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JULY ARTICLES ‘Luke’ wins NAA award, ‘Noodles’ set
to begin With KPA’s Kentucky Network for Newspaper in Education second literacy project set to begin in October, last year’s series “Luke in a Really Big Pickle” is still receiving honors. The series received third place honors in special projects last month when the Newspaper Association of America Foundation recognized the country’s Newspaper in Education Programs.
State papers reach 97% in recycled newsprint use Kentucky newspapers used a record 97.706 percent recycled newsprint in Calendar Year 2001, according to a Kentucky Press Association report to be filed with the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Cabinet. The 97.706 percent surpasses the previous high of 96.54 percent in 2000 and reflects a substantial increase over 1998 and 1999. The report excludes four Kentucky newspapers printed out of state. AG issues telemarketing clarifications It’s almost here . . . that magic moment when the laws passed by the 2002 General Assembly go into effect. July 15 is that date. Among other things, it is the date when the telemarketing bill, with its “No Call” list goes into effect. Any of you who do telephone solicitations for subscriptions (or who hire telemarketing companies to do the telephone solicitations for you) should have a copy by now of the first No Call list. (We were all used to calling it the “zero call” list, but the Attorney General website instructions refer to it as the “No Call” list.)
Court finds Mountain Citizen in contempt A Martin circuit court judge found the Mountain Citizen’s owner, publisher and editor in contempt of court June 27 for violating a temporary restraining order issued in May. Owner Lisa Stayton, Publisher Roger Smith and Editor Gary Ball were each fined $500 for continuing to use the name Mountain Citizen on their masthead after Judge Daniel Sparks ordered them to “cease and desist” from using the name. KPA, TPA golfers tee off against one another Who says Kentucky can only beat Tennessee in basketball? Several KPA golfers proved that during the 2002 Kentucky Press Association/Tennessee Press Association golf outing, held Friday, June 21, at Bent Creek Country Club in Gatlinburg.
Photographer gets glimpse of Afghan life “ It’s like going back in time. Everything is so primitive,” said Cathy Clarke, a photographer for The Knoxville News-Sentinel and former Glasgow Daily Times employee who recently returned from a 10 day trip to Afghanistan.
Supreme Court schedule posted on www.accesskpa.com Court cases granted Discretionary Review by the Kentucky Supreme Court are being posted monthly on the www.accesskpa.com. Justice James Keller has offered the service to keep newspapers aware of which cases are being considered by the Supreme Court.
KPA news bureau gets new director Dana Ehlschide, former McLean County News managing-editor, is the new face behind the KPA news bureau director’s desk. Ehlschide began her duties in Frankfort June 17. As news bureau director, Ehlschide is responsible for covering the Kentucky General Assembly when in session, handling story assignments in Frankfort for KPA newspapers and serving as editor of The Kentucky Press.
Institute for Rural Journalism proposed for Appalachia It began as one man’s concept. Then support came from a second and third. The University of Kentucky endorsed the idea and now the originators are seeking support from journalists for the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Affairs. The concept is simple. Many metro daily newspapers have seen their circulation areas contract in recent years. As that has occurred, it’s left a journalism void that now must be filled by community newspapers. The idea is to help community newspapers in Central Appalachia do a better job covering the big issues that face the region – such as the coal industry, water problems, social conditions, public corruption and non-coal economic development.
Content, culture among driving forces in increasing readership “ Newspapers don’t entirely have to reinvent the wheel.” That was the assessment of Mary Nesbitt of Northwestern University’s Media Management Center. Newspapers can continue doing what they already do now but do it better in order to build circulation, Nesbitt added. Nesbitt, a former editor, spoke at last month’s KPA Summer Convention in Gatlinburg. She spoke at a joint session with members of the Tennessee Press Association. The topic: the Readership Institute, a joint project of the Newspaper Association of America and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The institute is dedicated to understanding and promoting ways to grow newspaper readership.
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