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Dan Plutchak has spent more than 20 years as a community news journalist. In 2009, he was promoted to associate editor with Bliss Communications and is responsible for WalworthCountyToday.com, the Gazette's news website covering the Lake Geneva area in Walworth County, Wis. The local news site combines content produced for the print editions of the Gazette and CSI Media's weekly newspapers, along with edited aggregate of local online news and original content produced specifically for the site. Prior to that, he was associate editor for the Bliss Communication's newly-acquired CSI community newspaper group based in Delavan , Wis. Until the acquisition in 2008 of CSI Media, Plutchak was editor of The Week, a twice-weekly print and daily online news publication covering Walworth County in southeastern Wisconsin. Plutchak has gained a national reputation for drawing readers with innovative content, design and delivery platforms. The Week has won numerous awards from The National Newspaper Association, The Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Wisconsin News Photographers' Association. It won a second-place award as best weekend newspaper in the country in 2007. Plutchak's resume describes his experience in developing relevant and engaging news products. He also guides creative teams in the use of both traditional story telling tools as well as interactive content, video, and multi-media. Plutchak's portfolio includes samples of his writing, photography and video work. To learn more, e-mail dan at dplutchak@plutchaknews.com or call him at (608)289-9639.
The no-spin zone It seems the presidential election has come down to this: We're being asked to pick one candidate because the other is a liar with no intention of doing what he says he's going to do. If these claims really were true, you'd be better off voting for me. I'm not a candidate, so there's nothing to throw mud at. In search of the next great idea Most of my inspiration is really imitation in disguise. The best usually is. I'm always looking for new ways to better communicate with our readers. When we find something in the media that impresses us, we'll quickly find a way to modify it to how we do things at The Week. Here's a grab bag of my favorite innovations from The Week ... Read Bliss acquires string of community newspapers Bliss Communications, the publisher of The Janesville Gazette and several other daily newspapers, announced today that it has acquired Community Shoppers Inc. and its family of free distribution publications... Read |
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