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JUNE MID MONTH UPDATE 2006 ARTICLES
June 23 is the deadline for KPA member newspapers to e-mail their flags and sexual harassment policies to New Media Learning if they want to participate in KPA’s newest member service – online sexual harassment training for employees. Flags and policies should be e-mailed to Arlene Gunter at New Media Learning via arlene.gunter@newmedialearning.com. Papers meeting the deadline should be ready to begin online training and testing by July 1.
It's summer and that means it's time for the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association annual Traveling Campus. The traveling campus lands June 28-30 at the University of Kentucky. KPA is glad to co-sponsor this event with SNPA and the University of Kentucky. As usual, there's something for just about every newspaper department, every newspaper employee -- management, reporters, editors, ad sales, internet selling, building readership, marketing the newspaper and increasing circulation.
Last fall, 84 newspapers with some 935,000 circulation participated in the most successful chapter series offered to date. Kids, teachers and parents kept up weekly with the roamings of Woody, the Kentucky weiner dog, and his sister, Chloe, as they traversed the state. Praises rang in from state and local education officials, from parents and teachers and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association presented KPA with a second place award for Tails from the Bluegrass.
One of the most frustrating aspects of election coverage for me has always been a judges’ race. Under state law, a judicial candidate can't make any statements that a “reasonable” person would interpret as taking a stand or position on an issue or offering a glimpse into how they would rule in a case. Although the regulations have recently been eased, Marcus Carey, who is a candidate running for the 6th District seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court, says the rule violates his right to free speech
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association has announced its 16th Annual Print Quality Contest. Many newspapers have entered this contest every year since its inception in 1990 for two reasons: (1) the chance at recognition for outstanding print quality being produced in their pressrooms, and (2) the print quality evaluation by at least three, well-qualified judges that they can use to improve their performance. The evaluations alone are worth far more than the $150 entry fee. Any daily newspaper is eligible to enter this contest.
Do you know a publisher, editor, reporter or photographer who has demonstrated courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism? You are invited to nominate one or more of them for the Tom and Pat Gish Award, presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. The award is named for the couple who are in their 50th year of publishing The Mountain Eagle of Whitesburg, Ky. The Gishes have withstood advertiser boycotts, declining population, personal attacks and even the burning of their newspaper office to provide the citizens of Letcher County the kind of journalism often lacking in rural areas, especially those dominated by extractive industries -- in this case, primarily coal. Their coverage and commentary go beyond the boundaries of Letcher County to address issues in state and federal governments and other institutions that have a local impact, such as a new regional drug-fighting agency, the 40-year-old Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Tennessee Valley Authority and its coal-buying policies that encouraged strip mining in Central Appalachia. These are just some examples of the type of journalism worthy of the award.
Most elementary age children are interested in space exploration. But how often do they find information about the very latest space discoveries and space technologies written especially for them? The short monthly columns provided by NASA's award-winning Space Place outreach program give newspaper editors a no-cost source of accurate, up-to-date, and highly readable information for their youngest readers. The columns are about 300 words and include a high-resolution image, with suggested caption, to support and enhance the text. They are written at 4th or 5th grade level. The columns are offered free of charge. But editors are asked to send in a tear sheet each month. If you would like to receive this monthly column for use in your NIE space, please contact Nancy Leon at (818) 354-1067 or at nancy.j.leon@jpl.nasa.gov
If you're looking for an NIE project for the 2006-07 school year, here's another FREE idea. All you have to do is agree to publish it during the upcoming school year. With a generous sponsorship from Ashland,Inc., Knight-Ridder Productions and the Kentucky Network for NIE is offering your newspaper a FREE 16-page Newspaper in Education tab on Chemistry. (a $300+ value)
Kevin Slimp, June 2006 For a while, it seemed like every column I penned had something to do with an Adobe product. Over the past few months, I’ve searched for other products to review, not wanting to favor one vendor over another. It’s been five months now, so I feel relatively safe in reviewing a utility related to Adobe once again.
Join Kevin Slimp, Lynn Grillo, Karl Kuntz, Lisa Griffin, Joe Schorr, Gary Cosimini, Craig Lanning, Cathy Bandeko and a host of other industry-recognized trainers for the 9th edition of the Institute of Newspaper Technology. The Institute takes place October 12-14, 2006 on campus at the University of Tennessee.
The National Newspaper Association (NNA), on June 12, praised a California court's decision to block enforcement of a state law that would have banned all interstate commercial faxes without prior written consent from the recipient. The decision reaffirms the federal government's sole authority to govern interstate faxes, and recognizes the validity of an exception to a 2005 federal law which allows commercial faxes where an established business relationship (EBR) exists. The challenged California law contained no such provision, and would have severely restricted the ability of community newspapers to do business in the state. |
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