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November 2006 ARTICLES
Papers team up with high schools Kentucky papers continue teaming up with the Kentucky High School Journalism Association now in its 10th year -- to support their local high schools’ journalism programs. As of Oct. 21 when this was written 24 KPA-member newspapers have sponsored 52 schools across the state. Another 20 high schools paid their own memberships. That means a local newspaper sponsors 72 percent of this school year’s KHSJA membership. That’s great news and up from last year’s number. And memberships are still coming in. Former editor Mike Farrell to lead First Amendment center A former Kentucky newspaper editor has been appointed to lead the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications’ First Amendment Center. Mike Farrell, assistant professor of journalism and former managing editor of The Kentucky Post in Covington, replaces Roy Moore, professor of journalism, who has retired from the university. Beth Barnes, director of the UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications, said Farrell is well-qualified to lead the center because of his blend of professional experience and scholarly interests. Meet and greet with Woody
It's that time of year again. I don't mean Halloween. I don't mean Thanksgiving. I don't mean Christmas. Even though those holidays are approaching the dreaded time of year I am speaking of is the approaching season of rate increases. The happy holiday season turns to a grumpy season of missing rates for our ad staff this time of year. Working media
People and Papers
Passings
Journalists’ freelance work hides political agenda At least 10 South Florida journalists, including three from El Nuevo Herald, received regular payments from the U.S. government for programs on Radio Martí and TV Martí, two broadcasters aimed at undermining the communist government of Fidel Castro. The payments totaled thousands of dollars over several years.
We often get calls on the Hotline concerning when to publish a correction so we thought it would be helpful to write a column about our advice concerning corrections and the statutory mechanics of the statute governing corrections as a refresher. Everyone, at one time or another, has gotten a call or worse, a drop-in, from an irate individual who claims that he or she has been defamed due to an error contained in your newspaper. This irate individual storms out, but not before he yells "You will hear from my attorney." Dread quickly sets in. You frantically review the article containing the alleged error. You discover, unfortunately, that you did in fact make an error, and want to correct it as soon as possible lest you find yourself embroiled in an expensive and time-consuming lawsuit. So, what should you do first? Newspaper asks Attorney General's opinion
on expenditures Trigg County Attorney H.B. Quinn has heeded the advice of the State Attorney General and rescinded his offer to sell the Terrell Building to the Trigg County Fiscal Court for use as the Sheriff’s Headquarters and 911 Dispatch. The Cadiz Record requested an opinion on the sale and renovation of the building from Attorney General Greg Stumbo. UK newspaper receives national award The Kentucky Kernel, the University of Kentucky's independent daily student newspaper, has won the Pacemaker, often called the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism. The Kernel was the only college newspaper in Kentucky to win the prize. The award was handed out as part of this weekend's Associated Collegiate Press annual convention, held in St. Louis at the same time as baseball’s World Series. Western publication awards presented at homecoming Student Publications at Western Kentucky University honored two of its graduates on Saturday during its 55th annual Homecoming Breakfast. Jamie Sizemore, the circulation manager for The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown, received the Herald Award for Outstanding Contributions to Journalism. She becomes the 48th former staff member of the College Heights Herald to be recognized since 1966. Western upgrades facilities Western Kentucky University recently broke ground on a new Student Publications Building, a grassroots effort that was funded almost entirely through individual contributions from alumni who wrote for the College Heights Herald student newspaper and the Talisman yearbook. “This is a historically significant project in that it will be the first building on WKU’s campus to be entirely privately financed since the Cedar House was built with student labor and student and faculty funds,” said Tom Hiles, WKU’s vice president for Institutional Advancement. WKU wins its third consecutive Pacemaker award For the third consecutive year since resuming publication in 2003, Western Kentucky University’s yearbook has won a national Pacemaker award. The 2005 Talisman was one of five yearbooks honored by the Associated Collegiate Press during Saturday’s award ceremonies at the National College Media Convention in St. Louis. The Talisman, which resumed publication in 2003 after a six-year absence, now has won 10 national Pacemakers.
Change is in the air for Duke Publishing in London. The company’s owner, Terry Forcht, has made several recent contributions to the facility, including upgrades to machinery. At the same time, several different organizational programs have been implemented in operations, quality control, cost reduction, and waste management.
What is in the best interest of full disclosure? As a reporter, we usually know quite a bit about a politician or public figure before we start interviewing them. Political leanings, voting records and past interviews can offer us a lot of insight into who we are talking to. But for the subjects, they usually come in blind. Judge upholds protection of Glasgow Daily Times reporter’s notes, tape By ruling that the Glasgow Daily Times did not have to turn over a reporter’s notes and interview tape to a prosecutor, Barren County Circuit Judge Phil Patton upheld both the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and a Kentucky law regarding reporters privilege. |
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Preview
of '07 KPA convention program 
Communication
is key for profits 
How
to make the correct correction 
Changes in store 
There
shouldn’t be left, right and center