THE MORNING SUN'S WADE AMONG TOP YOUNG NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
VIENNA,
Va.— The Morning Sun's Stephen Wade makes the top 20 list
of young professionals in the newspaper business, joining an
elite group of young achievers profiled every year in Presstime
magazine's "20 under 40" issue. Wade, 37, has been
publisher of The Morning Sun in Pittsburg, Kan. since 2002.
The annual
list recognizes 20 professionals under age 40 representing various
disciplines at newspapers across the country. Presstime is the
monthly flagship publication of the Newspaper Association of
America.
The
20 under 40 are selected by Presstime staff from nominations
by senior-level newspaper executives nationwide. Nominations
are made in the areas of management, editorial, marketing, circulation,
advertising, new media and production. Profiles of each of the
20 appear in the magazine's December issue and online at NAA's
Web site.
The
annual list recognizes 20 professionals under age 40 representing
various disciplines at newspapers across the country. Presstime
is the monthly flagship publication of the Newspaper Association
of America.
"A
newspaper is a dynamic and challenging environment in which
to work," said John F. Sturm, NAA president and CEO. "These
20 individuals have excelled in that environment and made their
newspapers and our industry stronger as a result. On both the
editorial and business sides of the business, they are on the
frontier every day of an industry that is at once a time-honored
institution of American life and a cutting-edge deliverer of
news and information in ever-changing ways."
Wade
started his newspaper career in 1993 as electronic darkroom
manager at The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal. He served in a
number of positions there, working his way up to director of
operations by the time he left in 2002 to become publisher of
The Morning Sun. Moving from the 59,515 circulation Capital-Journal
to the 9,200 circulation Morning Sun called for an adjustment.
Without the depth of staff available in Topeka, he has, for
example, found himself driving a forklift to unload advertising
inserts. His main purpose, however, is to improve the newspaper's
quality, develop its staff, increase its media market share
and increase circulation. Under his watch, the paper has introduced
new products, redesigned the classified section and added more
color, all the while emphasizing local content.
NAA is
a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper
industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada.
Most NAA members are daily newspapers, accounting for 87 percent
of the U.S. daily circulation. Headquartered in Tysons Corner
(Vienna, Va.), the Association focuses on six key strategic
priorities that affect the newspaper industry collectively:
marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper
operations and readership. Information about NAA and the industry
may also be found at the Association's World Wide Web site on
the Internet at www.naa.org.
