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MAY 2007 ARTICLES Click Here for a pdf version of the Kentucky Press (2MB)
It’s “Mr. Dogwood,” thank you. The Kentucky wiener dog that thousands of grade schoolers have come to know and love as “Woody,” is taking on a new identity for the KPA Fall Chapter Series. Woody, er, Mr. Dogwood, Chloe and family are heading off on a summer vacation to Washington, D.C. Since he’ll will be rubbing elbows with some of the nation’s leaders, and visiting museums and memorials for our nation’s forefathers, he doesn’t think his name “Woody” is dignified enough.
Dear Woody, Mr. Dogwood Goes to Washington WEEK 1 - Woody is in the doghouse! Dad surprised the family with a trip to D.C. and gave the pups a coloring book to help them familiarize themselves with the monuments. Woody was supposed to be doing chores, but decided to finish his masterpiece of the Washington Monument. He was sure Mom would understand. Wrong! The incident landed him in the doghouse. As the article ends, Woody is in the corner thinking about his upcoming trip when he starts getting sleepy.
Ron Jenkins, editor of The (Henderson) Gleaner from 1972 to 2006 was one of five people recently elected to the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame during an induction luncheon held recently at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Lexington. Jenkins led the paper to numerous awards and has been called "one of the leading community journalists in Kentucky."
I’m not good at math. Some might say that qualified me years ago to be a journalist. I’m surprised how many reporters claim that math was one of their toughest subjects in school. But I can cipher well enough to know that 6 percent of 100 is a more than 6 percent of a lesser number.
The truth is sometimes ugly. At this writing, it's the day after dozens of people were killed at Virginia Tech. Two days ago, the public couldn't escape two words: Don Imus.
As one of my newspaper friends used to say – “You can get a column out of most any experience.” How true. Here are a few column ideas I either tried myself over the years or saw other columnists use.
West Kentucky Press Association to meet in June Karl Harrison, former executive editor of The Paducah Sun, will be the luncheon speaker at the summer meeting of The West Kentucky Press Association at the Kentucky Dam VIllage Hotel June 8. Registration, which is $15 with lunch on your own, will be from 8:30 a.m. until 9 a..m. in the downstairs meeting room.
In the opinion of the Attorney General ... The Kentucky attorney general's office has upheld a decision not to release to the Richmond Register some documents related to a Model High School faculty member's resignation. The question is whether Eastern Kentucky University, which oversees Model High School, violated the Open Records Act in its partial denial of editor Jim Todd's request for records and information concerning a complaint relating to an EKU Model Laboratory School faculty member.
A new partner in the fight for open government has emerged: Google. On April 30, 2007, Google announced that it has partnered with four states--Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia--to make it easier for people to find public information on the Internet.
The law, privacy and the effects of HIPAA For journalists, the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act can be a thorn in the side, keeping them from obtaining the basic information needed for any complete hard news or investigative story. Educating journalists as well as their sources about the Privacy Rule was the purpose of a workshop titled “What HIPAA Really Says” hosted by the Eastern Kentucky University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists April 14.
Schurz Newspapers moves to cut Web to 46 inches Charles V. Pittman, senior vice president of publishing for Schurz Communications, Inc. has announced that their newspaper groups will be reducing their web width to 46 inches.
Bingham says papers will move to Internet Journalism must attempt to recreate itself in a world where the Internet is increasingly becoming the place people go to for information, Molly Bingham recently told an audience at the University of Kentucky. "Journalism will move entirely to the Web," she maintained.
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