LIHU‘E — Casey Quel, a 16-year veteran of the news industry, has been appointed publisher of The Garden Island — the newspaper’s top post. Quel, the newspaper’s former advertising director, begins her duties effective immediately, Brian Kroshus, group publisher for
LIHU‘E — Casey Quel, a 16-year veteran of the news industry, has been appointed publisher of The Garden Island — the newspaper’s top post.
Quel, the newspaper’s former advertising director, begins her duties effective immediately, Brian Kroshus, group publisher for the newspaper’s parent company, Lee Enterprises, announced.
“Casey knows Kaua‘i very well, having been born and raised here, and represents the value system the community is known and admired for extremely well,” Kroshus said in a news release.
“She is passionate about her community she now will serve as publisher, and has been very involved in a number of key projects at The Garden Island during her tenure,” Kroshus said.
Quel’s career began in 1996, when she worked for Honolulu Publishing Co. as an advertising account executive for its visitor publication. She first joined The Garden Island in 2003 as a territory sales representative. In 2009, she became The Garden Island’s advertising director — a position she has held for the past three years.
Born and raised in Hanama‘ulu, she is a Kaua‘i High School graduate and earned a degree in international business with an emphasis in marketing at Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles.
Quel’s immediate family still resides on Kaua‘i. She attributes much of her success to the support of her mother and father, Clementine and Pat Quel. She and her fiancé have two children.
“I am honored to have been selected publisher of Kaua‘i’s community newspaper. It is a position of great responsibility to provide accurate and balanced news to the people of Kaua‘i,” Quel said.
“The Garden Island news organization is not in business to sell newspapers; it is in business to provide pertinent and meaningful information to our community. Kaua‘i is home to me,” she said. “It will be a privilege to serve my community and keep people informed.”
The Garden Island, founded in 1902, delivers local news, sports, and community information through multiple print and digital platforms for the islands of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau.
The newspaper has a daily print readership of more than 20,000 households with an extended reach of 29,000 households via its weekly Island Shopper.
The website www.thegardenisland.com attracts more than 1.1 million page views and more than 130,000 unique visitors from around the world each month. The newspaper’s other products include Essential Kaua‘i and Kaua‘i Times.
The Garden Island is owned by Lee Enterprises. Lee publishes 52 daily newspapers and websites and 300 weekly and specialty publications in 23 states.
