“Her experience will be missed, and we wish her the very best in her business ventures moving forward. “Julie Bechtel has been an outstanding leader for Lee,” Bekke said. Without the trust of our readers, we will be unable to adequately perform our mission of providing news, analysis and an open forum for the exchange of ideas. Her career also includes appointments as Lee regional executive and publisher of the Lincoln Journal Star and publisher of the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa. “I look forward to working with this great team and contributing to its long legacy of civic leadership and business innovation.”īechtel was named a Lee Enterprises group publisher in 2014 and served as president and publisher of The Pantagraph in Bloomington, Illinois, and the Herald & Review in Decatur, Illinois. The Capitol has 15 floors above ground and is 400 feet tall. “As a native of Nebraska, I have always admired the World-Herald’s commitment to Omaha and the state,” Thomas said. The Nebraska State Capitol dominates the skyline in Lincoln, including looking west from 28th and J streets. Previous Daily Minute videos are archived here. The Lincoln Journal Star is an American daily newspaper that serves Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital and home of the University of Nebraska. She was named a senior corporate sales executive by Lee in 2015. The Daily Minute is the Journal Star's morning news briefing where you can get the latest news in about a minute each weekday. Thomas joined Lee Enterprises in 1995 and advanced to several leadership positions at the Lincoln Journal Star, including advertising director and general manager, before being named publisher in 2014. Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Lincoln Journal Star.
“She has consistently demonstrated that she has the talent, energy and experience to lead our digital media organizations at a very high level, and I know that our properties in Omaha, Lincoln, the rest of Nebraska and Iowa are in great hands.”īechtel, who is leaving Lee to pursue ownership and operation of a business founded by her family in 1967, has been president and publisher of the World-Herald since 2018. “Time and time again, Ava has succeeded in key leadership roles within our company,” said Nathan Bekke, Lee operating vice president and vice president - consumer sales and marketing. Thomas also was named group publisher for Lee properties in Nebraska and Iowa, and she’ll remain president and publisher in Lincoln. Lincoln journal (Lincoln, Neb.) 1054-7983 (DLC)sn 84020262 Lincoln. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has announced that Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star President and Publisher Ava Thomas will succeed Julie Bechtel as president and publisher of the Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald.
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