked off 2013 by introducing an Innovation Team. This team has representatives from each of the departments and has been charged with overseeing WDBJ7’s quest for station...
Iconic Family Recognizes Iconic Family
SCI is honored by the Studebaker Museum One iconic South Bend family company honored another iconic South Bend family company in April when the Studebaker National Museum honored Schurz Communications at its 12th annual Hall of Champions dinner at the museum. The...
Schurz Innovation Award winners named
Schurz Innovation Award winners named By Margaret Fosmoe, South Bend Tribune
Danville’s Nelson to Kentucky Hall of Fame
John Nelson, executive editor of The Danville Advocate-Messenger and its sister publications in Stanford, Nicholasville and Winchester, has been selected as an inductee to the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Nelson, a past president of the Kentucky Press...
Herald-Mail Nominated for Business Award
Herald-Mail Nominated for Business Award Herald-Mail Media has been nominated for a 2013 Washington County Business Award. The company was named a finalist for the Leading Edge Award, which is given each year to a Washington County business that leverages...
2012 Employee Awards Made at Tribune
2012 Employee Awards made at Tribune Peggy Bassier of the advertising department is the newest recipient of the Franklin D. Schurz Award for an outstanding full-time employee of the South Bend Tribune. Robert Jackson of the subscriber services department received...
Cocanougher is Danville Employee of the Year
Cocanougher is Danville employee of the year James Cocanougher has beern awarded the first annual Mary Schurz Award presented to The Employee of the Year at The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, Ky. Cocanougher is maintenance manger has been with The Advocate for 19...
Benton selected Winchester Sun 2012 Employee of the Year
Winchester Sun 2012 Employee of the Year Rhonda Benton was selected as the recipient The Winchester Sun’s 2012 Fred Baber Employee of the Year Award. Benton currently serves as a classified sales representative and oversees front office operations. She originally...