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JANUARY ARTICLES
What can we expect from this year’s General Assembly? Turn your head toward the heavens and ye may find your answer. The knowledge you seek may come in the form of a billboard. A casino advocacy group, Kentucky Equine Education Project, is making a major push through billboards and newspapers to allow expanding gaming in the commonwealth. Courier-Journal will close three state bureaus The Courier-Journal will close its regional bureaus in Hazard, Paducah and Elizabethtown early next year, the newspaper recently announced. Publisher Edward Manassah, who made the decision, said the closures won't entail layoffs. The three reporters in the bureaus will receive as-yet-unspecified reporting jobs -- two likely in Louisville and a third in Frankfort.
An often-mentioned theme during this month’s KPA convention in Lexington will be how to attract new readers – particularly young ones. With that goal in mind, someone in the newspaper field needs to figure out how we can align ourselves with iPod. That seems to be the road to success in today’s media world. People & Papers
Did a deserving postal employee go out of the way to provide excellent service in 2005? Despite the weather, and the challenges of long-distance deliveries, did a local postmaster, clerk, carrier or administrator go above and beyond the call of duty to help newspapers reach their readers?
The concept of defamation is simple enough. Defamation is a generic word for a false statement that hurts someone's reputation. If it's written, it's libel. If it's spoken, it's slander. And if you've been defamed, the law generally gives you a right to sue your defamer to recover for your damaged reputation. This right is created under state common law.
Starting this year, the Kentucky Press Service staff plans to sell more online advertising for members. One of our goals is to establish an Internet banner advertising program for its member newspapers. A survey was recently sent out to member newspapers requesting information so that a program can be put into place. Several newspapers responded by the Dec. 30 deadline. However, better than half have yet to respond to the survey. Journalism school partners with NPPA for online photo course A one-year, $100,000 grant from Knight Foundation will help Western Kentucky University partner with the National Press Photographers Association to create online tools to teach professionals, teachers, and students how to produce better photos. Award Winners
Yeomans to oversee Kentucky AP operations Hank Ackerman, chief of bureau in Kentucky for The Associated Press, has been appointed chief of bureau in New Orleans, where he will return to oversee AP operations in Louisiana and Mississippi and help direct coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Roger Alford appointed new AP correspondent in Frankfort Roger Alford, Associated Press correspondent in Pikeville, Ky., has been appointed AP correspondent in Frankfort, Ky., leading AP's coverage of state government. Hopkinsville council bypassed agenda 162 times in 10-year span In the past 10 years, Hopkinsville City Council has voted 162 times on an issue that was not listed on its agenda, said City Attorney Steve Underwood. Judge says cost of Cheney visit must be revealed FRANKFORT Gov. Ernie Fletcher and the Kentucky State Police improperly withheld expense and manpower records of a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney to an Indiana political fund-raiser, a judge has ruled. CNHI establishes state news bureau to serve its heavily rural readership Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. has announced that Ronnie Ellis, a longtime Glasgow Daily Times reporter, became the chain's Kentucky correspondent in the state capital of Frankfort Jan. 2. His copy will move through the CNHI News Service. Passings
County attorney seeks to seize former GM’s bond Former Floyd County Times acting general manager William Bill McHugh may have to forfeit the $50,000 cash bond that was put up for his release from the Floyd County Detention Center, after he was arrested in Bradenton, Fla. on three counts of kidnapping and one count of grand theft auto. SND seeks entries for competition The Society for News Design is accepting entries for the 27th Annual Best of Newspaper Design creative competition. News photographers holding Jan. contest The annual Kentucky News Photographers Association's annual POY contest and seminar is Jan 20 and 21, at the Louisville Marriott East. The event is the premier showcase for photojournalism in the state. Increasing readership is a constant theme at this year’s KPA convention The 2006 KPA convention is just days away. If this year’s event had an official theme, it would probably be along the lines of “How to increase your paper’s readership – particularly among young people.” |
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