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Baker Tapped as Publisher for High Point Newspaper

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-Information courtesy The Daily Dispatch and Paxton Media Group

Henderson native Nancy Baker will assume the role of publisher at The High Point Enterprise upon the retirement of publisher Rick Bean.

Baker joined Paxton Media Group and the newspaper industry in 1995 as business manager of The Daily Dispatch. In 2004, she became business manager of The High Point Enterprise, and in 2011 was named Regional Controller for the division that consists of 12 newspapers throughout North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Baker will continue to serve in this role in addition to assuming the publisher duties.

“I’m honored and excited to become publisher of The Enterprise,” Baker said. “We have a great leadership team and staff. High Point is in a transformational period of its history and I’m looking forward to contributing to the community however I can. This newspaper has a long history of excellence that we have every intention of continuing.”

Henderson native Nancy Baker will assume the role of publisher at The High Point Enterprise upon the retirement of publisher Rick Bean. (Photo Credit: The Daily Dispatch)

Daily Dispatch & H-V Chamber Seeking ’10 Under 40′ Nominations

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-Information courtesy Sandra C. Wilkerson, Director of Administration and Events, Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce

Do you know someone under the age of 40 making a difference in the Henderson-Vance County community? The Daily Dispatch and the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce are seeking nominations to identify our community’s young, emerging leaders in politics, business, nonprofit, and the faith community.

To nominate someone, go to https://bit.ly/10under40form. You can also pick up forms at either the Chamber office at 414 S. Garnett Street, Henderson or at The Daily Dispatch at 304 S. Chestnut Street, Henderson.

Deadline to submit nominations is August 10, 2018

Check out the video on the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce Facebook page where Chamber President John Barnes and The Dispatch Publisher Nancy Wykle talk about why it’s important to identify the people under the age of 40 who are helping move our community forward.

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Dispatch earns 9 awards from N.C. Press Association

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(Congratulations to The Daily Dispatch!)

— by Dispatch staff

— republished with permission

The Daily Dispatch received nine awards in its division in the annual North Carolina Press Association contest, which included entries from October 2016 to September 2017.

“I am thrilled to see our staff’s work honored,” said Nancy Wykle, publisher and editor of The Daily Dispatch. “We do our best every day to serve our advertisers and readers, and this reaffirms the dedication our staff has to serving this community.”

Advertising account representatives Stephanie Ranes and Diane Robbins received awards.

Ranes received first place for Best Community Service Signature Page or Best Shared Page for the “In Loving Memory” ad.

Robbins took both first and second place for Best Entertainment Ad for Carolina BBQ & Chicken and iExteriors 2017 NGAA, respectively.

In the newsroom, sports editor Logan Ulrich won second place for sports enterprise writing for his piece “Local football coaches deal with low turnout.” He also took second place for sports photography for the photo accompanying “Spartans advance to title game on PKs.”

Ulrich also placed third for sports feature writing for the article “Thoughts of family fuel Daye” and third for sports news reporting for the article “Kerr-Vance state title game.”

Reporter David Irvine placed third for headline writing.

The paper’s staff also won first place for the special section celebrating the Henderson’s 175th anniversary. “The win for the 175th section was really a win for the entire community because we had so many people here contribute to the section to make it successful,” Wykle said.

The newspaper received the awards Thursday in Raleigh.